NETWORK UPDATE: AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and BIG BROTHER both gained 0.1 in final numbers, and for once the AGT gain didn’t lead to a loss for TAXI BROOKLYN.
Below are Wednesday’s Top 25 original cable telecasts (which actually cover the 157 most watched shows of the night once reruns are excluded). Analysis and context are below the chart.
A note on the color-coding. Green indicates an above average rating within each demographic group. Red indicates a below average demographic rating. Yellow is average for each demo group.
TNT’s LEGENDS didn’t make much of an impact, debuting at 0.52. It was, however, much stronger with Men 50+, drawing a 2.00 with that group. It was followed by the season premiere of FRANKLIN & BASH, which appears to be on its last legs, not even making the chart at 0.28 and 1.25M total viewers. Despite the SHARK WEEK competition on Discovery, DUCK DYNASTY (A&E) had a strong night, up more than a quarter of a point from last week to 1.43. WAHLBERGERS, airing after DUCK, was at 0.86, with BIG SMO at 0.56. The SHARK WEEK shows of the night followed DUCK DYNASTY, ZOMBIE SHARKS at 1.21 and SPAWN OF JAWS at 1.19. TEEN MOMS (MTV) was up more than a tenth at 1.17. On USA, SUITS was up slightly at 0.76 and GRACELAND was down slightly at 0.42. THE BRIDGE (FX) fell a bit to 0.29. On ABCFamily, YOUNG & HUNGRY was down almost a tenth to 0.33, and MYSTERY GIRLS didn’t make the list, at 0.15 and 546K total viewers. Neither of the TVLand comedies made the chart: HOT IN CLEVELAND was at 0.16/855K, and JENNIFER FALLS was at 0.10/400K, both down significantly from last week. THE DIVIDE (WE) remained at its sad 0.06/373K. Finally, the series finale episodes of WILFRED (FXX) were at 0.14/239K and 0.16/247K.
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