We’re
getting a lot of interest from All My
Children aficionados missing their show. Many are not surprised that ratings for AMC’s replacement, The Chew,
are tanking.
[See the latest - TV Takes All: Ratings for The Chew Week Four Flat and Still Behind All My Children]
Well,
last week, was no different than the first..
The Chew ratings are an average of 1.78
million viewers, down 322,000 from the previous week. More importantly, the talk show about food has 650,000 fewer
viewers than AMC had in the same week
last year.
The
losses this past week amounted to 15% of the total viewership, which is
significant.
And,
with the target audience, women, the ratings are dismal – 1.0 for those 25-54,
.7 for those 18-49 and a measly .5
for women 18-34.
It’s
also worth noting that the first few weeks are very important to network
executives. If no one’s watching at
the beginning, a show is unlikely to pick up steam. Witnesss the fact that both The Playboy Club (NBC) and Charlie’s
Angels (ABC) have both been cancelled already.
No surprise - ABC and Brian Frons screwed up big time. It's pathetic what they are doing to television.
ReplyDeleteI am eating this up... Showed how they screwed up... Bring back AMC. PLease... Save yourself.
ReplyDeleteNo surprise at all. They canceled AMC for this crap? ABC made their mess and now they have to sleep in it. RIP AMC
ReplyDeleteI can't believe that Brian Frons would be so stupid as to think people would prefer this crap over AMC. WE MISS AMC!!!! ABC daytime can go to hell!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is so music to my ears... Hope The Chew gets cancelled... Charlies Angels did, so maybe there is hope... Bring back AMC.. Pleezzzz. The proof of the AMC cancellation is in the ratings!
ReplyDeleteWas it any surprise at all nada lmao! Frons thought he knew what women wanted when we were telling him the whole dang time. Just like a man to not listen at all on this one. AMC will do excellent with PP ABC can continually flounder as they have ever since they hired Frons and his numerous bad decisions of canceling and putting on what he likes not what the viewers want!
ReplyDeleteI am so not surprised!! If people want food shows they'll watch The Food Channel. People home during the day want to watch shows to forget about their problems - getting involved with the fictional lives of AMC and OLTL. A lot of us who work, come home after a long day at the office and watch our recorded shows to escape the troubles of the day. Brian Frons has been screwing up since he was hired by ABC. Ever since he started making changes with daytime it's been going downhill. He killed these shows on purpose and now he's paying the price. Of course, the ultimate price he needs to pay is losing his job! Just like all the actors and crew members that are on the unemployment lines because of his stupidity cancelling AMC and OLTL. Go away Frons!! You're done!!
ReplyDeleteI really second the motion to that. I really hope that the Chew tank big time
DeleteFrons is an IDIOT!!! He thinks that he knows what women want??!! PLEASE!!! We don't want to watch his "crap"....we want our soaps back!!! No one is watching ABC thanks to him!!! FIRE HIM!!!!! He has not made ONE good decision since he went to work for ABC!!!
ReplyDeleteThey wouldn't post my comment----and it was GREAT!!! ABC, you are going DOWN!!!
ReplyDeleteGo figure....they are not posting anything that I have to say!!!
ReplyDeletewell we warned Frons that a show called THE CHEW would bite the dust in its first month out and hey guess what we were right and we didnt have to have a focus group to tell us it sucks
ReplyDeleteFrons doesn't care about us....he only wants a paycheck!!!
ReplyDeleteBring back all my children!!!!!!!!!!!!! We will not watch the chew.. Boy cotting AbC
ReplyDeleteWe dvr'ed AMC everyday. I will never watch the CHEWED. ABC made a huge blunder.
ReplyDeleteI've tried to watch the Chew I can't stand the show at all. I don't like the people on the show and they don't interact with the audience. It's all about them, so boring! I know that All My Children could use a new exciting writer but I would still watch that before the Chew.. YUCK!!!
ReplyDeleteABC's sense of quality programming has been off for quite some time. Sleazy prime time shows, reality shows, too much violence; this network has long forgotten the quality of drama and good acting, as found in these soaps. I gave up on them as a network when they dropped AMC, with the exception of still watching OLTL, until that moves to the internet. Once that happens, I'll delete ABC from my channel listings.
ReplyDeleteABC made a big mistake by cancelling AMC. Not only did AMC have higher ratings, the people that watched were loyal viewers. The AMC viewer watched everyday - which is very appealing to advertisers.
ReplyDeleteThe Chew is a lot cheaper to produce than a scripted show like AMC. Perhaps The Chew is more profitable even with the lower ratings.
I was watching my ABC channel and the Chew came on - I immediately changed the channel -
ReplyDeleteI will not watch All My Childrens replacement! I will not give one minute to the Chew. I'm SICK of celebrity talk shows, opinions, etc. they are like politicians!
I know they won't bring back AMC.I know they will never admit they were wrong.But I am still doing the happy dance since the ratings are tanking!!!
ReplyDeleteScrew the Chew!!!!!
Advice to ABC before it goes down with the ship:
ReplyDeleteFIRE BRIAN FRONS and get rid of all his really stupid
decisions. Why was he hired in the first place and what were his
qualifications? The hosts of THE CHEW are not the kind of people
we look forward to viewing everyday. Maybe once a month at best!
Obviously, Brian Frons does not understand what woman want or
like, maybe he should put his ideas into a show catering to MEN.
ABC you really screwed up with daytime.
I'm so glad to see how everyone missed AMS. I have been watching soaps for many many years. It's like reading a good book, you can put it down when you want too but you can still watch everyday. As soon as the Chew comes on I have to turn it off. What a big mistake ABC, I hope your happy now. You made many of us unhappy by taking away what we really enjoy. You should start listening to your viewers.
ReplyDeleteI cannot imagion [In my mind who are supposed to be ceo staff could think this change could make abc better by producing another food show. I'm a true to the south if i want recipes I go to the source mother grandmother. I was a young teen when I began watching all my children and one life to live. If Prospect Park is willing to give us our most beloved soaps amc oltl. We will all turn on our computers instead of the TV. Rob
ReplyDeleteWe all knew that any loyal fan of All My Children would never support The Chew! I have locked out ABC on my TV. We told ABC and Disney that Frons needs to be fired. What a big mistake ABC has made. They have lost so many loyal viewers!
ReplyDeleteIts great to see The Chew fail so dismally... Imagine the look on Brian Frons face when he has to see the poor ratings like those each week when they are released for his new show. I hope he ROTS in HELL for cancelling AMC and OLTL....
ReplyDeleteI've tried to watch and enjoy 'The Chew' but it is no match for AMC. I get very tired of all the reality shows and the 'talk/food' shows as well.
ReplyDeletePlease! Someone bring back good tv shows!
I am thrilled that the ratings are tanking. Hope they continue to get "chewed up". Taking AMC and OLTL off the air a big mistake, HUGE !!!
ReplyDeleteWe can measure just how stupid ABC is, by whether or not they still let OLTL end after this awful AMC debacle. I hope the chew continues to fail!
ReplyDeleteSay a prayer that some sensible human being gets down on their knees & BEGS the people at AMC to come back; PLEASE, PRETTY PLEASE...
ReplyDeleteWomen like me raising children on our own & some times working 6 days a week have NOTHING on the weekends to watch except Football,Basketball, Golf(now thats a biggie)& what ever Men like to watch while scoffing down a beer. BUT, I had my 15 hours of ABC soaps to keep me happy, content & share with my Children. We had great conversations about people & life as they would run into it.
My first & last words About the "CHEW" are SCREW the CHEW & a BAD SCREW for you Mr. Frons.. You are a jerk!!!!!
One word: hahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteFirst of all I'm a 45 woman who is in a constant battle with the bulge. So maintaining my size 8 frame takes much more work than it did 20 years ago. With that being said: Why in the world would I want to see a show about FOOD!!!!!????? AMC was calorie-free! Bring back Erica and the gang please!!!!
ReplyDeleteI love AMC. I love food network shows. I love the stars that they brought onto the Chew. HOWEVER. THey made a huge mistake by tanking AMC to put yet another boring talk show on daytime network TV. I get plenty of talk about food on other shows, and the recipes on The Chew are basic, boring... not what I want. It's wonderful stars are getting desparate. I've watched, but it's sad to watch as one of them has that inane and desparate giggle, another keeps trying to come up with something interesting in the way of plating, and Mario Batali, who has actual chops in the kitchen, can't hold the crew together. It's all just too desparate. I tried. I really did. But I miss Tad & Dixie. I'm 51 years old and home during the day, looking for things that will make my family happy. The Chew does not do it for me. I'd rather browse the net while watching my soaps... the net will give me a decent recipe while the soaps help me escape from the drudgery of daily life. But they screwed up. I am boycotting the products who advertise on ABC until Frons is gone and OLTL is saved. And of course, I'll go online as soon as AMC starts brodcasting from there.
ReplyDeleteMAYBe ONTL will be saved and they'll bring some of the AMC storylines on there... maybe the stars of those shows will consider reducing thier salaries to reasonable levels in order to continue ot ahve work avaialble... maybe.
My biggest concern is that abc is happy with Frons for saving them tons of money. Even if the ratings are in the tank, they don't care about ratings if they save a ton of money by supporting only 5 stars and no writing staff to talk about, no real production value... rather than 20 stars, a higher requirement for writing and storylines, more production costs... what has to happen is that the ratings have to be so low that the advertisers lose so much business that the network would get more value (in terms of sale-ability to the advertisers) out of the higher priced soap format. I don't know that this will happen. I think Frons wants the daytime programming to be boring nonsense.
He doesn't see that the reason the profits are down is becuase the world doesn't have as much money to spend. We're all out of work and trying to make ends meet, but at home and available to watch daytime TV... if only we could get somehow entertained by it. We have a LITTLE money to spend, and if there were decent advertisers paying for decent programming, they might persuade us to buy THEIR products. Cutting good programming just to put in trash becuase they're not getting a high enough profit from the good stuff, is just playing into the downward spiral of the economy.
And we can TRY to stay chipper and get back to spending and promote the recovery of the economy, but with this kind of junk on TV, it just kind of makes it all feel like a stinking, sinking mess.
The good news is that programming like this makes me want to get out and keep trying to find something do to OUTSIDE of the house during the day. I sure hope that if the migration to online production takes effect, that it will continue to be free to those of us who want to watch it.
I love The Chew! I am glad those horribly stupid soaps are off the air.
ReplyDeleteI am so happy that Mr.Frons has to face the fact that he doesn't know squat.
ReplyDeleteToday is really the first day I actually thought to check and see how the ratings for this "replacement" show are doing - and I am extremely gratified to hear they are not doing well! I expected no less - the Food Network is for food shows and we all know that. On another note though...for those who posted here that they actually checked out The Spew to see how it was - shame on you! The idea was to NOT watch AT ALL. Only in this way can you let the network know that the decisions they make have repercussions!!!
ReplyDeleteGood point, Anonymous (the last one), especially if you're a Nielsen family!
ReplyDeleteim glad the chew is dropping rating which i knew it would trying to replace amc abc you should be ashamed of yourself replacing a good soap for a food show if you cant bring back the soaps you just might as well go off the air right along with chew.when im watching tv it starts to come on i change the channel chew and abc can go to hell
ReplyDeleteEver since that IDIOT, BRIAN FRONS took away people that have been in my life for the past 30+ years I have been in a daze. (I will not now or ever watch THE CHEW!!!) It truly felt as if a real family member passed away. Frons truly dosen't care about the loyal viewers who have been watching for decades. Not once did he put out a poll to ask the viewers who have been loyal, if this is what we wanted. I understand ABC is business who needs money to continue to run the business. But if ABC loses their viewers no one will win. This in the result of a seriously stupid idea. This man BRIAN FRONS has no idea what the american WOMAN wants and I say woman, because the majority of the viewers are WOMEN. wheather they are at-home moms or working moms, single women older women grandmothers teenager girls, our focus before , during and after while we are working on the jobs, taking care of the kids and living our everyday lives are to join our TV families to escape or relate. This man has left millions of loyal viewers with a hugh VOID in our hearts and our souls. This wasn't just entertainment for us!!! All of these shows were our homes. Brian Frons clearly will never understand that kind of loyality. For him, its all about the money. But what he forgets, when you give quality the money will follow. ABC please reevaluate your network and become the quality network I have always turn to for the best television programming all of my life. I am now 48 years old. Last , I WILL SUPPORT PROSPECT PARK WHEN THEY BRING BACK MY BELOVED AMC AND OLTL. IF I HAVE TO PAY, NO PROBLEM!!!! SEE FRONS THAT'S LOYALITY. LEARN THE LESSON
ReplyDeleteNOTE TO ABC: There is still time to reverse your horrible decisions. Cut your losses. Bring back All My Children, keep OLTL and GH. No one is interested in another talk show. A lifestyle show? Who cares!!! I know what to do if I want to lose weight. I'll speak to my Dr. about health related issues. I want my SOAPS!! I want to escape real life for a couple hours a day. If I want to see a journalist I'll watch the 6:00 news. (BTW, you all know another journalist's new show is totally tanking, and I thought he was really popular) I want to keep GENERAL HOSPITAL at 3:00 just as I've done for years. I refuse to watch the Chew and I will not watch the other replacements, either.
ReplyDeleteThe comments above support what we have been saying all along. One way or another, we work our butts off during the day, and the LAST thing we need is yet another show saying *DO* this, *DO* that, or *DO* the other thing. We want to escape to Pine Vally and Llanview and, for just a couple of brief hours, let someone ELSE *DO!* Forget about trying to bring back our shows to ABC; they do not deserve our loyalty or DOLLARS! I'm prepping my life to watch online. Bring it on!
ReplyDeleteWe told ABC we weren't happy about the cancellation of AMC yet they put the stupid food show on anyway, so I hope it continues to tank. The only daytime shows I watch now on ABC are One Life To Live and General Hospital. When they're gone, so am I.
ReplyDeleteI AM SO GLAD AND I HOPE BRIAN FRONS FINALLY GETS FIRED!! HE AND THOSE SORRY WRITERS FOR AMC OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS ARE THE WORST EVER. I DO NOT WATCH ABC ANYMORE EXCEPT OLTL AND GH. ONCE THEY ARE CANCELLED, I WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH CBS AND NBC DAY AND NIGHT.. ABC HAS LOST ME AND THOUSANDS OF LOYAL VIEWERS BY CANCELLING OUR AMC AND OLTL..
ReplyDeleteA very annoying show, I don't know what is about this show. I tried to watch the Chew but the truth I wasn't able to Chew it.Sorry.
ReplyDeleteThe Chew is never gonna make it!!!! bring my children back!
ReplyDeleteThe Chew is an irritating show with irritating hosts, irritating format, irritating everything. It's no Rachael Ray, that's for sure. And at that time of day, when the kids might be napping, who wants to watch frantic cooking demos. I, for one, prefer stories well told, characters with some... character, and a well-developed plot line.
ReplyDeleteAs the old saying goes, ABC made the bed, now they can get sick in it.
ReplyDeleteThe newest rumor is that ABC is moving back to NYC.They moved all of AMC to CA to say they were saving money and knew all along of their plans for The Chew and the Katie Couric show.They put hundreds of people out of a job when AMC was cancelled. Brian Frons is a snake.I will be happy watching as the Chew goes down the drain...hopefully with Mr.Frons.No wonder so many people and actors are livid!It has been reported that his behind is on the chopping block if ABC daytime can not cut cost.Cut cost Mr.Frons for cheap shows...How is that going for you!
ReplyDeleteFirst of all I agre with the majority of the negative comments about this new chew crap. I dissagree with the female that said "Only fmelaes are fans of AMC, Me,my Father,and Grandfather used to watch AMC,OLTL. SO did our male friends, and no none of us are gay.
ReplyDeleteThe Chew insults the intellegence of the views for two reasons.. 1) who the hell can afford to entertain if you can't afford cable to watch a real food show on a food channel. 2.Where 11 million people are in foreclosure,do you think its really that important to them how many different plates to use 4 a party? How many people to enttertain for? If this were 2000 maybe this chew crap would have had a good start.
Not many people I know can afford "pastromy" to put on a burger,those are tips for Bank execs and the madoff's of this world.
I am sick of reality television,Its easier to watch a ficticious plot fall apart on a soap,then to scrum through watching a relaity Star pay dearly for a vital mistake that the entire world knows about where you can see how bad the result is through news reports.
WHen is the reality ship going to sink is what I want to know... OJ Simpson is to blame for this uprise in reality TV.. Hope he is suffering badly in NV. I always knew he murdered his wife!
I miss AMC terribly. I hope ABC realizes the huge mistake they've made by offending so many loyal viewers, and fires this fool who made the idiotic decision. I could discuss AMC plots and characters with senior citizens as well as my daughters friends.These characters were spanning generations. No one carss about another food show.
ReplyDeleteBring back All my CHildren!!!! I watched it everyday for 21 years! I hate the Chew. I now turn on CBS to watch The Young and the Restless. Bring back our soaps!!!!
ReplyDeleteI agree with the above poster who said "who can afford to entertain" with so many in foreclosure and unemployed. We can barely afford to buy food. The networks are so out of touch with the real world and continue to put on shows about how the rich people live, like the Chew, Real Housewives shows, and many other reality shows. It seems strange to me that you are putting on shows with extravagant food, parties, weddings, and mansions when so many in the U.S. are barely making it.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of the most stupid shows on TV - Bring back AMC - what a waste of TV time!!!!
ReplyDeletelove michael, mario and clinton on the Chew. daphne doesn't add anything or actually fit in with the rest of the stars. daphne needs to go if the Chew is going to make it.
ReplyDeleteThe Chew would be great if Daphne were gone and if carla participated more. michael, mario and clinton keep the show lively and worth watching. This is not the right venue for Daphne.
ReplyDeleteI never seen the chew and would never watch it.but i did watch all my children and one life to live since they started 40 years ago.i taped them everyday and watched themwhen i got home from work.i miss all of the actors who were part of my life for all those years.
ReplyDeleteBring back AMC ! I was a lifetime loyal ABC viewer because that was the network that brought me my favorite shows , which happened to be the ABC soaps ! I watched AMC for my whole life. I watched soaps with my mom, who listened to radio soaps with her mom back in the day. I watched my soaps with my girls, and now when they have girls they can not follow. Without my soaps I don't have much of a reason to watch ABC anymore. Goodbye ABC. And no, I will not ever watch The Chew. Whoever decided that The Chew was a comparable alternative to All My Children , well they need to go back to school and or get out into the real world instead of the fantasy world that they exist in.
ReplyDeleteI am posting as anonymous as it was the easiest of the options. I watched all my children for many years off and on, and I knew I would miss it. However, I watched "The Chew" with an open mind. So incredibly boring. I am a fan of cooking shows, but this one is trying to be an entertainment/talk show while speaking to cooking. None of the above works. I always click on ABC the minute I get up in the morning and watch it all day. Now I go to cable for "The Chew" time slot. Even the name is silly.
ReplyDeletenobody wants to see dorks on tv they all suck
ReplyDeleteYou know I am a big AMC fan and I wish I could say I was happy because this show may get cancelled and they screwed up taking AMC off the air (which they totally did) but the fact is the show "The Chew" is just a bad show. They may know how to cook but they don't know how to entertain. The show is HORRIBLE! Carla is a spaz, Mario is boring and there is no chemistry between any of them. The show is a total waste of tv time. I'd rather watch a game show then this crap
ReplyDeleteI think the mix of 'hosts' they have on The Chew are wrong. I can't say that one of them interests me or has enough personality to hold an audience. Is that why there are so many hosts? It's just an odd show and one that isn't interesting enough to waste time watching. I'm disappointed that ABC replaced a long-term (and beloved) soap with something so inferior and under-cooked. ABC has given the finger to a large portion of their long-term watchers who followed the soaps. Who'll win? Certainly; not us the viewers.
ReplyDeleteThis serves ABC right. The only show that looks any good on ABC is "Once Upon A Time" and of course "One Life To Live". The rest of the ABC line up is awful.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they'll realize what they have done and somehow keep One Life to Live. If not, see you later, ABC.
ReplyDeleteI am AMC fan and watch as little of ABC programming as possible since they cancelled AMC. I will resume watching ABC programming when AMC is returned to the network. ABC can chew on The Chew!
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with the sentiments of the previous contributer about watching very little of ABC daytime or evening fare, and will continue to boycott until AMC is returned. If OLTL is also booted in January, as planned, I'll have no reason to ever turn to Channel 7/ABC.
ReplyDeleteStupid is as stupid does! If its not broke don't fix it. Should have left it alone, All My Children has worked All these years!
ReplyDeleteThe people they have hosting this show are all people who couldn't make it on the food network (with the exception of Clinton, I love him). Putting them together on a major network was a HUGE mistake. Even if I wasn't boycotting this show due to it's killing of AMC, I wouldn't watch because it is filled with hosts who have no charm or chemistry with thoses of us who are out here in the real world. They come off as pompous and unapproachable. Get a clue ABC, can this show and bring back AMC!
ReplyDeleteI hope the ratings for The Chew keep on tanking. This show is a terrible waste of TV air time. And all the promotional spots on other ABC shows like GMA is revolting. I tune in to the Today show as soon as GMA brings in one of the hosts for a spot. I won't watch the show or suffer through these constant efforts to draw in viewers. Not only that...is ABC trying to win some kind of contest for the number of shows called The ....? The Chew, The Revolution, The View...c'mon!!!
ReplyDeleteBring back AMC and keep OLTL on the air ABC or we the viewers will sink your sorry replacements.
AMC fan for 40 years and I haven't tuned in ABC since AMC went of the air. I can't do much, but never watching ABC has been very easy and I hope more do the same.
ReplyDeleteI am only watching OLTL and nothing else on ABC. Everyone should check out GRIMM on NBC on Friday night. I watched one episode of Once Upon A time and it was so LAME!!! NBC is the place to be on Friday night!
ReplyDeleteI only watch OLTL now, otherwise I protest ABC. If you can't bring back AMC, please change your mind about canceling OLTL too. When OLTL is gone, I won't watch a dang thing on ABC. I agree,I think Brian Frons should be fired.
ReplyDeleteI don't even watch AMC, but can relate to all the viewers since I have watched OLTL for most of my adult life. Again the Chew is ridiculous (only from watching the coming attractions)The soaps have to remain alive. I am devastated about ABC's decision. Yes I looked forward to escaping for an hour each day.OLTL will be off soon unless someone has the courage to reverse these poor decisions by Frons. There definitely will be a void in my life. I am also done with ABC when OLTL is cancelled.
ReplyDeleteThe Chew is a goofy food show...ABC you made a BIG mistake...bring back AMC and OLTL and screw the Chew.
ReplyDeleteThe Chew is a goofy and boring show. ABC, you made a big mistake..Screw the Chew and bring back AMC and OLTL.
ReplyDeleteABC I hope your ratings continue in the toilet. I am never going to watch that stupid chew or the revolution. They have the money but they don't want to spend on the soaps. Well you got what you wanted huh ABC! No one is watching or ever will.
ReplyDeletebrian frons is an idiot i hope the shows get cancelled and the ratings for their other shows tank as well bring back AMC and OLTL the chew is a bore and i dont need a another show telling me how to dress what to eat and how to live i want to be float away into the fantasy of others lives even if they arent real bring back the soaps that i watched with my great grandmother, grandmother, and mother.
ReplyDeleteI am boy cotting ABC untill they bring All My Children back on the air I hope that it is not too late to bring back the old staff of actors and actresses
ReplyDeleteI am also boycotting "The Chew", I still watch GH.
ReplyDeleteI hope all AMC and OLTL fans boycott "The Chew" in protest. Maybe ABC will wise up and bring our SOAPS back! OLTL and AMC were a legacy. My Grandma would watch her "stories" and it brought back fond memories when I watched AMC and OLTL. BRING BACK OUR SOAPS ABC!!!!!
It is really funny to me the networks cancel shows like "GCB","Missing", and even "Ringer" they cancel the really great shows and leave us they shitty ass shows like the chew.If you want your fans back ABC give us something give us back are shows.
ReplyDeletePlease bring back "one life to live" "GCB" and "MIssing" and for cring out load cancel the chew it is a stupid ass show.
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