The networks also had hope for The Event and FlashForward, both of which started with huge ratings, received a "back nine" to give them a full season, and then massively haemorrhaged viewers until finally being cancelled after a single season.
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Ah, beaten by Craig.
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Someone over at DS posted this comparing ratings...
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...&postcount=116
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Originally Posted by spaintv at Digital Spy
Just for fun:
Flash Forward
Episode/Viewers in M
1 /12.47
2 /10.75
3 /9.05
4 /9.07
5 /9.88
6 /8.97
7 /8.57
8 /8.28
9 /7.98
10/ 7.07
HIATUS and RE-TOOLING
11 /6.61
12 /6.49
13 /6.17
14 /5.04
15 /5.42
16 /4.98
17 /5.53
18 /5.17
19 /4.77
20 /4.75
21 /5.26
22 /4.96
The Event
Episode/ Viewers
1/10.88
2 /9.06
3 /7.56
4 /6.5
5 /6.42
6 /5.97
7 /5.54
8 /5.64
9 /5.19
10/ 5.83
11 /5.23
HIATUS and RE-TOOLING
12 /5.23
13 /4.26
14 /4.11
15 /4.53
16 /4.14
17 /3.85
18 /4.62
19 /4.14
20 /3.85
21 /4.07
22 /4.89
Revolution
Episode/ Viewers in M
1 /11.65
2 /9.21
So far, Revolution has had a better premiere than The Event, but is outranked by Flash Forward. However, Revolution has lost 2.44m viewers from Ep1 to Ep2. FF lost 1.73 and TE 1.82.
I wonder if the ratings dwindle will continue and if it will be comparable to the fast downward spiral that both TE and FF suffered!
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As an update for that list:
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...d-down/150993/
Revolution episode 3: 8.32 million
So its ratings are already dropping... Also, its share of the all-important 18-49 demographic is also decreasing each week.
Given the ratings & given the network (and given that it's also like The Event and FlashForward in that it's trying to be another Lost-type show with a slowly teased out mystery using flashbacks) I predict that it will drop and drop and drop and get canned after one season.
This happens every year.