BEYOND THE NUMBERS
THE NEWS BEHIND THE RATINGS
SHARK INFESTED
Syfy’s Sharknado 5: Global Swarming drew just 1.9 MILLION same-day viewers Sunday, the cheesy film franchise’s lowest turnout yet, down from 2.8 million for each of the last two installments.
REALITY BITES
Smallish summer starts include the seventh opener of Lifetime’s Dance Moms ( 730,000 viewers Tuesday); MTV’s Siesta Key ( 675,000 Monday); and A&E’s The Lowe Files ( 648,000 Wednesday). But E! Kardashians spinoff The Life of Kylie opened with
1.1 MILLION Sunday.
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USA’s The Sinner, with Jessica Biel, was solid with 1.6 MILLION same-day viewers for Wednesday’s start. TBS comedy The Guest Book premiered with a respectable 1.3 MILLION Thursday. And the fifth-season premiere of Showtime’s Ray Donovan notched a typical 1.1 MILLION Sunday.