Hey Jim, I haven’t managed to get my hands on them yet either..

I could be wrong, but by judging what other shows did that night, those numbers do not appear encouraging. But, NBC has not said anything, so we should not give up yet.
I just wanted to say something else, too. I did not discover this blog till midway through the season and so for fun today, I glanced through the blog all the way back to Roco’s original post in early July. I could feel the excitement about a new series that was going to be dramatic (a girl struggling with herself, and with her given adversaries who she does not choose herself), and dark (see the early promos of scenes in night and rainy weather). I would find it hard if anyone feels the drama has lived up to the original promos. The show has gotten much lighter and the conflict has gotten much less serious. (I think it started with that childish bathroom sex scene in the second episode.) I am curious if others share these kind of thoughts.

NBC’s silence is deafening! Scarey to think that the decision over whether or not to continue with BW rests in the hands of one man or woman. Let’s hope that the NBC boss is a fan of the show..or that s/he believes in 2nd chances!
Cheers for that link Gary, on the face of it those ratings seem ‘OK-ish’, but this Nielsen business makes it less straight forward.
Jim, you’ve reminded me of all those posts I made way back when, and you know, it’s so strange comparing what I THOUGHT the show would be, to the show which is now eight ‘average’ episodes deep! From my point of view you’re absolutely right – it’s a completely different show than I anticipated, and I’m not just talking about the flaws, but the actual ‘build’, ‘tone’ and ‘ethos’ of BW seems so far removed from the “dark” and “edgy” and “thematic” show which was touted. Like you, I expected the show to be more dramatic and emotionally draining, I expected to be presented with ’shade of gray’ themes which Jaime and the other characters would encounter on an episode to episode basis. As you mentioned, the show is actually less ’serious’ than it was hyped to be. Now I don’t mind a bit of light…but I need the shade too, and so far it seems that the passing of the show from one showrunner to the next has diluted the original (and rather powerful) outlook. What is strange is that only the Pilot (and maybe “Sisterhood”) has come close to delivering the conflicted and ‘edgy’ issues that I hoped for. That’s not saying the show can’t bring it back round – as Page 48 suggests, we need a FULL SYSTEM REBOOT. NBC need to know where they’re going – do they want another Alias? Heroes? Do they want to throw in a little BSG? LOST? Ultimately I think they need to link the episodes together. Page 48, it also worries me that Chuck has better continuity than BW – surely a (’serious’?) show like BW is crying out for the episodes to relate to each other! They also need to make the audience invest in the characters – I mean how many people cared when Will died, or when Antonio died? Heck, even Jaime didn’t care..how do they expect US to care? I don’t want to make it sound like I’m attacking the show, as I’d much rather have Team Eick rethink and rebuild the Bionic Woman, you know..better, faster, stronger..
We await news NBC!

That’s the thing, Liz – it’s like they were afraid to make it too ‘edgy’, or perhaps they thought the viewers would take better to light-hearted ‘fluff’. I wish they stuck to the ‘dark’ premise because that is what made me want to start blogging about the show. You’re right, there’s still alot of potential in the show, I hope they start over from scratch – IF given the opportunity. Thanks for the compliment (and for your interesting article), I sure hope I’ll still have something worth blogging about..if not, then my Lost blog will get my full blogging attention! lol :P