Cablemetrics: The Shannara Chronicles, Teen Wolf, It's Always Sunny, Man Seeking Woman

These numbers are current through Thursday, January 7.

WHAT MATTERS:

• MTV became the latest network to seek out its own Game of Thrones-esque franchise by premiering The Shannara Chronicles (0.48), an adaptation of a Terry Brooks novel, to relatively middling results. It led out of Teen Wolf (0.46) and had what seems like a pretty similar rating. But when breaking it down by gender, it's clear that this show brought a different audience to the table. It dropped from Teen Wolf's females 18-49 rating (from 0.57 to 0.45) and bled even more steeply in the usual MTV target of F12-34 (retaining less than half at 0.49 vs. 1.00). But it built noticeably in M18-49 (0.36 -> 0.51) and older demos.
• As for Teen Wolf, it didn't air during the winter last year, so its y2y comparisons will be vs. summer 2015. Its 0.46 was down 25% from the June 29 premiere.

• Among the other shows we're tracking that returned in this first week of 2016 were the FXX comedies It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (0.45) and Man Seeking Woman (0.17). MSW still has rather poor retention, but both shows had relatively healthy low-teens drops vs. last year's premieres. (It was the best rating for Man Seeking Woman since that series premiere.)

• OWN brought back The Haves and the Have Nots (0.93), which had the table's top rating this week and was also down in the low teens vs. the last winter premiere.

• The new year brought another rise for The Expanse (0.22), but for now it's still doing no better than Syfy's usual Canadian co-productions. And American Horror Story (0.85) was back from two weeks off and resumed its rather disturbing late-season bleed; it's now shed 0.56 points in just the last four episodes.

FULL TABLE:

Show	Net	This Week			This Season
		Ep#	A18-49	Last	Seas	Avg	y2y	Proj	Proj +	Skew
American Horror Story	FX	11	0.85	-10%	5	1.52	-23%	1.46	95	66%
The Haves and the Have Nots	OWN	1	0.93	n/a	4	0.93	-11%	0.83	54	38%
Girl Meets World	DISN	25	n/a	n/a	2	0.54	-7%	0.54	32	29%
The Shannara Chronicles	MTV	2	0.48	n/a	1	0.48	n/a	0.48	31	59%
Teen Wolf	MTV	11	0.46	n/a	5	0.46	-25%	0.38	24	53%
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	FXX	1	0.45	n/a	6	0.45	-12%	0.31	20	80%
Major Crimes	TNT	18	n/a	n/a	4	0.42	-30%	0.41	27	18%
The Royals	E	8	0.37	+42%	2	0.32	-34%	0.33	21	58%
Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce	BRAV	6	0.26	+0%	2	0.26	-29%	0.25	17	53%
The Magicians	Syfy	1	n/a	n/a	1	0.26	n/a	0.26	17	36%
The Expanse	Syfy	5	0.22	+29%	1	0.23	n/a	0.22	15	36%
Man Seeking Woman	FXX	1	0.17	n/a	2	0.17	-11%	0.11	7	77%
Unforgettable	A&E	6	0.14	+40%	4	0.12	-86%	0.13	8	18%
The Walking Dead	AMC				6	6.72	-10%	6.72	438	65%
Fear the Walking Dead	AMC				1	3.88	n/a	3.88	231	65%
Into the Badlands	AMC				1	1.79	n/a	1.79	116	59%
True Detective	HBO				2	1.15	+17%	1.15	68	56%
Rick and Morty	ADSM				2	1.00	+57%	1.00	60	64%
The Haves and the Have Nots Summer	OWN				2	0.93	+0%	0.93	55	37%
Pretty Little Liars Summer	ABCF				6	0.89	-7%	0.89	53	56%
South Park	Com				19	0.89	-18%	0.89	58	77%
Ballers	HBO				1	0.84	n/a	0.84	50	63%
Being Mary Jane	BET				3	0.74	-16%	0.74	48	57%
The Last Ship	TNT				2	0.72	-32%	0.72	43	31%
Rizzoli and Isles Summer	TNT				6	0.70	-27%	0.70	42	21%
The Game	BET				9	0.63	-24%	0.63	41	56%
Suits Summer	USA				5	0.61	-21%	0.61	36	35%
Major Crimes Summer	TNT				4	0.60	-29%	0.60	36	18%
The Strain	FX				2	0.60	-41%	0.60	36	57%
Power	STRZ				2	0.57	+78%	0.57	34	57%
The Librarians	TNT				2	0.53	-42%	0.53	34	32%
Homeland	SHO				5	0.50	-9%	0.50	33	42%
Teen Wolf Summer	MTV				5	0.50	-30%	0.50	30	54%
Falling Skies	TNT				5	0.49	-35%	0.49	29	31%
The Fosters Summer	ABCF				3	0.48	-18%	0.48	29	51%
Mr. Robot	USA				1	0.48	n/a	0.48	28	44%
Devious Maids	Life				3	0.46	-24%	0.46	28	44%
The Brink	HBO				1	0.46	n/a	0.46	27	54%
Clipped	TBS				1	0.45	n/a	0.45	26	46%
Ray Donovan	SHO				3	0.44	-15%	0.44	29	41%
The Bastard Executioner	FX				1	0.44	n/a	0.44	29	46%
Humans	AMC				1	0.39	n/a	0.39	23	42%
Awkward	MTV				5	0.38	-26%	0.38	25	66%
Tyrant	FX				2	0.37	-31%	0.37	22	40%
Switched at Birth Summer	ABCF				4	0.37	-33%	0.37	22	55%
Fargo	FX				2	0.37	-39%	0.37	24	36%
Baby Daddy	ABCF				4	0.37	-14%	0.37	22	61%
Melissa and Joey	ABCF				4	0.36	-21%	0.36	22	62%
Doctor Who	BBCA				10	0.36	-14%	0.36	24	48%
Complications	USA				1	0.35	n/a	0.35	21	31%
Royal Pains Summer	USA				7	0.35	-35%	0.35	21	31%
Young and Hungry	ABCF				2	0.35	-15%	0.35	21	62%
Scream	MTV				1	0.34	n/a	0.34	20	57%
The Leftovers	HBO				2	0.33	-57%	0.33	22	60%
Stitchers	ABCF				1	0.33	n/a	0.33	20	51%
Z Nation	Syfy				2	0.33	-31%	0.33	22	48%
Murder in the First	TNT				2	0.31	-30%	0.31	19	19%
Proof	TNT				1	0.31	n/a	0.31	19	19%
Hell on Wheels	AMC				5	0.30	-22%	0.30	18	21%
The League	FXX				7	0.29	-2%	0.29	19	82%
Graceland	USA				3	0.29	-39%	0.29	17	43%
UnREAL	Life				1	0.27	n/a	0.27	16	49%
SexDrugsRockRoll	FX				1	0.26	n/a	0.26	16	54%
Dominion	Syfy				2	0.25	-47%	0.25	15	36%
Chasing Life Summer	ABCF				2	0.25	-49%	0.25	15	48%
Defiance	Syfy				3	0.25	-46%	0.25	15	28%
Dark Matter	Syfy				1	0.24	n/a	0.24	14	30%
Faking It	MTV				2	0.24	-36%	0.24	16	59%
The Affair	SHO				2	0.24	+24%	0.24	15	36%
Agent X	TNT				1	0.23	n/a	0.23	15	27%
Killjoys	Syfy				1	0.23	n/a	0.23	14	31%
Finding Carter	MTV				2	0.22	-41%	0.22	14	66%
Donny!	USA				1	0.20	n/a	0.20	13	48%
Satisfaction	USA				2	0.19	-52%	0.19	13	38%
Married	FX				2	0.19	-46%	0.19	11	60%
Haven	Syfy				6	0.19	-12%	0.19	12	35%
Playing House	USA				2	0.18	-56%	0.18	11	54%
Halt and Catch Fire	AMC				2	0.16	-35%	0.16	10	39%
Public Morals	TNT				1	0.15	n/a	0.15	9	22%
Masters of Sex	SHO				3	0.13	-48%	0.13	9	29%
Kevin from Work	ABCF				1	0.13	n/a	0.13	8	53%
Legends	TNT				2	0.13	-60%	0.13	8	29%
You're the Worst	FXX				2	0.13	-56%	0.13	8	74%
Becoming Us	ABCF				1	0.11	n/a	0.11	6	46%

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