The Alex Baldwin Show made its debut Sunday night on ABC, where is quietly bombed in its premiere.

Only 2.49 million viewers turned in according to Nielsen, managing to earn the episode an abysmal 0.4 rating.

This despite the fact that Baldwin welcomed Oscar-winner Robert De Niro as his first guest.

To make matters worse, the show lost close to half of its lead-in, with Shark Tank attracting 3.68 million viewers and a 0.7 rating in the 9pm hour.

These numbers are not a huge surprise however, with Baldwin's past foray into the format also failing to find an audience at MSNBC.

No silver linings: The Alec Baldwin show premiered to just 2.49 million viewers on ABC and a 0.4 rating on Sunday night (Baldwin above with Robert De Niro on the premiere episode)

Baldwin was also trounced by NBC in his timeslot, who won the night with 18.43 million viewers gathering round to watch Sunday Night Football.

President Trump also got his revenge on Baldwin, with his episode of 60 Minutes getting 11.3 million viewers and a 1.8 rating.

That was also a bleak performance however from its NFL lead-in, which had an audience of 13.5 million.