Arrow, Nashville, Chicago Fire Premiere Numbers. Who Won?
Filed under: Donovan, TV Shows
Author: Donovan
Date: Oct 11, 2012
Which of the above shows did you watch last night? Did Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere’s diva battle lure in viewers? Or did Chicago Fire’s hunky fireman smother the competition? Perhaps the CW’s Arrow hit the bullseye with viewers? In the short of it, all of them were winners in their own right. Below are the positives and negatives of each show.
In terms of sheer overall numbers, ABC’s Nashville beat the newbies with 9 million viewers and beat it’s 10pm rivals in the coveted 18-49 demo as well. Though it was the best-reviewed new drama of the Fall season, it’s debut was down 15 percent from Revenge in the same slot last year. Also a bit worrisome is the fact Nashville had the worst audience retention from its first half to its second among the new shows. Truth be told, I was tempted to give up halfway as well. I was a little bored to tears, but the second half showed a glimmer of promise. It’ll be interesting to see the show’s second episode numbers next week.
Loading ...NBC’s firefighting drama starring Taylor Kinney didn’t exactly set Nielsen ratings on fire. Given it was widely-panned, the series premiere of 6.4 million isn’t shocking. That said, Chicago Fire did the best in keeping its viewers tuned in for the entire hour. I haven’t watched it, but plan on viewing it this weekend. As with Nashville, Chicago Fire’s numbers next week will indicate if viewers are smitten with this 2012 version of Backdraft.
By far, the CW has the most to celebrate this morning. Given that both 90210 and Gossip Girl failed to attract more than 1 million viewers earlier this week with their season premieres, Arrow‘s 4 million bow is very impressive. Its first half hour even beat NBC’s Animal Practice. LOL. Arrow‘s premiere scored The CW’s biggest audience in almost three years since The Vampire Diaries in 2009. It even assisted Supernatural to its biggest showing in two years. Super powers indeed in full effect.
Did you catch any of the new shows last night? If so, which rookie was your favorite and why? Sound off below.
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- Tags: arrow, chicago fire, hayden panettiere, nashville
Viktor
October 11th, 2012 at 10:44 pm
I’ve always felt that it takes a new series three to four episodes before it can be judged as being watch worthy or not. Many of my girlfriends I work with at DISH have been highly anticipating Nashville, and they had nothing but good things to say about its potential to be watch worthy. I didn’t have time to watch TV last night, but I do have my Hopper’s Primetime Anytime feature programmed to record primetime of the four major networks, so I know that I have Nashville’s premiere saved for me. I also plan to give Arrow a chance too, especially since I’m a big fan of Green Arrow comics!
Dave
October 12th, 2012 at 9:32 am
Wow, these DISH employees will are a scourge on the Huffington Post TV message boards and now it seems they’re showing up here now. They can’t mention anything about a show without throwing in an ad for Hopper here. It’s as bad as those click here to buy designer fashion ads on boards, at least they don’t guise it as an actually comment. /rant off
Anyways, I was at the Madonna concert Wednesday night so I plan to watch Arrow and Chicago Fire on my non-vendor specific DVR this weekend. I have a feeling Arrow will be be a better show contentwise.
There is too much hype around Nashville but at heart it’s just a country music soap opera like a “feud” between Faith Hill and Taylor Swift. No interest in watching that.
Viktor
October 20th, 2012 at 7:50 pm
After only two episodes of Nashville, I’ve fallen for the drama. There are few shows these days that make me yell out at my TV, as if the characters can hear me – lol!