Looks like fans may be tired of crying for the Pearsons.

This fifth season of “This is Us,” a five hanky weeper of a soap opera, is in a spiral down in the ratings this season.

Last night the drama hit 4.8 million, down from the season start last fall of 7.3 million. Each week this season has shown a deterioration as all the big “surprises” and reveals from the past and future have been used up. Jack is still dead, just like Generalissimo Franco (that’s an old SNL joke).

In its early days, “This is Us” was scoring 10 or 12 million viewers a night. After the Super Bowl a couple of years ago, it drew a staggering 26 million.

Little by little, the “This is Us” audience is moving on and moving away. Delayed viewing might help but the trend is there. And they still have to make it to the middle of May with eight more episodes. They may want consider wrapping it up now rather than go for a sixth even shortened season.

Now is the time for Sterling K. Brown to make his move into film. He should really be able to go along the trail blazed by Viola Davis. Fingers crossed.

“The Walking Dead” faces actual death now.

The AMC show in its 10th season is seeing a quick ratings collapse week to week. Zombies remain as the only loyal viewers.

On Sunday The Walking Dead dropped 25% from its February return to 2.17 million viewers. In February they were low, but at 2.89.

Years ago, The Walking Dead had 13 to 15 million viewers and was so hot you couldn’t touch it. Now, I’m not sure why it’s on TV.

There are just three more episodes left in this season, with another season set for the summer. At this rate, there will be no one left to register their viewing for Nielsen.

This is what happens when a show goes on too long.

Let it go now, AMC.

Queen of a Lot of TV, Shonda Rhimes, is taking the Hollywood Foreign Press to task. She says the people who vote on the Golden Globes ignored her shows until they were hits.

Rhimes reasons: “HFPA rejected our press conference. Until it was a “surprise hit” (Grey’s, Scandal, Murder -SURPRISE!) And yet they STILL asked me to show up in person to present at the Globes. We’re not the only ones. This is why HFPA’s house is on fire.They lit the flame w/their own ignorance.”

She adds: “And I’m the lucky one. More important: think of all the great talent and shows out there that never even got a chance.”

Rhimes’ observation comes on the heels of a published report on TheWrap.com that the HFPA routinely ignored Black movies and TV shows.

The HFPA said last night they would add 13 Black journalists to their group immediately after Hollywood publicists threaten to pull their clients from Golden Globes activities.

The HFPA is really in hot water in ways I never imagined, and I criticized them a lot over the years. But this was bound to happen. Where they’re going to find 13 Black journalists living in L.A. who cover foreign countries is a mystery to me. But I nominate Wilson Morales of BlackFilmandTV. Even though he lives in New York, Morales could cover for any country and is one of the top movie journalists of any color or continent. Just a suggestion.

As for Rhimes, she’s right when she says she’s not alone. So much of TV is ignored by awards groups. I really think once a show has won Best Drama or Comedy that should be it, no more. Actors, writers, directors that’s different. But once the basic gist a show has won, that’s enough. Shows don’t need to win six times.