Anyone know If the fox show 'the riches' will be back for a 2nd season?!
Question: It premiered in March of last year and I fell in love with the show. I would really appreciate any help with finding out if the show will be continued.
Answers: It premiered in March of last year and I fell in love with the show. I would really appreciate any help with finding out if the show will be continued.
FX to likely renew Dirt and The Riches
Posted Apr 26th 2007 10:04AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Pickups and Renewals, Dirt, The Riches
It's amazing to me how different the standards of success are for cable and broadcast TV, even within the same company. Take FOX, for example: they just decided to cancel Drive, after what they saw as dismal ratings on their broadcast network. But on their cable network, FX, two shows that have gotten so-so ratings and very little critical buzz -- The Riches and Dirt -- are likely to be renewed, according to MediaWeek.
Speaking before a screening for their new Glen Close series, Damages, network president John Landgraf told the trade paper, "We're really happy with the performance of Dirt and The Riches, and I expect them to return." Apparently, the cumulative ratings garnered by multiple airings of each show's episodes put it on the same audience levels as the network's more established shows. Huh. Go figure.
So I wasn't completely wrong when, in my review of the last Riches episode, I mentioned that the ratings weren't very good. But between the three airings the show gets per week, it manages to scrounge up enough of an audience to make FX happy. Good. It's a good show with good performances, especially from Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver. It deserves another season.
Dirt, on the other hand... well, from what I've heard, the show was pretty inconsistent in its first season, especially the performance of its star and executive producer, Courteney Cox. It makes me wonder how lousy the ratings must have been for some other FX shows, like Lucky, that were dumped after their first seasons. They were much better than Dirt, but never got a chance to find an audience.