Rueben's Ramblings

Are you watching any of the cable series that have been airing this fall? If so, you will remember I posted the ratings results for those series about a month ago. It is now time to review the ratings for all of the cable shows since that last report.

Sons of Anarchy – The final three episodes of the show aired over the last month, earning the following ratings: 3.4 million, 3.3 million and 3.6 million for the 90-minute final episode. The show averaged 3.4 million over that time. A new season of the series will air in 2011.

Terriers – The final 3 episodes of the show earned under 1 million each week, getting 784,000; 542,000 and 725, 000 for those airings. The show averaged 683,000 viewers. Unfortunately, due to the show’s overall low ratings, it was not renewed for another season.

Boardwalk Empire – The final 4 episodes of this series over the last month, earning 3 million viewers for 3 weeks and 3.3 million for the finale. The average for those last episodes is 3.1 million. A new season of the show will air in 2011.

Dexter – Over the past month, 4 new episodes of the show aired, getting 1.9 million, 2.1 million, 2.5 million and 2.3 million viewers for each week. The average rating is 2.2 million. The season finale aired tonight and the ratings will be available in a few days.

Stargate Universe – The final 3 episodes, including the fall finale, of the show aired over the last month, earning 1 million, 1.2 million and 1.1 million viewers. The average viewers are 1.1 million. The rest of the episodes from this season will air sometime in 2011.

Sanctuary – The next 4 episodes of the series aired over the last month with 1.6 million 1.3 million, 1.5 million and 1.5 million viewers tuning in each week. The average viewers for this past month are 1.5 million. A new episode just aired this Friday (December 10) and those numbers will be available in a few days. The next new episode – which is the fall finale – will air this coming Friday.

Tower Prep – The next 4 episodes of the show aired with 1.1 million, 1 million, 978,000 and 986,000 viewers for each week. The show averaged 991,000 viewers. The next new episode will air this Tuesday at 9 PM.

Psych – New episodes of the show aired over the last four weeks, earning 2.8 million, 3 million, 3.5 million and 3.1 million. The show’s average is 3.1 million. There will be two back-to-back episodes airing this Wednesday at 9 and 10 PM.

Burn Notice – The show returned with more new episodes from its current season, getting 4.3 million, 3.5 million, 3.7 million and 4.3 million over the last 4 weeks. The average for the past month is 4 million viewers. The finale two episodes will air this Thursday at 9 and 10 PM.

Glory Daze – The new TBS series debut 4 weeks ago, earning 1.8 million, 1.3 million, 1.2 million and 1.5 million viewers. The show’s average is 1.5 million. The next new episode will air this coming Tuesday at 10 PM.

The Walking Dead – The final 3 episodes of the series aired over the last month, getting 4.8 million, 5.6 million and 6 million viewers. The average for those 3 episodes was 5.5 million. New episodes will begin airing next fall.

The Closer – The show just returned with a new episode this past week, earning 5.8 million viewers. Another new episode will tomorrow night at 9 PM.

Men of a Certain Age – The series has just returned with a new episode this past week, earing 2.4 million viewers. Another new episode will also air tomorrow night at 10 PM.

Human Target – The show finally premiered its second season with 4 new episodes, getting 6.6 million, 5.6 million, 5.8 million and 5.7 million. The average for the past month was 5.9 million. A new episode will air this Wednesday at 8 PM.

Eureka and Warehouse 13 – The Christmas episodes of each show aired on December 7, earning 1.9 million viewers for Eureka and 2 million viewers for Warehouse 13. New episodes of the shows will air in 2011.

Stay tuned next month for more ratings details on the cable series.