The long-awaited debut of Shondaland drama “Still Star-Crossed” proved to be less than spectacular in the Monday overnight ratings, according to Nielsen data. The series, which takes place in the aftermath of Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet,” drew in a mere 0.5 rating in adults 18-49 and 2.4 million viewers, airing at 10 p.m.
In fairness, the show debuted on Memorial Day, with the holiday more than likely taking a bite out of whatever audience it would have drawn on a normal night. It is also a summer series, which tend to draw lower viewership. Nevertheless, as it stands the series opened lower than recently cancelled ABC dramas “Time After Time” (0.7, 2.5 million), “Notorious” (1.1, 5.4 million), and “Conviction” (0.9, 5.2 million), which were all Fall shows.
Earlier on ABC, a new episode of “The Bachelorette” (1.5, 5.6 million) dipped slightly in the demo but stayed even in total viewers from last week.
