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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Deadliest Catch’ Slips From Record Highs But Still Strong, ‘Covert Affairs’ Grows, MTV’s ‘Teen Mom’ Debut Big

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday July 21, 2010 @ 3:05pm PDTTags: After the Catch, Cable TV, Covert Affairs, Deadliest Catch, Discovery Channel Ratings, MTV Ratings, Ratings, Teen Mom, TV Ratings, USA Network Ratings
Nellie Andreeva

UPDATED: Cable had another solid showing last night. Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch came down from its meteoric heights last week but was still the highest-rated cable program, USA’s Covert Affairs showed growth in Week 2, and MTV saw a huge turnout for the second season premiere of Teen Mom.

Deadliest Catch at 9 PM drew 5.5 million viewers, down 36% from last week’s episode that featured the death of Captain Phil Harris. After the Catch at 10PM also averaged 5.5 million viewers, down 19% from last week.

USA’s rookie CIA drama Covert Affairs (5.2 million) had a promising second-week bump, up 7% in total viewers from its premiere audience. In adults 18-49, it averaged 2.05 million viewers, down 3% from last week but still the highest-rated new scripted cable series this year in the young demo.

On MTV, the second season premiere of Teen Mom at 10 PM drew 3.7 million viewers, a series high and up whopping 72% from the series’ highly-rated debut last year. In P12-34, Teen Mom delivered a 3.3 rating, up 50%. Following at 11PM was the debut of MTV’s new series If You Really Knew Me, which opened with a solid 1.9 P12-34 rating and 1.8 million total viewers.

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RATINGS RAT RACE UPDATE: Massive Audiences For ‘Deadliest Catch,’ ‘Covert Affairs’ Solid In Debut, ‘White Collar’ Down

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday July 14, 2010 @ 1:15pm PDTTags: After the Catch, Cable TV, Covert Affairs, Deadliest Catch Ratings, Discovery Channel Ratings, Hot in Cleveland, Memphis Beat, MTV Ratings, Ratings, Rizzoli & Isles, Royal Pains, The Glades Ratings, TNT Ratings, TV Ratings, USA Network, White Collar
Nellie Andreeva

phil-harris-deadliest-catchIt was an extraordinary night on cable last night, with a high-profile series debut (USA Network’s Covert Affairs), a high-profile series finale (MTV’s The Hills) and an extraordinary event episode on Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch. After weeks of ratings build-up, the … Read More »

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