Harry's Law - Kathy Bates on the ratings plus Malcolm returning

-- Expect to see Malcolm (Aml Ameen) again later this season. "I know a lot of people where disappointed when Harry moved upstairs and got away from the ghetto. And this story takes us back into the ghetto, and really addresses what's been going on in the neighborhood and the gentrification of the neighborhood. So I'm very excited about that episode."

Kathy Bates, who earned an Emmy nomination last year for her portrayal of curmudgeonly attorney Harry on the David E. Kelley series, admits she’ll be the first person checking the show’s ratings the next morning. “Unfortunately , I’ve gotten into that habit. What I really should do is not look at the Internet at all ’cause it makes me want to put a bullet in my brain,” she tells EW candidly. “Some of these people are just so stupid. I don’t even get it…. All [they] talk about is the blessed [18-49] demo this, demo that, and how the cancellation bear is gonna eat us and all that stuff. So we’ll see. We’ll just see.”

“It really bugs the crap out of me when I read online that this is the lowest-rated show on NBC, ’cause all they’re talking about is the demo. They totally disregard the number of viewers. And, you know, as somebody who’s 63 years old, I really take offense at that because we do have an audience of older viewers, I think, for the most part.”

Oh, she’s just getting started. ”We do have a real faithful following, and I wish they’d just shut up about the GD demo. I mean, who cares?” she says. “It’s just like, we really are the highest scripted show on NBC. I mean, that’s been our status since we went on the air.” (Technically, Smash now holds the title, averaging 9.6 million viewers in its short season, but recent episodes have been below Harry‘s 8.6 million season 2 average.) Regardless, Bates says “We had over 11 million viewers the very first night, just as Smash did, although we didn’t have the mega press behind our show,” she says. “So I’m really proud of that. We’ve done really well. And there are a lot of people out there who love this show. So, you know, I wish the naysayers would just shut the F up.”
Full article and video@ EW