Gotham Gets A Season 2

This should come as no surprise, but the Batman prequel series on Fox, Gotham, has been given a Season 2.

Dana Walden and Gary Newman, Chairmen and CEOs of Fox Television Group, announced the news earlier today.

Gotham has ben averaging a 4.2 rating among adults 18-49 and 10.6 million viewers per episode.

It’s also the number one broadcast drama overall among men 18-49 and men 18-34. 

The debut episode, which exploded into Premiere Week with a 6.0/18 rating among Adults 18-49, outperformed The Blacklist and Scorpion and delivered FOX’s highest-rated fall drama debut in 14 years. This Live +7 rating reflects the largest post-three-day ratings gain (+0.9) of any broadcast drama, ever. 

The next episode of Gotham airs Monday, January 19th at 8pm ET with “What The Little Bird Told Him” and is described as: In an attempt to get his job back, Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie) seeks to capture Jack Gruber (guest star Christopher Heyerdahl), a deranged electrical genius who escapes Arkham Asylum. Meanwhile, Falcone (John Doman) struggles to hold onto his empire after Fish Mooney (Jada Pinkett Smith) makes her next move.