UP: Holy shooting comet!The Big Bang Theory just continues to skyrocket upwards in the ratings, as one of the only returning shows that has improved since its fall premiere. While the seventh season opened with 18.99 million, the second episode pulled in 20.44 million viewers and became the most-watched episode of the entire series. It is by far the most-watched TV comedy this season.
UP: After premiering to 16.11 million viewers, compared to last year's premiere numbers of 10.87 million, the AMC drama dropped to just under 14 million viewers for week two. Still, TWD is bringing in a larger audience than it saw in any of its first three seasons, doubling its first season ratings. And when you add in DVR numbers, more than 20 million people are watching. We'd make a joke here about how this teeny-tiny cable series is eating the brains out of network TV, but that would be laaaame.
UP: Viewership was relatively steady for the first four episodes of the CBS drama's sixth season, averaging between 8.4 and 9.3 million viewers after a premiere at 9.15 million. The heavily buzzed-about, game-changing fifth episode (Will freaking out on Alicia's desk! We're still processing!) brought in a similar 9.35 million, but the following episode, which aired on November 3rd, improved by almost a million viewers with 10.22.
UP: Thanks in part to a major social media effort (does anyone live tweet like the Scandal cast?), season three premiered to 10.52 million viewers – the highest viewership the show has ever hade. Ratings have adjusted slightly downward since then, to about 9 million, but season three is still much higher than season two, which fluctuated between 7 and 8 million.
UP: While ratings this season of the FX drama have been falling slightly with each episode, the series is pulling in quite a few more viewers than the first two seasons did. The premiere was watched by 5.54 million people, while seasons 1 and 2 premiered to 3.18 and 3.85 million respectively. The Halloween episode on October 30th reached 3.71 million people, while previous Halloween installments didn't quite hit the 3 million mark.
UP: Arguably the most successful new drama this season, the NBC drama premiered to 12.58 million viewers. And though the live numbers have dipped, with 10.34 million people tuning in for the November 4th episode, The Blacklist is also this fall's most DVR'd new show, with a 67 percent boost in the ratings. The Oct. 28 episode gained nearly 5 million viewers when DVR numbers were taken into account. The show also skews young, as the highest rated broadcast drama in the adults 18-49 demo, which makes it a bonafide hit in most network executives' books.
DOWN: For the first four rounds of auditions, the Fox singing competition series stayed fairly steady between 6.4 and 6.9 million viewers. Still sort of respectable, right? Well, the October 29th episode, which aired on a Tuesday due to baseball coverage, was down to 4.9 million and was trounced by NBC's The Voice (11.62 million), which it doesn't usually compete against. The Halloween episode dropped even further to 3.25 million. That's um, CW numbers. X Factor also suffered an embarrassing voting glitch, which might further turn off viewers.
DOWN: The third season of the ABC drama premiered to 8.52 million viewers, and Ariel's (JoAnna Garcia) highly anticipated debut on November 3rd was seen by 7.55 million. That's a significant drop from season two, which premiered with 11.36 million viewers.
DOWN: This crazy-bananas (we love it) sci fi drama on Fox premiered to 10.10 million viewers, but it has been declining in recent weeks. A three-week World Series-related hiatus didn't help viewership, with the November 4th episode bringing in around 7 million live viewers. However, the series usually receives a boost from DVR ratings, and it continues to be one of the top shows in the 18-49 demographic, along with The Blacklist and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
DOWN: Joss Whedon's highly buzzed-about ABC drama premiered with 12.12 million viewers, then promptly dropped to 8.66 million for episode two. Since then, viewership has continued to decline, falling to 7 million viewers for the November 5th episode. Five weeks of continuing decline is worrying, but the show already has a full season pick-up and is still one of the top shows in the 18-49 demographic.
DOWN: Despite horrible reviews and not even airing its actual pilot, the Rebel Wilson comedy premiered with 8.23 million viewers, but that number has been steadily declining. The October 30th episode was the lowest-rated yet, with 5.17 million viewers. While the ABC comedy has received an order for extra scripts, it hasn't been picked up for a full season like two other new ABC comedies, Trophy Wife and The Goldbergs.
DOWN: The freshman ABC comedy received a full season pick-up in November, despite its fairly low ratings. The series premiere pulled in 6.68 million viewers, and while the number of viewers has gone down, it hasn't been a steady decline, and there was improvement in weeks three and six. The November 5th episode pulled in the lowest numbers yet, with 3.8 million viewers. Fingers crossed more people will start watching...It's one of fall's best new comedies!