Harper's Island premiere

Harper's Island premiere was 10.49 million viewers and CBS.com's biggest premiere ever...

http://twitter.com/LAFlak/statuses/1491829079

http://www.metacritic.com/tv/shows/harpersisland
http://www.metacritic.com/tv/shows/southland

TV Ratings: Thursday premieres for 'Southland,' 'Harper's Island' and 'Parks & Recreation'

"The premiere of CBS' "Harper's Island" won the 10 p.m. hour with a 6.7/12, topping the premiere of NBC's "Southland," which had a 6.2/11."

"NBC can be pleased that the new police drama won the hour in the 18-49 demographic with a 3.2 rating and that it improved in its second half-hour. "Harper's Island" fell at the half-hour and failed to equal the numbers "Eleventh Hour" had been drawing in the same slot, though "CSI" was also on the low side as its lead-in."

http://www.hitfix.com/articles/2009-4-10-tv-ratings-thursday-premieres-for-southland-harper-s-island-and-parks-recreation

TV Ratings: 'Harper's Island' shores up CBS Thursday

Finally, CBS' ratings hat trick finished with a 6.7/12 for the debut of the murder mystery "Harper's Island" in the 10 o'clock hour.

http://www.zap2it.com/tv/ratings/zap-tv-ratings-040909,0,5038165.story

For more links for Harper's and Harper's Island visit out Harper's Globe blogspot portal page

Harper's Island is intended for viewing solely in the United States and Canada at this time.

Anonymous said...

Ahh ratings analysis where liars figure and figures lie. 2 things to factor in 1) Private Practice was a repeat and 2) hulu had the pilot of Southland up last week. Next week's numbers will be huge. Looks like viewers bailed out a half hour into HI. Will they be back or will there be a significant drop?

More importantly to our interests is what role does HG play? Can they be instrumental in orchestrating a cult phenomenon that can increase ratings?

"At 10 p.m., two dramas launched -- Harper’s Island on CBS and Southland on NBC. Here are the results followed by the observations of note:

Harper’s Island (CBS)
Viewers: 10.49 million (#1), A18-49: 2.7/ 8 (#2)

Southland (NBC)
Viewers: 9.72 million (#2), A18-49: 3.2/ 9 (#1)

The good news for both networks, of course, was the split leadership. But Southland is a better performance and here is why.

1. Growth out of lead-in 30 Rock was 2.97 million viewers and three percent among adults 18-49.
2. Growth in the second half-hour was 540,000 viewers (9.45 to 9.99 million) and six percent among adults 18-49 (3.1/ 9 to 3.3/10).

While certainly not bad, Harper’s Island, in contrast, declined from lead-in CSI by 5.87 million viewers and 27 percent among adults 18-49. And there was a loss of audience at 10:30 p.m. of 1.20 million viewers (11.09 to 9.89 million) and 11 percent among adults 18-49 (2.8/ 8 to 2.5/ 8). That is never a good sign.

Both Harper’s Island and Southland, meanwhile, were down to some degree from recent occupants Eleventh Hour (Viewers: 12.05 million; A18-49: 3.1/ 8 season to-date, based on the final nationals) and ER (Viewers: 10.14 million; A18-49: 3.9/10). But last night’s 10 p.m. winner is Southland."

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