Fish Story

Fish Story

Infobox Television episode
Title = Fish Story
Series = Back to You


Caption = Chuck and Ryan look as one of Chuck's fish is electricuted.
Season = 1
Episode = 2
Airdate = Start date|2007|09|26
Production = BTY-102
Writer = Dan O'Shannon
Director = James Burrows
Photographer =
Guests =
Episode list = List of Back to You episodes
Prev = Pilot
Next = First Supper

"Fish Story" is the second episode of the first season of the situation comedy "Back To You". It aired on September 26, 2007.

Plot

When Chuck is given a goldfish, which he inadvertently keeps killing and sending Ryan to fetch replacements from the lobby; he tries to prove to Kelly he has what it takes to take care of a child after learning, in the previous episode, that he and Kelly have a ten year-old daughter. Chuck asks Ryan to help him maintain the illusion of a healthy and alive fish. Meanwhile, Gary prepares to report on a Police taser story and sportscaster, Marsh is obsessed with a magic trick which he cannot figure out.

Production Details

*Laura Marano as "Gracie Carr" does not appear in this episode. Her name is removed from the opening credits.

Reception

Mike Duffy of the Detroit Free Press felt that the first two episodes of "Back to You" found a "quality groove" and delivered laughs. He described the shows news studio as a "natural for loopy, literate good fun" and thought that Grammer and Heaton made a good team. [cite web |url=http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070919/ENT03/709190328 |title='Back to You' packs chuckles you can trust |accessdate=2007-09-23 |last=Duffy |first=Mike |date=2007-09-19 |publisher=Detroit Free Press]

This episode was viewed by 7.54 million viewers upon its original broadcast, finishing third place in its timeslot. It also achieved a 2.8 rating in the key 18-49 demographic. It saw a noticeable decline compared to the previous episode, "Pilot", which achieved 9.48 million viewers and 3.1 in the demographic.cite web |url=http://pifeedback.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/63310451/m/69010237/p/1 |title=Prime Time Ratings: Wednesday 9/26/07 |accessdate=2007-09-27 |last=Berman |first=Marc |coauthors= |date=2007-09-27 |work= |publisher=]

It was up against the highly rated reality show, Dancing With The Stars, which achieved 16.62 million viewers and 4.0 in the demographic, during the 8pm hour. This is most probably a cause of such a steep decline.

"Fish Story" plummeted to 56th place against all the other shows airing in the week of September 24. [cite web |url=http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.tv/browse_thread/thread/38679dc73c5671c9/e1a1ec5ed3e79a9c?lnk=gst&q=week+of+september+24&rnum=4#e1a1ec5ed3e79a9c |title=Week of September 24th-30th/2007 complete ratings |accessdate=2007-10-07 |date=2007-10-03 ] This was after finishing 16th the previous week for "Pilot". [cite web |url=http://pifeedback.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/34110412/m/75410827 |title=National Ratings in Prime-Time: Week of Sept. 17, 2007 |accessdate=2007-10-07 |last=Berman |first=Marc |date=2007-09-26] The very noticeable plummet may be due to the fact that "Fish Story" was the first episode of "Back to You" to air within the official television season which began on September 24, 2007. Many highly rated shows such as "", "Grey's Anatomy", "Dancing with the Stars" and "House" premiered that week. The afformentioned shows all average around 20 million viewers a week. [cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/features/e3ifbfdd1bcb53266ad8d9a71cad261604f |title=2006-07 primetime wrap; Series programming results |accessdate=2007-12-01 |date=2007-05-25 |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter]

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