Minute to Win It 6.504 million viewers
America's Got talent 12.142 million viewers
Masterchef 5.775 million viewers
America's Next Top Model 2.841 million viewers
Hellcats 3.017 million viewers
Summer shows are ending and new shows are beginning. Its such an exciting time of the year for TV. I'm excited for all of my favorite shows and a lot of new shows to premiere.
Last night, we had the return of CW's old faithful, Americas Next Top Model. As a surprise to not many, the show had its lowest premiere numbers in the shows 15 seasons and actually lost to its lead out, freshman show Hellcats.
Hellcats premiered with stronger numbers than last years new entry, failed Melrose Place. The CW should be happy with these numbers! The true test will come in the following weeks once the rest of the main networks start rolling out their schedules! Baring no big collapse in numbers, the CW should be looking at picking up the show for more episodes. The future will tell us!
Elsewhere on CBS, Big Brother won the night out of the originals aired last night. It should come as no surprise that the show will most likely be back next summer!
On NBC Minute to Win it pulled in a strong viewership which lead into Summertime favorite Americas Got Talent which wraps up its summer run next week leading into the premieres of Parenthood and newbie Outlaw.
Fox aired two episodes of newly renewed Masterchef which has been bringing in strong numbers for the past few weeks.
Hope to see you back here tomorrow when I analyze the premiere numbers of my guilty pleasure, Vampire Diaries and promising newcomer Nikita along with other summer favorites!
Up against an NFL game that averaged a whopping 27.5 million viewers and a 10.7 adults 18-49 rating in primetime, Snooki, “The Situation” and the rest of the Jersey Shore crew held their ground with a 3.3 adults 18-49 rating and 6.4 million viewers. No new records were set by Jersey Shore, but to tie its previous record (set just last week) is pretty impressive under the circumstances.