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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Bones’ & ‘The Following’ Finales Up, ‘The Voice’ & ‘Revolution’ Hit Season Lows, ‘DWTS’ Down

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday April 30, 2013 @ 9:12am PDTTags: Bones, Dancing With The Stars, The Following, The Voice, TV Ratings

It was a full house on all the networks as we’re now in the first full week of the May sweep. On Fox, there also were finales for Bones (2.1/6) and The Following. The Season 8 finale of the crime comedy-drama Bones was up both from last year and last week, besting its previous season-ender from May 14, 2012 by 11%. Bones was also up 5% in adults 18-49 from its April 22 show. In terms of viewers, the 7.1 million who watched last night was almost even with the 7.2 million of last year’s closer and matched the number who tuned in last week. After a season of ups and downs, freshman The Following (2.6/7) ended high. The Kevin Bacon-starrer was up 8% from last week’s show to hit its best 18-49 rating since March 11. In terms of network rivalry, last night saw The Following beat NBC’s Revolution in the key demo for a second week in a row. READ MORE »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘The Voice’ & ‘DWTS’ Dip, ‘The Following’ & ‘Castle’ Up, ‘Rules Of Engagement’ Hits Series Low

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday April 23, 2013 @ 9:23am PDTTags: Castle, Dancing With The Stars, Revolution, The Following, The Voice, TV Ratings

It was the beginning of Week 2 of the battle rounds on The Voice (4.8/13) last night. With the teams taking shape, a last-minute steal by judge Usher brought one contestant’s ambitions back to life. However, despite that drama, the two-hour show slipped 8% from the year-high of last week’s show. Even though The Voice stumbled on the week-to-week growth it has seen since its season debut, the singing competition series was Monday’s highest-rated and most-watched show with 13.90 million viewers. After The Voice, Revolution (2.2/6) was back. Pre-empted last week due to NBC News’ coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing, the post-apocalyptic drama was even with its last original April 8 to tie a series low. NBC won the night in adults 18-49, but ABC took the top viewership spot with 12.959 million. Read More »

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Easy Way To Solve ‘The Following’ Murders

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday March 19, 2013 @ 8:32am PDTTags: Game of Thrones, Sons of Anarchy, The Bible, The Following
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A couple of thoughts on TV from a feature guy. The Kevin Williamson-created Fox series The Following might be the most aggravating but addictive series to come down the pike in some time. Kevin Bacon plays an FBI agent trying to capture a serial killer (James Purefoy) who has accumulated a Manson Family-like group of creepy disciples all too eager to commit unimaginably horrible acts on the killer’s behalf. As if that in itself wasn’t unlikely enough, the killer met all of his acolytes when they visited him in prison. Hasn’t anybody in the FBI thought of checking the visitor list from his days behind bars, rather than waiting and reacting to the latest horror? Can the FBI really be that dumb? That said, I cannot think of a time when I’ve been hooked on so many series, between The Following, Justified, The Walking Dead, House Of Cards, The Americans, Vikings and Blue Bloods, and I just now received the first four episodes of the new season of Game Of Thrones, and have new seasons of Homeland, Sons Of Anarchy and Boardwalk Empire to look forward to. I remember Tony Gilroy telling Deadline in an interview that mid-range dramas like his superb Michael Clayton are becoming extinct in features, and are instead being made as series for basic and pay cable networks by feature guys. As a result, TV has never been stronger while film leaves room for improvement in this department. Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘The Bachelor’ Ends Up, ‘Biggest Loser’ & ‘Rules Of Engagement’ Hit New Lows, ‘Following’ Dips

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday March 12, 2013 @ 8:53am PDTTags: The Bachelor, The Biggest Loser, The Following, TV Ratings

Sean Lowe has chosen his bride-to-be and America seems to approve. Watched by 9.99 million viewers as Lowe picked Catherine Giudici, the two-hour Season 17 finale of ABC’s The Bachelor (3.3/9) last night was up 14% from last year’s season ender. (It is worth noting that The Bachelor Season 16 finale went head to head with NBC’s The Voice last March.) Last night’s finale was up 18% from The Bachelor’s two-hour March 4 show. The Bachelor: After The Final Rose (3.8/10) was also up double digits. With 11.01 million total viewers, the post-series special rose 13% from last year. After debuting on January 7 with its lowest-rated season premiere to date, the reality series ended up having a solid season this year, up in viewership and all key demographics. The Bachelor last night actually went from 8-10:07 PM, with After The Final Rose running from 10:07-11 PM, so expect greater than usual adjustment in the final numbers later today. Hitting its highest-rated Monday since September 19, 2011, ABC won the night in total viewers and the adults 18-49 demographic. Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: Fox’s ‘The Following’ Keeps Steady, Tops Slow Monday

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday March 5, 2013 @ 9:32am PSTTags: The Bachelor, The Following, TV Ratings
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Two Monday series found out their fate since their last airings, with Fox renewing The Following yesterday and the CW cancelling 90210 on Friday. Neither decision had an impact on the shows’ ratings last night as both … Read More »

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Fox Early Renewals: ‘The Following’, ‘New Girl’, ‘Raising Hope’ & ‘Mindy Project’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday March 4, 2013 @ 12:00pm PSTTags: New Girl, Raising Hope, The Following, The Mindy Project
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The FollowingFox has handed early renewals to midseason drama The Following and Tuesday comedies New Girl, Raising Hope and The Mindy Project. They join recently renewed veteran Bones, with negotiations for a … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ’2 Broke Girls’, ‘Mike & Molly’ & ‘Rules Of Engagement’ Hit Lows, ‘Bones’ & ’90210′ Up

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday February 26, 2013 @ 9:23am PSTTags: 2 Broke Girls, The Bachelor, The Biggest Loser, The Following, TV Ratings

The Oscars are done, awards season is over and it is back to normal for the television schedule. Monday’s haven’t been much affected but there some shifts last night – at least ratingswise. How I Met Your Mother (3.4/10) started the night for CBS. The top show among the 18-49 demo last night for the first time this season, the comedy was flat with last week’s show. Following Mother, Rules of Engagement (2.6/7) was down 10% from its February 19 show while 2 Broke Girls slipped 9%. That was a season low for the former and a matching series low for the latter. Mike & Molly (2.7/7) took a southward turn as well. Falling 16% from last week, the comedy also hit a season low. CBS ended the night with a Hawaii Five-O (1.4/4) encore.

For ABC and NBC on a Monday, it was head-to-head reality. It was down to the final two contestants on last night’s two-hour The Bachelor (2.9/8).  Heading towards its 17th season finale on March 11, the ABC reality series dipped a slight 3% from last week’s show. Also on from 8 PM to 10 PM, NBC’s two-hour The Biggest Loser (2.1/6) on Monday saw the six remaining contestants thrown into a “Face Your Fears” contest. One of the two ratings jewels (along with The Office) in NBC’s current tarnished crown, last night’s Biggest Loser stayed up from its Season 14 low of two weeks ago to remain even with its February 19 show. For the second Monday in a row, ABC won the night in both total viewers (9.643 million) and among Adults 18-49.
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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘The Bachelor’ Hits Season High, ‘The Following’ & ‘Biggest Loser’ Up, ‘The Carrie Diaries’ Down

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday February 19, 2013 @ 9:02am PSTTags: The Bachelor, The Following, TV Ratings

Yesterday was Presidents Day but pretty much business as usual on TV. Monday night’s two-hour The Bachelor (3.0/8) saw hometown visits to Houston, Seattle, Fort Leonard Wood and LA with one bachelorette sent home without a rose. It also saw the dating reality show up 11% from last week, topping the February 11 airing’s season high. Castle (2.2/6) followed and rose 10% from last week, beating CBS’ Hawaii Five-O in the 10 PM time slot. That ties a season high for the crime drama, matching its October 29 and October 8 numbers. Fox’s 9 PM freshman drama The Following (2.8/7) was up 11% from last week’s season low. The Kevin Bacon-starring show also was up 6% in total viewers, to 8.3 million from 7.8 million. The Following’s lead-in, Bones (2.1/6), dipped a bit from last week, down 5% from February 11. NBC’s The Biggest Loser (2.1/5) put on a few ratings pounds to rise 5% from last week’s season low. At 10 PM, Deception (1.2/3) was flat with last week’s show.

With 9.376 million watching, ABC won the night in total viewers in a close race over CBS’ 9.234 million. The two networks tied in adults 18-49.
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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘The Following’ & ‘Biggest Loser’ Hit Lows, ‘Bachelor’ Hits Season High, ‘Deception’ & ‘Castle’ Rise

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday February 12, 2013 @ 9:14am PSTTags: How I Met Your Mother, The Bachelor, The Biggest Loser, The Following, TV Ratings

On a night where broadcast levels were down, it was partially a tale of two reality shows on TV on Monday. ABC kicked off primetime with a two-hour The Bachelor (2.7/7). After hitting a near season-low last week, the series rose 13% from its February 4 show to a season high. The same could not be said of NBC’s The Biggest Loser (2.0/5). Also two hours last night, the weight-loss show dipped 5% for a season low. Biggest Loser wasn’t the only show to hit a new low: Fox freshman The Following (2.4/6) was down 17% from last week to hit a series low. The Following’s lead-in, Bones was down too, slipping 8% from its February 4 episode. With 9.588 million watching, CBS won the night in viewers and the adults 18-49 demo. Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘HIMYM’ & ‘Carrie Diaries’ Hit Season Highs, ‘Following’ Slips

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday February 5, 2013 @ 9:48am PSTTags: 2 Broke Girls, How I Met Your Mother, The Carrie Diaries, The Following, TV Ratings
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Not much of a post-Super Bowl ratings bump for CBS’ Monday lineup, which was heavily promoted during the game — especially sophomore 2 Broke Girls, which got a glitzy David LaChapelle-directed pole-dancing ad. CBS still won every half hour of primetime last night led by veteran How I Met Your Mother, the only CBS series to post ratings gains vs. its most recent original. A special “Robin Sparkles 4″ episode of the show, featuring Robin Scherbatsky (Cobie Smulders) as her former Canadian pop starlet self and a slew of celebrity cameos, drew a 4.0/11 among adults 18-49, up 8% from its last original two weeks ago and a season high. HIMYM, which was just renewed for a ninth and final season, was the top program of the night in 18-49. The seventh-season premiere of Rules Of Engagement (3.1/8) was down 14% from the veteran’s season premiere last season, which aired on Thursday following The Big Bang Theory, but a 29% improvement vs. the fall debut of the show Rules is replacing in the Monday 8:30 PM slot, the now defunct Partners. 2 Broke Girls (3.6/9, 11.2 million) was down a tenth from its last original and the most watched program of the night. Mike & Molly (3.1/8) and Hawaii Five-0 (2.3/6) were flat. Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘The Following’ Up In Week 2, ‘Bones’ Hits Season High

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday January 29, 2013 @ 9:17am PSTTags: Bones, Chicago Fire, Fox, The Following
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Fox‘s serial killer drama The Following has accomplished something that no other new drama this season has — to beat the Week 2 slump and build on its premiere in its second airing. Last night, the … Read More »

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Fox’s ‘Following’ Gets DVR Boost In Live+3

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Saturday January 26, 2013 @ 9:57am PSTTags: The Following, TV Ratings
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Fox considered DVR play so important for new midseason drama The Following, it ran “Set Your DVR!’ ads for the show as part of the launch campaign, the first time anyone had done that. Many viewers … Read More »

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Global Showbiz Briefs: ‘The Following’ In UK, China Ad Forecast, Berlin Fest & More

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday January 23, 2013 @ 9:17pm PSTTags: BSkyB, China, English Premier League, Global Showbiz Briefs, The Following

‘The Following’ Gets Killer Ratings On Sky Atlantic
Kevin Bacon serial killer drama The Following had a solid debut on Fox in the U.S. on Monday and on Tuesday premiered on UK pay channel Sky Atlantic. In the 10PM-11PM slot, the violent horror thriller drew an average of 270,000 viewers for a 1.4% share. The numbers may not sound earth-shattering but they were more than 636% higher than the slot average over the past three months, The Guardian reported. Meanwhile, the premiere of Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes’ reality show about English manses, Great Houses With Julian Fellowes, drew 2.2M viewers on ITV at 9PM for an 8.8% share on Tuesday.
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RATINGS RAT RACE: Solid Debut For Fox’s ‘The Following’; ‘Deception’ & ‘Carrie’ Drop

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday January 22, 2013 @ 9:09am PSTTags: Deception, The Carrie Diaries, The Following, TV Ratings
Nellie Andreeva

UPDATE: In the finals, The Following climbed to a 3.2 Live+same day rating among adults 18-49, edging Elementary for second place among all drama premieres this season.

PREVIOUS: Following a massive marketing campaign, Fox’s dark new drama The … Read More »

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Promo Campaign For New Fox Drama ‘The Following’ Embraces DVR Viewing

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday January 21, 2013 @ 8:00am PSTTags: DVR, Fox, Revolution, The Following
Nellie Andreeva

For decades, TV networks’ promo campaigns for new series had been focused squarely on bringing in viewers to the shows’ premieres. For the first time, Fox last week broke tradition, swapping the tune-in ads for its midseason drama The Following starring Kevin Bacon for billboards urging viewers to set their DVRs.

Encouraging DVR viewing is a two-edged sword as it gives the networks extra audiences — most of which they can’t monetize since a large portion of viewers who time-shift shows skip some or most commercials when watching. But with people’s viewing preferences for this season already firmly established, Fox opted for the unusual campaign to help its new show get on viewers’ season passes as a way to bring in regular audiences. That is especially important for a serialized drama like The Following, where retaining viewership is crucial for its long-term success. Read More »

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Fox’s ‘The Following’ Takes Heat From Critics Over Violent Content: TCA

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday January 8, 2013 @ 10:57am PSTTags: Fox, Kevin Williamson, TCA, The Following

Ray Richmond is contributing to Deadline’s TCA coverage.

The Following creator and exec producer Kevin Williamson was obliged to defend the jarring level of sex and violence (particularly violence) in his new Fox horror thriller as the network kicked off its day at TCA this morning. In the wake of the mass killings last year in Aurora, CO and Newtown, CT, critics peppered Williamson with questions about whether television shows like this one may be part of the problem. His general response wasn’t defensive so much as uncertain. “I think we all worry about (the violence issue),” Williamson admitted. “Who wasn’t affected by Sandy Hook? We say in the writers room after that and were all traumatized by it.” But he was somewhat befuddled over whether the graphic violence and gore of a series like The Following might contribute negatively to perceptions of violence in society. His show, after all, depicts a woman stabbing herself in the eye and strangers being randomly set afire in the street. He acknowledged that he isn’t sure if there is a cumulative effect of all of the violence on his own orientation. “I know that when I put pen to paper, it affects me, but I’m not sure how,” Williamson said. “We don’t sit around (in the writers room) and think of ways to kill people. I’m sitting and thinking of the drama. It’s meant to be a thriller and a provocative story. I guess it is a horrific and scary show but…”

At the same time, Williamson acknowledged that the violence at Columbine many years ago absolutely inspired Following. “The story is shining a light on some of those kids,” he said. But he added that the show is meant to be “a work of fiction.” And the network hasn’t tried to scale back the level of violence, he maintained. The bigger struggle for him has been continuing to deal with the six-act structure of broadcast television and “how to make something scary when you’re writing to a commercial break.” To that end, he said that the Fox drama 24 remains “like my favorite show of all time…That sort of thrill-ride and page-turner tone is what I’m going for with this show.” Read More »

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TV Trailer: Fox’s ‘The Following’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Saturday November 10, 2012 @ 3:26pm PSTTags: Fox, James Purefoy, Kevin Bacon, The Following

Fox‘s new thriller series from Kevin Williamson and Warner Bros TV stars Kevin Bacon as an ex-FBI agent recruited to recapture an escaped serial killer played by James Purefoy. Anna Parisse plays an FBI specialist assigned to the case in which the killer has cultivated a group of dedicated … Read More »

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Fox Sets Midseason Premiere Dates For ‘American Idol’, ‘The Following’ And ‘Touch’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday October 24, 2012 @ 10:00am PDTTags: American Idol, Fox, The Following
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Following Premiere January 21The upcoming 12th season of American Idol, featuring new judges Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban, will open with a two-night premiere on Wednesday, January 16 (8-10 PM) and Thursday, January 17 (8-9 PM). The … Read More »

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Annie Parisse Lands Regular Role On Kevin Bacon Fox Drama ‘The Following’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday August 3, 2012 @ 10:15am PDTTags: The Following
Nellie Andreeva

Broadway and screen actress Annie Parisse is joining the cast of Fox’s midseason drama The Following as a new regular. The series, from Kevin Williamson and Warner Bros TV, is a thriller about ex-FBI agent Ryan Hardy (Kevin … Read More »

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