What’s hot in America’s summer of TV?
What were the winners and losers with US viewers for their summer season?
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The Hollywood Reporter this week published a list of some of the winners and losers for the US summer.
Reality remains a big winner amongst the all-important 18-to-49 demo.
WINNERS:
Falling Skies (TNT)
Awkward (MTV)
Switched at Birth (ABC Family)
LOSERS:
Love Bites (NBC)
Friends With Benefits (NBC)
Men of a Certain Age (TNT)
Eureka (Syfy)
TOP 5 NETWORK SHOWS OF THE SUMMER
Among 18-to-49 demo
1.America’s Got Talent (Perf.)* NBC: 4.8 million
2.Big Brother* CBS: 3.5 million
3.The Bachelorette ABC: 3.3 million
4.So You Think You Can Dance Fox: 3 million
5.MasterChef Fox: 2.8 million
* Including results shows and additional evening airings, AGT and Big Brother would have occupied the No. 2, 4 and 5 slots, respectively.
TOP 10 CABLE SHOWS OF THE SUMMER
Among 18-to-49 demo
1.Jersey Shore MTV: 5.3 million
2.Pawn Stars* History: 2.7 million
3.Teen Mom MTV: 2.4 million
4.Swamp People History: 2.3 million
5.WWE Raw* USA: 2.2 million
6.Deadliest Catch Discovery: 2 million
7.Falling Skies TNT: 2 million
8.American Pickers History: 1.93 million
9.Royal Pains USA: 1.92 million
10.Burn Notice USA: 1.9 million
* Including additional time-period airings, Pawn Stars and WWE Raw would have occupied No. 3 and 7 slots, respectively. Excludes programs with fewer than three telecasts.
Now we know why Seven tried Pawn Stars here….
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17 Responses
Aussies follow Yanks pathetic viewing habits:(
No Pretty Little Liars? It was massive with the 12-34 age group. (I just scrape in!)
I hear you but it’s a big break b4 Falling Skies returns. How many people will have forgotten about it in the meantime and have moved onto to other shows.
Looks like reality is hot in the US right now looking at the ratings.
as someone that just started watching Eureka I’m peeved. More so because they were promised a six show sixth season to finish the show.
I get there are budget issues, if filmed in the US – borrow borrow borrow, interest rates are low indefinitely
Great news for WWE
@GuanoLad – don’t forget Eureka has a whole season to go before it ends, maybe SyFy will change it’s mind?
Eureka isn’t a loser. True, it got cancelled, but that was despite great ratings.
It’s good that Falling Skies is doing well. It definitely not the most original concept but the characterization is good enough. I’ll be tuning in for season 2.
No True Blood?
I chat with older folk in US…over 49….who are also big fans of Big Brother…
I thought Suits and White Collar would have been hailed as “winners” as well
Wow – so much crap reality TV in the Top 10!
just correcting a typo. Losers: Syfy (the channel that cancelled Eureka…)
really love Awkward, it’s exactly the snapshot id cling to when imagining high school these days.
I like the winners and losers about the same, Falling Skies was great as is Switched at Birth (hope it comes here soon) but haven’t seen Awkward yet.
IMO Love Bites was a summer gem, lots of great guest stars and interesting stories , not seen much of Friends With Benefits yet, I think they were trying to ride the coat tails of the movie with the same name. Men of a Certain Age is a good show with a great cost as is Eureka, pity TEN has it stuck after Letterman!
It’s still a shame reality TV is so strong, killing of a lot of the scripted shows.
Jersey Shores ratings were absolutely incredible.