Dancing beats singing.
ABC: The summer isn’t off to a great start, with the hugely-hyped premiere of DUETS–more of a variety show than a competition in its first episode– failing to spark much viewer interest and landing at a 1.7. That wasn’t far ahead of the reruns on CBS and NBC (and behind Big Bang Theory‘s repeat). ROOKIE BLUE premiered a month earlier than it had last year, and was down 0.2 from that number to a.1.4 (when it had a stronger 2.3 lead-in from Expedition Impossible).
FOX: Pardon FOX if it’s heard this before, but after a spring of watching American Idol win at a historically low level, now SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE won the night with a 2.4 (the only thing close was that Big Bang rerun), which was nevertheless down a heavy 0.9 from last year’s premiere.
NBC: The series finale of AWAKE was up 0.2, but since that only brought it to a 0.9 rating, no one at NBC is second-guessing its cancellation. Earlier in the evening, 2 OFFICE reruns had twin 0.7s, and an AMERICA’S GOT TALENT rerun reached a 1.2.
CBS: The strongest rerun network scored a 2.3 with BIG BANG THEORY, then the remainder of the night ran 1.4-1.7, with THE MENTALIST‘s 1.5 enough to win its hour.
CW: Another Perez Hilton special could only manage a 0.3, better than the 0.2 for the VAMPIRE DIARIES rerun that followed.
Tonight is all reruns, all networks, all night. Welcome to summer.
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