Ratings: ‘Whodunnit?’ falls for episode 2, ‘Big Brother 15’ does the same thing
Overall, “Whodunnit?” slid down to a 1.0 rating in the 18-49 demographic (slightly above “Glass House” numbers), while also getting over 3.2 million viewers. While you can still argue that there is a lot of death on at the same time with “Dexter” and “True Blood” on other networks, they should not take away too much of this audience, given that this is slightly more-family friendly (at least with the teenage crowd), and you don’t have to pay to watch it.
Meanwhile, “Big Brother 15” also dropped from its premiere, and posted a low 1.7 rating that is down six-tenths from the second show that aired last year. There are two quick takes that we have on this: Maybe starting the show in June was a bad idea for some who prefer to wait to watch until after July 4, and maybe not as many people are interested in newbies. This is what we like to call the “Survivor: One World” effect: After being spoiled by returning players, casual fans want to see some every year, and the ratings drop when they are not included. (“Survivor: One World” posted some of the lowest ratings of the CBS show’s run.) We will be shocked now if season 16 of “Big Brother” is either not an all-stars, or at least has some sort of returning houseguest element to it.
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Patworx
July 1, 2013 @ 4:38 pm
This would not have been a problem if they hadn’t oversaturated the returning players in the first place.