As we’ve been reporting here on TGD, genre TV is back, bigger than ever, and it’s great that there’s a strong menu of sci-fi, fantasy and horror to choose from. Now the return of Dracula has gotten off to a good start in the ratings.
The show stars Jonathan Rhys-Meyers as the legendary blood-sucker, and it’s gotten mostly positive reviews from the critics. (i09 calls it “ridiculous, insane, and completely fascinating.”) The Hollywood Reporter tells us the show also got a nice debut, winning its demo for 18-49 year olds, and having an audience of 5.3 million viewers.
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As Entertainment Weekly points out, Dracula could be the next hit show for NBC this season along with The Blacklist. This is a nice little bit of nostalgia for me, because when I was a little kid I loved the short-lived TV show Cliffhangers, a compilation program with three separate stories. The Curse of Dracula was one of the segments, the best one of the show, and ’79 was a great year for vampires with TV movie Salem’s Lot, the Universal Dracula remake with Frank Langella, and more.
It’s nice to see real vampires back for a change, and as a long time horror fan, I’m really stoked to see the genre return to television. Back in the ‘70’s, there were quite a few horror TV movies, and classic shows like Kolchak that weren’t big ratings winners back in the day, but today it’s thankfully a much different story.