Almost at the halfway mark for the series, Heroes Reborn debuted its 6th episode on NBC this Thursday. However, it is tomorrow’s episode that has everyone talking. Spoilers for episode 7 have been released that mark an important event in the series. It’s been suggested that information regarding the attacks in Odessa where the series began will be revealed. It is also expected that some original heroes such as Sandhill Ramamurtny and Christina Rose, will return in addition to Hiro Kanazawa’s role last week. The episode will be available via lifestream on NBC’s website, presumably to in order to up viewership. Last week, Heroes Reborn maintained a 1.1 rating in the 18-49 group. However, its total viewership was down to 3.8 million from last week’s 4.01 million.

It is also important to note that in week 3 the show gained a significant increase in rating due to DVR services. Tybythenumbers.com reported a 92% increase from a 1.2 live+SD to a 2.3 in live+7. NBC can only hope for this to happen each week.

Limitless has been doing extremely well this past week. Last week, a full season has been ordered by CBS for 22 episodes. According to the article on Broadcasting Cable, Limitless averaged a 2.4 rating among 18-49 year olds and 11.4 million viewers.

Limitless’ rating’s last week from episode 5 yielded a 1.3 rating and an audience of 7.85 million people. This is slightly lower than episode 4 which had a 1.4 rating and 8.1 million viewers. Despite this slight decline, I am very surprised at how consistent Limitless’ rating and viewers are.  The show has not experienced any major decline in numbers and continues to attract the same audience quantity. Because of this, Limitless has gotten a lot of praise from CBS executives. CBS Entertainment president, Glenn Geller, stated that, “We’re excited how Limitless continues to evolve creatively each week and stand out with its unique style of storytelling…It’s off to a strong start in a highly competitive environment.”

Also, another Bradley Cooper cameo is expected to occur in episode 6, airing tonight, resulting in the potential of a ratings boost.

The Muppets was replaced in it’s normal 8pm Tuesday time slot by the annual airing of “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”, which drew a 2.0 rating, which is well above what The Muppets got last week in the ratings. The classic Peanuts special has been running since 1966.

The show has definitely passed the four-episode test, and despite not airing last night, the fifth episode will see the light of day next week. I do think that ABC is going to take a long hard look at what to do with the show. It hasn’t been performing as greatly as anticipated and hasn’t been hitting the demographic it is aimed at.

Media Post blog begins with, “What does a guy have to do to get a rating around here?” Neil Patrick Harris in their mind seems to be exasperated by the amount of time and effort he seems to be putting into his show in ever possible capacity. While participating in fire-eating performance, while continuing to sing and dance like a monkey. And yet, the show has mediocre ratings that no one is mentioning at all. Last night was the sixth episode and at its new time of 8 p.m. Eastern, the ratings seem to have settled in at around 4.5 million viewers per show. The weeks previously, viewership was 4.45 million on Oct. 6, for the show’s fourth episode –which was the last one airing at 10 p.m. Eastern. The next week on Oct. 13, the show began airing at 8 p.m. and drew about the same audience — 4.48 million, to be exact. In the demo (18-49), the show scored a 1.3 on Oct. 6 and a 1.2 on Oct. 13. In comparison, the show’s premiere on Sept. 15 drew 6.6 million viewers and an 18-49 rating of 1.8. In its second week on Sept. 22, viewership dropped to 5.91 million, but the demo rating went up to 2.1. And now its audience is remaining in the mid-4 millions. Maybe NBC and NPH are just warming up especially with the new time slot but cmon,  What’s a guy have to do to get a rating? That we still have yet to discover.

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/260726/harris-gives-it-his-all-but-best-time-ever-rati.html

Ratings Plummet 

Heroes Reborn aired its fifth episode of the season last week. The episode titled “The Lion’s Den” continued the steady four week decline in ratings for the show. The episode earned a mere 1.1 rating, down from 1.2 the previous week. However, the show was pretty average in terms of its competitors such as Bones which received a 1.1, as well, and Vampire Diaries which received a 0.6. The show’s main competition, Grey’s Anatomy and Thursday Night Football pregame only received 2.3 and 2.0 ratings, respectively. Heroes Reborn was relatively average for the 8pm broadcast time spot. These low ratings for broadcast may be due to viewers attracted to cable programs such as the MLB Championship Series games on TBSC which also aired on Thursday night at 8pm and ranked #12 in “TV By the Numbers” top 25 cable programs.

Many also see the cause of this downfall to be the show’s content. Reviews have stated the show is simply not good enough to retain an audience with so many better options to chose from. Likely, the remaining viewers are the true Heroes fans, thankful for the revival of a beloved show.

Though Heroes Reborn has been showing a consistent decrease in ratings, reports of NBC canceling the mini-series have not surfaced. It is expected that the network will let the show play out for the remaining eight episodes.