“Show Me the Money” Sinks in Ratings Again

26 Nov

Posted by Alex Davis as ABC, Ratings

On what ABC called the “series premiere” and what a person with active brainwaves calls the second episode, “Show Me the Money” sunk down again, this time to a 5.2/9 on the Wednesday episode. This is down from the overall official 8.3/13 it achieved on its Tuesday November 14th premiere date. However, in an attempt to keep people at bay, I’ll cut it slack once more. This was a holiday weekend and people were traveling, so who knows what will happen. Next week, a regular week, will be a true decider of the show’s fate. If it slips again, I don’t think we’ll be shown the money again.

By the way, as I promised, I gave the show one more shot (before I left for a movie) on Wednesday, and I just couldn’t take it. My opinion stays the same. Any of yours change?

12 Responses

Brian Moore
1
November 26th, 2006 at 4:14 pm

I think my DVR probably had said the same thing when it cut off the recording of the premiere.
Ohio WxMan
2
November 26th, 2006 at 6:30 pm

I never watched anything on Wednesday nights besides World Poker Tour but since that is currently over until next season, I’ll keep watching it.
scott
3
November 26th, 2006 at 7:16 pm

put a big fork in this show the partys over!!!!What a awful gamw show .
scott
4
November 26th, 2006 at 7:18 pm

thats game show
Donald
5
November 26th, 2006 at 11:56 pm

as for the first contestant from the first episode…. I see now why my friend never got a callback from them. He wasn’t gay enough.
Tom
6
November 27th, 2006 at 12:10 am

The problem with the show is it moves at such a slow pace. William Shattner is too busy loving himself to move the show along at a decent pace.
Doug Morris
7
November 27th, 2006 at 4:37 am

I do like the questions in threes with each question in a “packet” that starts with the same word(s). But the show suffers from “too much money-itis”.

Conceivably, a contestant could play about half a dozen questions and walk out with more than half a million; a wrong answer, just as conceivably, may lead to a small setback and not automatic elimination. Compare that to the short-lived “Super Millionaire” where exactly 11 correct answers were required to reach the $500,000 plateau; assuming “double dip” wasn’t being used, one wrong “final answer” and you’re done.

And… Bill… just… needs… to… leave… Kirk… and… Denny… at… home.
James Lacerenza
8
November 27th, 2006 at 9:32 am

Longtime reader, first time poster. I saw the show last week, and besides Shatner, the thing that bothered me most was the dancing after almost every question. Look, Endemol, we get it….you couldn’t hire models because it’d look too much like DOND, so you hired adult entertainers who do one lousy dance with a clap in the middle. Once is enough! Ugh…Show me a cancellation already!
Wheelloon
9
November 27th, 2006 at 1:03 pm

Well, I gotta say, that was, interesting…

Watching Deal from its beginning, and TPIR and WOF for over 20 years, I gotta say, that woman was THE LOUDEEESSSSTTTTT person I’ve seen on a game show EVER!

The game, IMHO, would be a lot better, a HEEEEELLLLLLLLLLL (sorry, some of that lady rubbed off) of a lot better, if the questions were raised up about 10 notches, Shatner and the dancers would give it ALL a rest, and the payouts were a little more “deserving,” that lady didn’t deserve almost 3/4th of a million dollars for answering the questions correctly that she did. I feel half of that amount would be much more suitable, but then again, I wouldn’t be, and I’m sure that she’s not, complaining about the paycheck at all…

I know though, however, that when people are watching this, they gotta be thinking “man, this is the biggest ripoff of DOND ever, it’s just got questions added in!” or “Take DOND and that 1 100 show or whatever it’s called, put them together, and you got this…” Not good…

With a 5.2 rating in its most recent showing, now, the ratings are going to the dump. If it held up the same ratings from its first outing, ABC would have probably been more than satisfied, but I don’t see 5.2, consistently, being enough…

A faster pace (MUCH faster), harder to earn payouts (maybe 10 questions correct or incorrect?), implying more dollar values (and more dancers) to choose from, and everybody toning it down A LOT, might be what the concept would need to be successful…
Jack
10
November 27th, 2006 at 5:38 pm

I predict Wednesday’s show will have a rating of 7.8 which is decent I guess…..
Brandon
11
November 27th, 2006 at 6:34 pm

The show is still a pile of garbage, and it’s Deal or No Deal with trivia. My problem is that you could answer the first question (which is pretty damn simple), and win $250,000. Get to the sixth question, which seems fairly difficult, but you might only win $20,000. Huge flaw there.

It pains me that Endemol continues to get shows on the air.
Scott Meckley
12
November 28th, 2006 at 4:49 pm

maybe Endemol should let me write some game shows for them i haven’t seen this Show Me The Money but from what I’ve heard most of you say this show is bad. I can’t see why it’s doing so bad when the biggest show on the main networks in that time slot is Jericho. im surprised that Endemol didnt’ suggest to ABC let’s make this a twice a week thing like DOND. IF by chance this show gets picked up for more episodes I can see it going down hill going against American Idol.