These days, the television season never truly ends. As other shows were wrapping up earlier this week, the networks unveiled several new shows, but so far, they have been tepidly received by viewers.
On Thursday, “Save Me,†an NBC comedy starring Anne Heche, finally had its premiere after being pushed back all season. It garnered only three million total viewers, according to Nielsen. That number was on par with last summer's premiere of “Saving Hope,†which NBC pulled from its schedule after 11 episodes because of low ratings.
The series premiere of ABC's “Motive,†a police procedural imported from Canada, drew 6.5 million viewers on Monday, but its audience skewed older, and the second episode on Thursday was beaten in its time period in the 18-to-49 category by the series premiere of “Does Someone Have to Go?†That show, a reality series in which employees decide if their co-workers should lose their jobs, had three million total viewers.
Last and certainly least is “The Goodwin Games†on Fox, another comedy that was largely ignored by viewers on Monday, with only 1.6 million tuning in.
A version of this article appeared in print on 05/25/2013, on page C2 of the NewYork edition with the headline: New TV Shows Find Few Viewers.