Defiance Ratings (source):
(Episode #, viewers in millions, Adults 18-49 rating)
E01: 2.700 1.0
E02: 2.400 0.8
E03: 2.300 0.8
E04: 2.150 0.8
E05: 1.980 0.6
E06: 1.947 0.8
E07: 1.690 0.6
E08: 1.908 0.6
E09: 1.600 0.5
E10: 1.665 0.5
E11: 1.936 0.6
Note: The Demo (second) number is the important one. One point (1.0) represents 1% of the total potential viewership (id est, 1% of the number of people who live in TV-owning households) for Adults in the 18-49 age range.
Nice an increase in viewership!
Nice to see. I'm sure SyFy is happy with the numbers. No reason for it not to be around 2 million, the show has been bloody brilliant for the past 4 episodes.
As show went on it decreased... see how the numbers got smaller.Originally Posted by EV76
A lot of people who watch this show are very computer savvy and prefer to stream it, which I don't believe is captured by the above ratings.
Honestly, while not a complete disaster, I can't imagine SyFy is at all happy with those numbers -- to put it mildly.
If the show was a cheap to produce family drama or something, those numbers would be fine, but it isn't. Worse, it gets handily beat by shows that are (The Fosters, for instance, at 0.7).
You can't compare genre stuff like science fiction on SyFy to The Fosters. That should be obvious. Considering Syfy's overall viewership, you better believe they're happy around 2 million viewers. The network has been going downhill in viewership for years now. I'm sure they'd love 2.5 million and .8-1.0 across the board, but they have to earn that viewership back and not be known as the Wrastlin Ghost Hunter network. Even SyFy's top-rated show WWE Smackdown only 2.25 million and a 0.6. So if Defiance keeps it up it could be the top-rated show on the network. :P
In terms of costs, the fixed costs are all paid right now. I can't imagine variable costs are very high for the second season.
EV76 was commenting upon the increase in this week's episode over the last couple.
On the plus side, even during the slump, Defiance has managed to keep its numbers higher than the Stargate Universe slump that got that show (the last I personally cared at all about on SyFy until Defiance) dropped.
NBA finals and Stanley Cup playoffs are over. They don't have to compete against those for ratings for a week and the rating went up. If they try to have an active season during NFL football season, they had better move to Tuesday nights because they will get crushed by Monday night football.
Yah science fiction programming is dominated by male viewers who love sports. The NBA/Stanley Cup finals were a big part in the drop.
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