The Good Fight got off to a soft start for CBS but its true test for success will be determined when it begins streaming on CBS All Access.
The Christine Baranski-led legal drama snagged a soft 0.7/2 in the key 18-49 demo. After last night, TGF will now only be seen on CBS All Access – which showed the second episode on Sunday too.
While comparisons are a bit stretched, last night’s The Good Fight debut was down 46% from the series finale of The Good Wife’s seven-season run on May 8 last year at 9 PM. It is also down 63% in the 18-49s from the September 22, 2014 launch of Madam Secretary in that 9 PM slot. To add one more stat, The Good Fight dropped 30% from lead-in 60 Minutes (1.0/4) – which itself was down 20% from its pre-Grammy Awards position of last week.
With a total viewership of 7.16 million, The Good Fight was the third most watched show of the mainly sagging night after 60 Minutes (10.25 million) and NCIS: Los Angeles (8.48 million).
