How To Get Away With Murder actually posted a series low last night, 8.4M and 2.6 in the demo, which was unexpected for the buzzy drama that just won Viola Davis an Emmy. This came off of a solid showing … Continue reading Ratings; ‘Heroes’ Returns OK, ‘Murder’ Down
I didn’t feel like making a story just for Devious Maids, but Lifetime has renewed the show for a fourth season. Pretty good for a show rejected by ABC, and picked up later by Lifetime. In less surprising news, TNT … Continue reading Ratings: ‘Empire’ ‘Rosewood’ Off To Strong Starts, ‘Devious Maids’ Renewed
The Muppets was a huge bright spot for ABC, as it launched to 8.9M viewers on Tuesday, with 2.8 in the demo. That’s more than double what Selfie managed in the same timeslot a year ago. That led to a … Continue reading Ratings: ‘Muppets’ A Hit, ‘Queens’ Not So Much…
Blindspot became an early frontrunner for renewal, opening to 10.6 million viewers, with 3.1 in the demo. Blindspot is improving upon State Of Affairs, which was cancelled last season. Gotham returned to a sad 4.5 million viewers, and Minority Report … Continue reading Ratings: ‘Blindspot’ Explodes, ‘Minority’ Lacks Audience
Syfy’s cultural phenomenon Sharknado debuted last night, and everyone was tweeting about it. There was a social media explosion with Sharknado. However, the film only pulled in 1.3 million viewers, which is apparently the same number some shitfest called Independence … Continue reading 1.3 Million watch ‘Sharknado’
Catfish returned to MTV on Tuesday night, raking in 2.5 million viewers. It’s a nice bright spot for a network that is seemingly in programming turmoil. They just axed freshman comedy Zach Stone, the showrunner for Awkward exited abruptly, and … Continue reading Liars still tops for ABC Family, but hits a series low. Catfish returns
Last night, So You Think You Can Dance took in 4.4 million viewers for its first voting show, up a little bit from last week (when it faced off against The Voice). Instead, it faced off against a new Betty … Continue reading Ratings: ‘Fosters’ and ‘Dance’ continue to rise
Under The Dome premiered last night on CBS, and raked in 13.1 million viewers. It’s the best premiere for a summer series on CBS since 2005. Meanwhile, Mistresses continues to struggle, drawing in 3.6 million in the same timeslot. On … Continue reading Under The Dome Debuts Strong
2.7 million people watched the Season 6 Mad Men finale, which seems kind of low, but is actually 0.2 above the season average of 2.5 million. For some reason, I thought this show had a larger viewership. I never really … Continue reading 2.7 Million Watch Mad Men finale
Devious Maids launched last night on Lifetime to 2 million viewers, which is lower than the network’s three returning dramas, Army Wives, Drop Dead Diva, and The Client List have debuted in their past seasons. This could spell trouble in … Continue reading 2 Million tune into ‘Devious Maids’
NBC’s Crossing Lines had a two hour premiere last night on NBC, and while it won its timeslot among network shows, raking in 4.4 million viewers, the premiere is still being called ‘soft’ in the industry. Then again, it was … Continue reading Crossing Lines premieres, is 4 million too small?
Royal Pains drew 904K viewers in the 18-49 demo for its season premiere on Wednesday night, down from the 1.24 that watched the season premiere last year. It was down in total viewers too, getting 3.682 million against last years … Continue reading ‘Royal Pains’ down, ‘Necessary Roughness’ up
ABC Family’s hit series Pretty Little Liars debuted last night to 2.972 million, up slightly from the 2.93 million that tuned in for the Season 3 premiere. Twisted also re-debuted last night to 1.6 million viewers. The pilot had originally … Continue reading ‘Pretty Little Liars’ up, ‘Twisted’ attracts attention
John Oliver’s debut as the special host of The Daily Show maintained 1.5 million viewers, which is also Jon Stewart’s average for the year. John Oliver will be hosting The Daily Show for 12 weeks while Stewart is off filming … Continue reading John Oliver’s debut on ‘Daily Show’ remains par
Major Crimes returned last night, with 5 million viewers. Only 1.2 of them were in the 18-49 category. That’s down from last years premiere, which saw 7.2 million total viewers. King and Maxwell was the lead out to Major Crimes, … Continue reading ‘Major Crimes’ down from last season, ‘King and Maxwell’ OK
The Winner Is debuted last night with a 1.9 rating in the demo, down only slightly from Revolution’s season finale last week. The Winner Is is also a much stronger summer show than last summer’s Stars Earn Stripes. The Voice … Continue reading TV Ratings: ‘The Winner Is’ a hit, ‘Mistresses’ up a bit
These viewers are measured only in the 18-49 category. There are likely even more viewers being added via DVR, but for purposes of this, we’re only talking about the key demo. Also, you only count if you watched it within … Continue reading The Most DVR’d Shows On TV- Modern Family is on top
The Rock’s new show on TNT, The Hero, opened to 1.5 million last night. The premiere is down from The Great Escape, which premiered with 1.6 million last summer, but is still a strong number for a TNT reality show. … Continue reading The Rock’s ‘Hero’ Launches OK, ‘Graceland’ strong
Last night was not kind to three veteran reality competition series. America’s Got Talent returned last night to 11.1 million watching. While that total number is up from last year, it is down in the key demo of 18-49, meaning … Continue reading ‘AGT’ and ‘SYTYCD’ down, ‘Voice’ hits new low
Teen Wolf had its Season 3 premiere on Monday, and 2.4 million people tuned in, 15% more than had tuned in for the Season 2 premiere. More good news for Teen Wolf came yesterday as it was one of 28 … Continue reading Teen Wolf debuts high
Anger Management was on FOX last night, to try and boost awareness of the series. The show managed 1.6 million viewers, which was ahead of The Mindy Project reruns last week (1.3 million), as well as the last new episode … Continue reading Ratings: Anger Management does better on FOX; Mistresses debut disappoints