BEYOND THE NUMBERS
THE NEWS BEHIND THE RATINGS
GRIDIRON RETURNS
College football season began anew with USC at Alabama on Saturday ( 7.9 MILLION viewers) and Notre Dame at Texas on Sunday ( 10.9 MILLION) in ABC games that marked two of last week’s top 4 shows. JALEN HURTS BY USA TODAY SPORTS
SO LONG, SUMMER!
Making their exits last week were Freeform’s Pretty Little Liars ( 1.3 MIL
LION same- day viewers, down sharply from 3.1 million last summer’s exit) and Dead of Summer ( 410,000), both Tuesday; Bravo’s Odd Mom Out ( 788,000) Monday, TNT’s Murder in the First ( 1.6 MILLION) and E!’s Keep
ing Up with the Kardashians (a typical 1.5 MILLION), both Sunday.
MORE COMINGS AND GOINGS
OWN’s Greenleaf wrapped up its first season with a series-high 2.4 MILLION viewers Wednesday, while FXX’s You’re the Worst returned for a third with an improved 347,000. At sibling FX, Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll ended its second with 453,000 Thursday.