SpotVault - Graceland (USA) - Summer 2015 Ratings

Graceland

Thursdays, 10/9c, USA

SpotVault - Graceland (USA) - Summer 2014 Ratings

Graceland

Wednesdays, 10/9c, USA

Spotted Ratings, Wednesday 6/11/14

WHAT MATTERS:

• Broadcast's top program on a very slow Wednesday was an O.J. Simpson trial retrospective (1.4). All original series were down, including the season finale of The 100 (0.5) and a double-burnoff of Growing Up Fisher (0.9/0.9). It was particularly rough for Motive (0.8), which dropped three tenths alongside declining comedy repeats.

• Cable notes:
• Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals (1.3) on NBCSN was a tick ahead of Game 3. Better yet, the series isn't getting clinched on a cable channel with modest coverage; the Rangers extended the series to a Game 5, Friday on NBC.
• We officially have another Jersey Shore situation in Duck Dynasty (1.8). Its last summer premiere ten months ago averaged a 5.0, making this a sixty-four percent year-to-year decline. And it was still pulling mid-2's for much of its most recent run less than three months ago...
• And USA's second straight premiere night saw Suits (0.8) and Graceland (0.6) each return considerably below last summer's respective 1.1/0.8 premieres. This is about what Suits was getting in the spring.

SpotVault - Graceland (USA) - Summer 2013 Ratings

Graceland

Thursdays, 10/9c, USA

Spotted Ratings, Thursday 6/20/13

WHAT MATTERS:

• The NBA Finals took over TV one last time with another 25% game-to-game bump for Game 7, and it posted the biggest viewership/demo for anything since the Academy Awards four months ago. Still, it did go 7% below the last Finals Game 7 in 2010 (an 11.4 for Celtics/Lakers).

• This game went 55% ahead of last Thursday's Game 4. Most damaged by that additional competition were the CBS repeats, all down double digits from last week, and USA's combo of Burn Notice (0.9) and Graceland (0.7). And FX had an almost invisible two-episode return from comedy Wilfred (0.3/0.3). That was about even with the low-rated last couple episodes of last season, but it was down nearly half from last season's average and miles behind the Anger Management-inflated year-ago premiere (1.2).

• A couple quick programming notes about Spotted Ratings' Week Off after the bump:

Spotted Ratings, Thursday 6/13/13

WHAT MATTERS:

• Game 4 of the NBA Finals was the best of all worlds for ABC; the rating itself took a significant upswing, making it the first game of the series within single digits year-to-year. The result ensured the series is going at least six games (with Game 6 up against The Voice's finale on Tuesday). And it seemed to take a chunk out of almost every competing program, at least on broadcast.

• More resilient was USA's combo of Burn Notice (1.19) and Graceland (0.80), both of which were virtually even with last week. And TBS had a pretty decent return from sophomore sitcom Sullivan & Son (0.91), which actually outrated most of the spring episodes of Men at Work in the timeslot.

Spotted Ratings, Thursday 6/6/13

WHAT MATTERS:

• Further fueling the "San Antonio Spurs are Nielsen kryptonite" narrative, game one of the NBA Finals disappointed, down 17% year-to-year. It was a return to about the same ratings level as for the Lakers' appearances in the late aughts.

• Despite a stronger ABC, all competing broadcast originals were within a tick week-to-week, and most were up.

• Undeterred by the NBA, cablers USA and TNT launched their summer Thursday lineups. USA's Burn Notice (1.2) was solid, matching last year's premiere, but newbie Graceland (0.8) didn't show much on premiere night. TNT nearly equaled the Graceland demo with new unscripted offering The Hero (0.7).