ABC’s move to air Life On Mars after fellow time-travel show Lost has affected the ratings… in the opposite way that it was intended. Did Lost just blow too many people’s minds?
Last week’s much-advertised episode of Life On Mars, the first in its new Wednesday timeslot at 10pm, was the least viewed of the season to date, with only 6.5 million viewers – almost half as many as had just finished watching Lost, and more than a million less than its previous episode. With the series having lost almost 5 million viewers in eight episodes (The premiere drew 11.33 million) and the much-anticipated Lost ratings bump not materializing, the future of Sam Tyler’s trip into the past is beginning to look a lot less rosy than the network would’ve hoped when they extended the first season order in November.
https://gizmodo.com/life-on-mars-travels-in-time-and-continues-for-four-mor-5095300
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