On Tuesday, The CW’s The Flash had a 1.1 rating based on the overnights for the 18-49 demographic with 2.8 million total viewers for its Season 4 premiere. That is down a bit from its premiere numbers last year, but about even with its season average and I expect that one to race into a fifth season. Legends of Tomorrow had a 0.6 rating with 1.7 million total viewers for its third season premiere which is right in line with its second season numbers and okay for The CW. On Thursday, both Supernatural and Arrow had decent enough premieres pulling a 0.7 rating / 2.1 million total viewers and 0.6 rating / 1.6 million total viewers respectively. Both of those remain quite safe on the fifth place network at those levels. For those interested, on Wednesday Riverdale had a series high 0.8 rating with 2.3 million total viewers for its Season 2 premiere, getting it off to a good second year start.
Over on USA, Mr. Robot returned Wednesday for its third season pulling a 0.30 rating with 681K total viewers. That is down from its second season numbers, but probably still good enough to get this critically acclaimed and Emmy winning series a fourth season. Over on Spike, The Shannara Chronicles had its debut (moving over from MTV in its second season) and only managed a 0.10 rating with 314K total viewers. That is a tenuous start for that rather expensive series, especially considering that Spike cancelled The Mist in Summer after averaging a 0.14 rating.
On FOX on Thursday, The Orville improved slightly to a 1.0 rating with 3.4 million total viewers (according to the preliminary numbers) and it could survive if it holds around that level for the rest of its freshman season. Gotham slipped to a 0.8 rating with 2.7 million total viewers, but a fifth season of that show will depend on what sort of deal Warner Bros manages to work out with FOX. NBC’s The Good Place held at a 1.2 rating with 4.0 million total viewers and it appears to be in a good place ratings-wise for now.
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