At the TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour today, ABC president Paul Lee was asked to comment on the performance of Marvel's Agents of SHIELD and the just-debuted Marvel's Agent Carter

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SHIELD hasn't been the giant hit ABC was likely hoping for, though it has a decent audience on Tuesdays. Agent Carter only has two weeks to go by so far - its first week, it debuted above SHIELD's Season 2 average, while last night, it fell below it to a 1.5 rating.Asked about the two shows' audience, Lee evoked the boost from DVRs, saying, "SHIELD’s actually a great and powerful show for us. You look at the L3’s [Live plus three] and the L7’s [live plus seven] and the C3’s and this show pops up to a 3.0 [in the rating], brings in a male audience for us and creatively it’s really strong now. We left a great cliffhanger at the end of Christmas and now it’s going to come back with some fantastic storylines as we go forward. And to have Agent Carter in the gap, doing sort of double what we were doing at this time last year, is great for us."Lee indicated that more was being discussed, saying, "We have ambitions for Marvel in the future. We love Marvel."Marvel, like ABC, is part of Disney, and Lee was asked if there was company pressure to keep the Marvel shows on the air. Lee replied, "No, none at all. Absolutely none at all. This is really us. We drive this."