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UPDATED: AMC’s The Killing opened its second season with 1.8 million viewers tuning in for its two-hour premiere, 661,000 of them in the adults 18-49 demographic. That was down 33% and 26%, respectively, from the mystery series’ debut last April. The second season premiere was also down 22% from The Killing‘s first season finale. Was it a lingering backlash from the first season ending with no resolution? For the night, The Killing drew a total of 2.5 million viewers for the 8 PM and 11 PM airings. Last year’s impressive cume, 4.7 million, included 2 encores, at 11 PM and 1 AM. At 10 PM, Mad Men (2.9 million total viewers, 1.3 million adults 18-49) was down 17% in viewers from last week’s two-hour fifth season premiere, 19% in 18-49.
Meanwhile, the second season finale of Showtime’s Shameless drew 1.45 million viewers, up 26% from the Season 1 finale. Through 8 weeks of total data, Shameless‘ season two is running 29% above last season. The freshman season finale of House of Lies posted 775,000 viewers, down from the 1.03 million for the series premiere but up from the dark comedy’s most recent airings. Californication ended its fifth season with 768,000 viewers, up 40% from the Season 4 closer. No numbers yet for the second season premiere of HBO’s Game Of Throne last night.
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where are the rest of the cable ratings??? how did my game of thrones do?!?!?!
Solid premiere for The Killing last night. I got caught right back up in the storyline. Now on to the bigger storyline of who killed Rosie Larsen.
Ha! Good luck with that, you’re going to get punked. Bet they started the whole thing from ground zero last night.
A dozen more shows with meandering red herrings then Sud’s going to say “Can’t believe you people fell for it twice”.
mm, no mad men or game of thrones numbers yet still
Bummer about the Killing but kinda expected. Hope it levels off. It was a solid premier. Anyone know what the veiwership of the Season 1 finale was? I think it’d be a better gauge then premier to premeir.
Boy! That House of Lies is nearly unwatchable. What a collection of unlikable characters. How do you make Don Cheadle unlikable? Hats off to whoever had the idea of showing Kristen Bell in her underwear for the promos. I’m sure that brought in PLENTY of viewers…
don cheadle makes don cheadle unlikable in this POS. and i am a fan of don cheadle.
I was iffy about watching Season 2 of The Killing after what felt like a waste of time watching Season 1 but I’m hooked after last night. I better appreciate the elaborate layers they’re revealing and after watching ‘Lost’ for so many years and still not completly understanding the finale I figure what’s one more season of this!
Big difference. With Lost, the journey was actually fun.
Which Lost were you watching?
If you’re still watching The Killing after the middle finger the producers flipped you after last year, your self-esteem must really suck.
If you got upset that they didn’t reveal the killer during season 1 when they never promised it in the first place, then you need to go back to watching unoriginal procedurals.
Agree 100%!!!!
I don’t know if it was the producer’s fault: the poster asked ‘Who Killed Rosie Larsen?’ which seems a disingenuous way to market the program, considering the producers intended to reveal the killer in the second season.
I think the real problem is that – despite the show’s ambitions to tell a long-form story about a community – Veena Sud does not have the skills to write such an intricately constructed narrative. The characters are stupid to the point of frustration, making decisions that push the story forward but undermine the integrity of their characters.
What about Game of Thrones ? I realy hope they did good..
Me too. I’m hoping we get announcement of season 3 renewal as well as very good ratings for the premier.
Yes. Yes I did not watch it because of last season’s finale. I’ve never seen a show make such a costly mistake. I wish the actors well, they deserve the world, but why should I invest the time when I now expect to be let down.
So sick of the crybabies whining about The Killing finale last year.
Sorry you didn’t get what you wanted in the finale but if you’re not gonna watch, just don’t watch. Stop bitching about it and ruining it for everyone else that still enjoys it.
Most people who rightly complain about The Killing are not solely talking about the finale. After a terrific pilot, the show slowly but surely degenerated into a convoluted mess about 2/3 of the way through the first season – testing the patience of viewer and critic alike. Many hung on for the end of the first season in hopes that their patience would pay off byut the finale simply amplified many of the weaknesses the show was already demonstrating. The plotting and character development is literally nonsensical and it’s a shame so many fine actors are betrayed by the material they are working with. Ms. Sud’s arrogance to her audience just makes it worse. There are better shows out there worthy of my time and it is not whining to make sure the powers that be at AMC know how poorly their brand is being hurt by failed executions like this.
Also, the season finale last year sucked.
Maybe AMC and Veena Sud need to do a better job of managing viewer expectation — of crap.
The best way for them to do that is to move the show to CBS, where viewers expect crap.
After the first regrettable season of The Killing, I vowed to never watch that miserable show again. It’s a waste of time. I hope Veena Sud got the clear message that she gaged the show and the audience incorrectly. When a murder mystery is full of red herrings because the show runner is still trying to figure out who the murderer is, it shows. Who killed Rosie Larsen? …who cares.
The Killing is so much more then just the case of Rosies killer. I’m not sure people get that…
People aren’t angry with The Killing solely because of the finale. It’s because they endured a terrible television show simply to find out who the killer was. The season finale simply added insult to injury.
house of lies is one of the best shows of the season. truly love cheadle and everyone else on it. fantastic show!
Californication up 40%. The show that gets all the p*##y, but no respect.
I don’t care that we didn’t find out who the killer was last year. The show is about the killing not the killer per se. I love the layers and the search. I’m okay with it taking another season as long as the story has meat and doesn’t stall… Like that episode about holder and linden looking for her kid last season.
I slogged through the entire first season, even to that ridiculous finale, and am pushing myself to get through the current one, even though it’s like going through heavy mud.
Tell me, do they have to shoot this entire thing as if they’re in nuclear winter? And does the sun never really shine in Seattle? All the characters look jaundiced. Can’t they afford something brighter than 40 watt light bulbs?