After Leslie Jordan’s Dying, ‘Name Me Kat’ Scores Rise

Within the wake of the tragic loss of life of Leslie Jordan Oct. 24, viewers are rallying round his ultimate performances. Fox’s “Name Me Kat” noticed a spike in its viewers for the primary episode to air following collection common Jordan’s deadly automobile crash with 1.4 million individuals tuning in to Season 3 Episode 5 on Oct. 27.

That statistic, which comes through Nielsen’s Stay + Identical Day information, marks a 28% soar in viewership for the Fox comedy. After the third season of “Name Me Kat” premiered with 1.2 million viewers on Sept. 29, the present’s viewers steadied, with Episodes 2, 3 and 4 every bringing in 1.1 million.

Moreover, Episode 5 hit a score of 0.3 within the adults 18-49 demographic after every previous episode of Season 3 had a 0.2.

Titled “Name Me Uncle Dad,” the Oct. 27 episode of “Name Me Kat” featured Jordan’s character, Phil, assembly his past love curiosity, a drag queen named Jalen aka Queen Dicktoria (visitor star John Griffin). On the Center C, the bar throughout from Kat’s (Mayim Bialik) cafe the place Phil is head baker, he and Jalen bond over their love of performing, with Phil breaking out right into a clog dancing routine.

Jordan was in the midst of manufacturing on Season 3 when he died. Fox confirmed that he had shot eight episodes of the season and had been set to finish Episode 9 by the top of final week.

Particulars about how the present will deal with Jordan’s character transferring ahead usually are not but identified. Manufacturing paused after the accident, with Fox airing a brief tribute to Jordan as part of the Oct. 27 episode.

Jordan will even be featured in upcoming episodes of “The Masked Singer” and “Lego Masters,” which each air on Fox.

“Name Me Kat” is produced by That’s Great Productions, Unhappy Clown Productions and BBC Studios’ Los Angeles manufacturing arm in affiliation with Warner Bros. Tv and Fox. Jim Patterson and Maria Ferrari function co-showrunners, and govt produce alongside Jim Parsons and Todd Spiewak for That’s Great, Bialik for Unhappy Clown Productions, Angie Stephenson for BBC Studios and Miranda Hart, who created “Miranda,” the British collection “Name Me Kat” relies on.