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Apr 26 2013 11:09 AM ET

'Vampire Diaries' spinoff ratings lack bite

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Will The CW have two Vampire Diaries shows next season?

Maybe … maybe not: The Vampire Diaries spinoff pilot had a disappointing performance in the flagship show’s 8 p.m. slot last night. The Originals delivered 2.2 million viewers and a 0.9 among adults 18-49 last night. Not only did the episode not demonstrate a spike of interest — which is what you hope to see when debuting the pilot for a potential new series — the rating was down 10 percent from the show’s last episode. The hour was also down 31 percent from The Vampire Diaries‘ average this season.

The CW has several pilots in contention for next season with supernatural and sci-fi themes, so The Originals has some competition too. But it’s always easier for a network to launch a show that has a built-in audience than jump-start a concept from scratch, and a weak Vampire Diaries rating is still better than the vast majority of other CW shows. What fans say online about The Originals pilot (and how the network’s executive team feels about the project creatively) might have just as much impact on the series-order decision as how many viewers initially showed up. In other words: Semi-lousy ratings or not, a series pickup remains likely. UPDATE: The CW gives Originals a series order.

Here’s EW’s recap of the episode if you want to sound off in the comments with your thoughts. READ FULL STORY »

Apr 23 2013 12:26 PM ET

'The Following' beats 'Revolution' for first time

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Charlie and Miles suffered another setback Monday night: The Revolution heroes were beaten in the ratings by smooth-talking serial killer Joe Carroll for the first time.

The penultimate episode of Fox’s first season of The Following rose to its best rating in weeks, with 7 million viewers and a 2.4 among adults 18-49, up 14 percent. That was enough to suppress NBC’s Revolution, which was steady this week with 6.2 million viewers and a 2.2 rating. The disparity between the shows is probably greater than these numbers suggest, since The Following merely had a Bones lead-in (1.9) while Revolution has The Voice (4.8). Revolution and The Following have tied twice in the demo, but this is the first time The Following has had a higher number outright.

Speaking of which, The Voice dipped 8 percent for its third Battle Rounds episode, yet still easily led the night. Over on ABC, Dancing was down 5 percent to tie its lowest rating ever for a performance show, while Castle was up 10 percent.

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Apr 16 2013 02:42 PM ET

'Defiance' is Syfy's biggest premiere in years

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Syfy’s cross-platform multi-species terrestrial alien invasion drama gave the network its biggest debut in years.

The premiere of Defiance on Monday night was seen by 2.7 million viewers and 1.3 million adults 18-49. That made Defiance the network’s most-watched telecast since 2009 (a two-hour episode of Warehouse 13) and its top scripted series premiere among adults 18-49 since 2006 (Eureka).

Syfy unveiled an online open-world game version of the show on April 2 as part of its cross-platform strategy (Defiance: It’s a TV show! It’s a game! It’s both!). Syfy isn’t releasing the number of players who have signed up, but did note that players have logged more than 6 million hours of gameplay since it went live.

Beginning next Monday, Defiance will assume its regular 9 p.m. time period. On April 29 it will be joined by the return of Warehouse 13 at 10 p.m.

Defiance has been billed by some as the next Firefly or Battlestar Galactica (or at least the next Caprica). What did you think?

Apr 15 2013 05:51 PM ET

Ratings spike for 'MTV Movie Awards'

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The MTV Movie Awards not only generated some wild headlines thanks to Aubrey Plaza but it also posted some decent ratings. The annual awards fest averaged 3.8 million viewers, and was up 21 percent versus the previous year among the network’s core 12-34 viewers, according to Nielsen.

The news was even better in the older demographics: MTV saw a 45 percent versus last year among persons 18-34 and a 44 percent jump among persons 18-49. Overall, the telecast averaged 4.8 million among all the Viacom-owned nets that aired it (MTV, VH1, MTV2 and Logo).

The Avengers was the big winner at the MTV Movie Awards, where it took home three golden popcorn trophies for Best Fight, Best Villain, and Best Movie. For all the winners, click here.

Apr 11 2013 12:26 PM ET

'American Idol' ratings up: Has the bleeding stopped?

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Is it over? Can Fox peek out from behind their fingers now? Is it safe to look at Nielsen’s morning emails yet?

Fox’s American Idol may be finally leveling off in the ratings. After weeks of sharp and alarming and consistent declines — Idol was almost tied by ABC’s Scandal! — the last two episodes of the reality veteran have not dropped. In fact, both episodes went up slightly from the previous week. Last Thursday’s hour inched up 4 percent. And now last night’s two-hour Wednesday edition climbed 7 percent. Maybe season 12 finally found its bottom.

If so, not a moment too soon. Wednesday’s Idol had 12 million viewers and a 3.2 adults 18-49 rating in the demo. Modern Family (10.2 million, 3.8 rating) easily beat it and Criminal Minds (11.3 million, 3.0) was in the ballpark.

During tonight’s Idol results show, the reality competition will try something new. Fox will put a small box on the screen showing behind-the-scenes footage of the competition during the commercial breaks — thus hoping to hold your attention while sponsors like Ford, Coke and AT&T pitch their wares. TV advertisers are now so desperate for your attention that they’ll settle for having half of it. (And why not? It’s how advertising everywhere else works — from billboards to online banner ads.)

Meanwhile, the second week of ABC’s laboriously titled new sitcom How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) experienced a ratings drop. The Sarah Chalke comedy fell 14 percent for its second episode to 7.3 million viewers and a 2.5 rating among adults 18-49. For a show airing after Modern Family the performance by HTLWYPFTROYL is getting kind of soft.

Also last night: CBS crime dramas were up slightly. NBC’s Hannibal pilot encore picked up some additional sampling and retained nearly all of its SVU repeat lead-in. Click below for the full chart. READ FULL STORY »

Apr 10 2013 07:19 PM ET

'Cult' pulled from CW schedule

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Cult just hasn’t had the following they expected, so it’s being pulled from the CW schedule, EW confirms.

The show — starring Vampire Diaries actor Matt David and Supernatural‘s Alona Tal — has most recently aired on Fridays, but it’s next scheduled airing has been pulled to make room for an encore of the Carrie Diaries finale. Subsequent scheduled airings are being replaced by encores of Oh Sit, the network’s musical chairs competition show. (Ouch.)

No one can blame the CW, though. From the starting line, Cult failed to garner buzz. After starting its run on Tuesdays, the show was bumped to Fridays after just two episodes, where it tanked in ratings.

Cult had been set for a 13-episode freshman season, but only seven episodes have aired.

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Apr 9 2013 11:36 AM ET

'The Voice' ratings rise: Shakira and Usher are working

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Shakira and Usher on The Voice? Working.

NBC’s singing competition hit is doing something that other reality shows only wish they could pull off: Showing ratings steadiness, and even growth, in the weeks following a premiere — despite a new judging panel.

Three weeks into its spring run, Monday’s two-hour The Voice inched up 4 percent to its best performance this year — 13.7 million viewers and a 4.9 rating among adults 18-49. In fact, this matches the fall edition’s finale as the highest-rated Voice of the season. Competition was mixed: CBS comedies were in repeats at 8 p.m., but CBS’ live coverage of NCAA basketball had some big numbers after the repeats. At any rate, The Voice‘s apparent strength is supported by what we saw last week, with its Tuesday edition also rising from the prior week’s premiere.

These ratings with Shakira and Usher in the red chairs must come as a huge relief to NBC. Not only does it help boost the current edition of the show, it also suggests the network’s prime-time performance isn’t wholly dependent upon the cooperation of Cee Lo and Christina Aguilera (because prime-time sure is dependent on The Voice). The show could still plummet, mind you. We’ve seen other many shows defy gravity for a few weeks than suddenly drop, but for now it seems The Voice can function without two of its original stars.

Too bad The Voice‘s rise didn’t do more for Revolution. The apocalyptic drama just went up a tenth of a point at 10 p.m., but it was facing some very strong basketball numbers. Over on Fox, fellow freshman drama The Following ceased its recent dips, while on The CW The Carrie Diaries concluded with a whimper. Full Chart: READ FULL STORY »

Mar 29 2013 11:57 AM ET

'Grey's Anatomy' tops Thursday ratings chart

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With CBS airing basketball semifinals last night, ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy managed to score the best overnight rating by the narrowest of margins.

Grey’s dipped slightly this week, but had 8.8 million viewers and a 2.8 rating among adults 18-49, a performance that was narrowly followed by Fox’s American Idol and ABC’s Scandal.

Idol was down another tenth this week, though will probably rise to match Scandal in the afternoon numbers. Fox also tried a couple episodes of Raising Hope, including the show’s season finale, in the 9 p.m. hour. Both performed pretty modestly, though the 9:30 episode easily topped NBC’s 1600 Penn, which dropped 22 percent this week and aired its season (and almost certainly series) finale.

Pretty much everything was within a tenth of a point or so of last week, save the second episode of ABC’s Wife Swap, which dropped 18 percent.

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Mar 28 2013 04:02 PM ET

Jay Leno hits seven-week high in viewers

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As Jay Leno fights for his job, more people are opting to tune into the show that he’s expected to lose. The Tonight Show just hit a seven-week high in total viewers with 3.52 million (his best since the week of Jan. 28-Feb. 1) and a four-week high in the 18-49 demo with 982,000 viewers (his best since Feb. 18-22), according to Nielsen ratings. The ratings bump for the week of March 18-22 came as Leno began taking nightly jabs at his employers — like referring to them as snakes — as news hit that a succession plan was in the works to replace him with Jimmy Fallon.

As it now stands, Leno has outranked The Late Show with David Letterman among 18-49 viewers for the last 18 weeks in a row while topping Jimmy Kimmel Live for nine of their 11 head-to-head weeks. In total viewers, Leno has averaged more than the Late Show for 22 weeks in a row and Jimmy Kimmel Live for 11 of 11 weeks.

NBC has yet to confirm or comment on the succession plan, other than to say Fallon is getting a fancy new set in New York, where The Tonight Show is expected to move. Though plenty of industry watchers question whether it’s the right time to bump Leno, speculation continues that Fallon may start as early as February, after the network’s telecast of the Winter Olympics.

Leno continued his war of words against NBC on Wednesday, with this joke about the network’s Monday lineup. “The Voice and Revolution moved NBC into the No. 2 position. You know what that means? Between Easter and Passover, this is truly the season of miracles. We’re number two! We’re number two! And I’ve been saying that for the last week — NBC is a big No. 2. Haven’t I been saying that?” READ FULL STORY »

Mar 26 2013 03:06 PM ET

'Kids Choice' builds in tot demo

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A strong showing from Josh Duhamel and the Kids Choice Awards helped Nickelodeon to post its highest rated telecast in four months since the iCarly finale. Saturday night’s live premiere averaged 5.8 million total viewers and 2.7 million kids ages 2-11, up slightly from last year’s show. Among kids 6-11, the awards show averaged 2.0 million and among 9-14, it lured 1.9 million.

Kids picked their favorites for the show in a record-breaking 392 million votes. READ FULL STORY »

Mar 26 2013 11:11 AM ET

'The Voice': Shakira and Usher debut strong in ratings

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How did NBC’s The Voice perform for Monday night’s big return premiere with Usher and Shakira in the red chairs?

It depends on which comparison you use. Last night’s The Voice spring kickoff had 13.4 million viewers and a 4.7 rating among adults 18-49, easily winning the night.

Normally you would stack those numbers against the show’s Monday premiere on the same night last year. But that episode was a day after NBC aired the Super Bowl and had a giant 6.7 adult demo rating. So it’s down 30 percent from that. Another comparison (and in this case, NBC would argue, the more fair one) is the show’s season 3 premiere last fall, which had a 4.2 rating. So it’s up 12 percent from that round.

Overall, I say this is a good number for the show — especially since the series swapped out half its judging panel, with Xtina and Cee Lo expected to rerun in the fall. How often do you see a judges panel shakeup without a ratings drop from the show’s previous cycle? And given NBC’s recent severe ratings woes, some wondered if The Voice return would suffer. But clearly fans are fully capable of turning on NBC again when the broadcast network has a show they actually want to see.

And since some of you below are debating these Voice numbers vs. Fox’s American Idol this season, here’s some help: Last night’s Voice is down 22 percent from Idol‘s January premiere. But it’s higher than every Idol episode since January.

The return of Revolution, however, is bit less sunny. After a four-month break, the freshman adventure-drama returned to 7.2 million viewers and a 2.7 rating. That’s down 13 percent from the show’s prior average, yet was still easily enough to win 10 p.m.

Meanwhile Fox’s The Following continued its decline to a season low — down 8 percent this week. The Voice put the hurt on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars, which dropped 28 percent this week. On CBS, The Voice seemed to pressure the network’s 8 p.m. hour, with How I Met Your Mother dipping 10 percent to a season low.

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Mar 22 2013 12:20 PM ET

'American Idol' drops again: How low will the ratings go?

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When American Idol season 12 premiered lower in the ratings than last year, that was to be expected — returning weaker has been the show’s trend for several years.

When Idol numbers dipped after the show moved from auditions to the Hollywood rounds, that was also to be expected too — the reality veteran’s ratings tend to sag during the middle portion of its run every year.

But Idol is dropping nearly every week and last night was down 50 percent from its Thursday night premiere this season … and that’s scary.

Thursday’s Idol fell another 7 percent down to 11.7 million viewers and a 2.8 rating among adults 18-49. Again: a 2.8 rating. For the first time ever, ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy topped Idol in these early numbers. Hell, Scandal nearly tied Idol!

Here’s Idol‘s Wednesday night track in the demo since its debut this season: 6.0, 5.5, 5.5, 4.6, 4.3, 4.1, 3.9, 3.8, 3.8, 3.6. While Thursday’s trend has been: 5.6, 5.2, 4.5, 4.1, 3.7, 3.9, 3.8, 3.6, 3.1 and then last night’s preliminary 2.8, down 33 percent from last year’s airing this week. The only time the show’s ratings have gone up this season was the week after Valentine’s Day (which is a traditionally soft night for TV viewing).

Elsewhere on the grid: ABC’s regular-folks version of Wife Swap was up from its last season premiere. Grey’s was up 12 percent. A special 1600 Penn at 8:30 was softer than Parks and Recreation in the slot. CW’s Vampire Diaries perked up a tenth for last night’s punk rock episode.

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Mar 20 2013 12:06 PM ET

'Splash' premiere gets high scores

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The premiere of celebrity diving show Splash gave ABC a ratings springboard on Tuesday night.

The network’s “Diving With the Stars” delivered 8.8 million viewers and a healthy 2.6 rating among adults 18-49. Splash came in second place at 8 p.m., beating the second week of Fox’s Hell’s Kitchen and was topped only in the hour by CBS’ NCIS. The numbers were big enough to make Splash the top unscripted series debut on broadcast TV since Fox’s The X Factor first premiered in 2011. It also doubles the rating of Fox’s quickie version of the same concept (Stars in Danger: The High Dive) that was hustled out in January before Splash could hit the air.

After Fox’s diving show belly flopped in the ratings, we had modest expectations for ABC’s take, but Splash is arguably a better fit for the network that airs Dancing With the Stars. At the same time, these premiere ratings might not mean much — ABC has successfully delivered strong sampling for the premieres of short-lived cooking competition The Taste and the return of  Celebrity Wife Swap earlier this season, only to see both shows drop sharply. At least Splash ratings climbed from its first half hour to its second, which is a positive sign.

Here’s what else is interesting in last night’s numbers: Justin Timberlake’s CW special rated about the same as a modestly rated CW show. CBS’ Golden Boy went up 13 percent from last week (but that’s almost certainly because lead-in NCIS: LA aired an original episode instead of a repeat). ABC’s Dancing special was up slightly from last year’s similar special. Hell’s Kitchen dropped a tenth from its premiere. NBC’s Go On and New Normal both had their lowest-rated episodes to date.

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