Why Sweet/Vicious Deserves a Second Chance More Than Any Other Show
The half-hour dramedy created by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson followed two college girls, Jules (Eliza Bennett) and Ophelia (Taylor Dearden) who become vigilantes for sexual assault justice on their campus after one of them is raped by her best friend's boyfriend at a party.
- Eliza Bennett (@ElizaBennett) April 28, 2017 The show did struggle with rating during its freshman season, scoring only 310,000 viewers for its Jan. 24 season finale and a 0.16 rating in MTV's key demo, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
[...] the low ratings of the critically adored darling were compounded by executive shakeups at MTV's parent company Viacom over the past few months.
The show was a powerful statement about the trauma of sexual assault victims and all of the ways that college campus policies and law enforcements have failed to protect victims.
Sweet/Vicious is a necessary narrative at a time, as Robinson says, when crusades for social justice -- especially around issues of sexual harassment and assault -- are top of mind for many Americans.