BEYOND THE NUMBERS
THE NEWS BEHIND THE RATINGS
SUNDAY SPECIALS
The BET Awards nabbed 3.8 MILLION viewers, tops on cable for the week but down from last year’s 4.5 million. (Viacom says a total of 5.8 million watched on its nine-network simulcast.) And Starz’s competing fourth-season opener of Power fell to 1.7 MILLION, down from 2.3 million for last summer’s opener.
SUMMER STARTS
Premieres continued with OWN’s Queen Sugar ( 2.3 MILLION same-day viewers Tuesday); NBC’s Little Big Shots: Forever Young ( 7.4 MILLION Wednesday); ABC’s Boy Band (a weak 2.9 MILLION) and The Gong Show ( 3.9 MILLION) both Thursday.
END OF THE ROAD
FX’s third-season closer of Fargo claimed 1.2 MILLION same-day viewers Wednesday, down from 1.8 million for Season 2’s finish. NatGeo’s Genius wrapped up with 1 MILLION Tuesday.