‘Dallas’ week two ratings include good news and bad news
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“Dallas,” 9 p.m. Wednesdays, TNT.
TNT did not send out a press release about “Dallas” ratings after the second week episode came out this past Wednesday.
There’s a reason why: ratings dropped alarmingly from the first week: about 30 percent in total viewers.
But there is mitigating good news: the number of viewers in the advertiser-friendly demo dropped only 13 percent, from a 1.5 to 1.3 rating. And among 18-to-34 year olds, ratings actually went up. Interestingly, many of the older viewers who came to revel in nostalgia dropped out.
Week one, the show opened at a solid 6.9 million viewers. This past Wednesday, it had fallen to 4.8 million viewers. But if viewership can stabilize at those numbers, TNT will certainly renew the show, which includes the shenanigans of J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman is 81), Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy is 63) and Sue Ellen Ewing (Linda Gray is 72) as well as the younger generation including John Ross (Josh Henderson is 31) and Christopher (Jesse Metcalfe is 33).
In the third hour, J.R. moved into the Southfork ranch, Cliff Barnes came back in the picture and Christopher’s wife Rebecca is clearly up to no good.
And in other Wednesday ratings debuts, TV Land’s “Baby Daddy” (1.7 million viewers) and Cedric the Entertainer’s “Soul Man” (1.9 million viewers) has solid debuts.
Here are ratings for Atlanta-produced shows:
- VH1’s “Love & Hip Hop Atlanta” opened a relatively strong 1.9 million viewers Monday.
- “Single Ladies” on VH1 has held up well despite the loss of Stacey Dash. It drew 1.8 million viewers Monday, on par with its performance season one.
- “Teen Wolf” on MTV is also pulling in comparable ratings from season one. On Monday, it drew 1.7 million viewers.
- Lifetime’s “Drop Dead Diva” is drawing similar numbers to from season three, bringing in 2.2 million viewers this past Sunday.
- USA’s “Necessary Roughness” is the only locally produced scripted show airing this summer that should be deeply concerned by its ratings. The show season one averaged 4.2 million viewers its first three episodes. This past three episodes for season two on Wednesday nights: 2.9 million. That’s a drop of about one third. The 18-49 numbers have fallen at about the same pace. I don’t think USA is in panic mode yet and I don’t have access to the DVR numbers so things may not be as bad as it looks. If anything, the show’s quality season two is up so that might help as the summer goes along.
- Tyler Perry’s “House of Payne” on TBS appears to be ending at the right time. Ratings are down about 30 percent year over year. The two episodes last Friday drew 1.5 million viewers vs. 2.2 million for the comparable time period in 2011. Given that it airs on Friday nights, I bet it gets a lot of extra viewers with the DVR but that couldn’t make up for that big a drop.
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By Rodney Ho, Radio & TV Talk
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15 comments Add your comment
Texas Justice
June 22nd, 2012
3:38 pm
Is Sue Ellen still a sloppy drunk and an unfit mother?
Clayton Farlow
June 22nd, 2012
4:43 pm
She must be, she’s running for Governor of Texas.
Just Sayin'
June 22nd, 2012
4:46 pm
Love the new Dallas as long as Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy and Linda Gray are heavily involved in the story lines. Not sure about the fellow that plays John Ross, seems more like a punk than a chip off the old block. Lots of story lines that I have to get straight though, but love it so far. Linda Gray is 72? Getouttahere, she looks great!
Dale Cunningham
June 23rd, 2012
5:53 am
I was surprisingly pleased with how this show has turned out. Extremely entertaining. It does the original justice and Larry Hagman was born to play JR(at any age)… hopefully the ratings will remain on the high side. I still would love to see Victoria Principle though(no one else as Pam please).
Dave
June 24th, 2012
12:36 am
Dallas premiered the year I was born and I was only 12 when it finished. I remember my parents watching it when I was a kid. They have no interest in this reboot but I certainly do! I’m glued every wednesday! I’m crossing my fingers this survives! Now I know why my parents enjoyed it so much and I can basically start up where they left off.
dallas girl
June 24th, 2012
9:29 am
I love the new Dallas!!! Please keep bringing back the old characters…J.R and Cliff Barnes going at it was hilarious!!!! Love it!!!
A person SMART enough to know......
June 24th, 2012
11:10 am
I told you this is going to be a DEAD HORSE that TNT will beat across the finish-line. I will be surprised if it last 3 seasons.
Frank
June 25th, 2012
1:06 am
The New Dallas is Great. Check out NewVideos.com for episode uodates
INTERNET RADIO LISTENER
June 25th, 2012
8:52 am
I watched Dallas when it was on originally and i must say, this version is pretty good. But LARRY HAGMAN AND THE OTHER ORIGINALS MUST BE ON THIS SHOW AS LONG AS THEY ARE ABLE because the newbies, though good, cannot be the main focus. Dallas needs JR, bobby, cliff, sue ellen(who is damn fine for 72) and any other originals. Young JR is good but he needs to listen to daddy..and jesse metcalf is ok…but he is still nothing more than the dude from “passion”. Anyway keep up the good work
Dallas!
MtnMama
June 25th, 2012
10:22 am
I’ve really enjoyed watching so far! I can’t recall though how Christopher happens to be adopted. It was nearly 30 years ago, right??? so tell me I’m not the only one who doesn’t remember.
cat
June 25th, 2012
5:43 pm
I loved it!! Larry Hagman does such a good job as J.R. Sue Ellen is 72?!? Wow she looks fanastic! I agree that you must keep old characters on. My 15 year old son is now hooked on the show. Any chance of Victoria Principal coming back?
cat
June 25th, 2012
5:45 pm
MtnMama , I think Christopher is the biological son of Sue Ellen’s sister, Kristin who died …I think. I don’t think Pam and Bobby could have kids.
Tarryl
June 26th, 2012
8:30 am
This new “Dallas” is great. I can’t believe Sue Ellen is 72. She looks great. I hope this new show lasts at least five seasons. I can’t wait for this Wednesday.
Bourbon-Branch
June 26th, 2012
11:56 am
Yes, Christopher is the son of Kristin and a guy named Jeff Ferriday, a guy that Kristin hooked up with when JR sent her to California, after she shot him, but was carrying his baby. She miscarried JR’s baby, but got pregnant from Jeff Ferriday and had his baby. Kristin later died, drowned in the SouthFork pool, while high on drugs, but Jeff Ferriday came back to Dallas with the baby and offered him to Bobby, in exchange for money.
gumby
June 26th, 2012
1:40 pm
I agree ,, Dallas would not be Dallas without J.R. No one but no one can do it better than Larry Hagman… He has the look of someone who keeps his friends close but his enemies even closer. His smile always says You think you got me but I always have the winning hand.