The Dovekeepers premiered on Tuesday night at 9 pm after a substantial publicity push throughout the day. \u00a0The show premiered after the CBS juggernaut, NCIS, whose 18-49 rating was at a season low of 2.1\/7 and 16.3 million total viewers. The Dovekeepers did not hold on to a significant portion of that audience, beginning it’s 2 night run with a 1.0\/3 in the 18-49 demographic and 8.99 million total viewers. \u00a0The show won both the time slots it occupied, both 9 and 10pm, and came in second in overall viewers for the night after NCIS. \u00a0Though it overtook it’s closest time slot competitor, NBC’s Undateable, by 4 million viewers, it did have a weak performance in the 18-49. \u00a0It’s 1.0 rating was one of the weakest of the night, only slimly beating a rerun of Chicago PD and the series premiere of Weird Loners.<\/p>\n
Hopefully the second night, whose content was arguably stronger than the first, will carry the respectable audience the first night garnered and can finish out strong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Dovekeepers premiered on Tuesday night at 9 pm after a substantial publicity push throughout the day. \u00a0The show premiered after the CBS juggernaut, NCIS, whose 18-49 rating was at a season low of 2.1\/7 and 16.3 million total viewers. … Continue reading