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Rating for US Premiere

FINAL RATING:
1.9 18-49
9.6 million

From EW: "A special telecast of the series premiere of the first Trek series in more than a decade delivered 9.6 million viewers and a 1.9 rating among adults 18-49, according to CBS’ time zone adjusted nationals. CBS expects the numbers to rise to 15 million viewers and a 3.0 rating when adding seven days of delayed viewing."

So it doesn't really matter since they are operating in completely different models, but Star Trek Discovery did get more viewers than the first episode of Orville, but a lower 18-49 rating. Orville was a 2.7 and 8.6 million. No surprise that the audience for Trek skews older than the Orville.
 
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One article noted that this includes those who watched live via CAA, since they have to watch the same commercials. Watching Live on CAA is different from streaming on CAA.
 
MvRojo said:
FINAL RATING:
1.9 18-49
9.6 million

From EW: "A special telecast of the series premiere of the first Trek series in more than a decade delivered 9.6 million viewers and a 1.9 rating among adults 18-49, according to CBS’ time zone adjusted nationals. CBS expects the numbers to rise to 15 million viewers and a 3.0 rating when adding seven days of delayed viewing."

So it doesn't really matter since they are operating in completely different models, but Star Trek Discovery did get more viewers than the first episode of Orville, but a lower 18-49 rating. Orville was a 2.7 and 8.6 million. No surprise that the audience for Trek skews older than the Orville.
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Again, Orville had 11+ million viewers.
 
Fateor said:
Live was 8.19 for STD and 8.6 for Orville.

Live +3 was 9.6 for STD and 11.3 for Orville.
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I'm not sure why we are trying to compare these two anything especially because premier ratings mean very little in terms of quality of a show or how many people liked it. It is more a measure of how good the marketing was. What happens after the premier determines how much peopled liked or didn't like a show.
 
MvRojo said:
FINAL RATING:
1.9 18-49
9.6 million

From EW: "A special telecast of the series premiere of the first Trek series in more than a decade delivered 9.6 million viewers and a 1.9 rating among adults 18-49, according to CBS’ time zone adjusted nationals. CBS expects the numbers to rise to 15 million viewers and a 3.0 rating when adding seven days of delayed viewing."

So it doesn't really matter since they are operating in completely different models, but Star Trek Discovery did get more viewers than the first episode of Orville, but a lower 18-49 rating. Orville was a 2.7 and 8.6 million. No surprise that the audience for Trek skews older than the Orville.
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The audience for Trek has been skewing old for a long time now. It was very noticeable when I saw the last two movies in the theater. I don't know if this audience can get young again.
 
Fateor said:
Maybe you should read your own article, after all it says Live + 3 refers to DVR numbers.
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Okay, so there are several levels of ratings:

Overnight - the initial ratings that come in from big markets with set top boxes. It is primarily an estimate.

Final - final ratings that track more exact measurements. These come out a little later in the day. (These are the ratings at the top of this post.)

Live+SD - revised ratings that include DVR/streaming services from the first 24 hours after the show airs. (SD means same day.)

Live+3 - revised ratings that include DVR/streaming services from the first 72 hours after the show airs.

Live+7 - revised ratings that include DVR/streaming services from the first seven days after the show airs.

Nielsen does not track ratings after that.
 
I have to say that despite the demo being a touch low, the 9.6 million viewers is pretty impressive considering that Broken Bow had 12.5 million total viewers way back in 2001 (back when more people watched network TV and DVRs were a lot less prevalent). The fact that it might reach 15 million by the time the Live+7 is factored in is great.
 
Well, right now the show has a 65% "Liked It" on Rotten Tomatoes. Better than half.
 
DarthPipes said:
Is it any surprise that the ratings for Discovery aren't that great? The cast, crew and network have been doing everything humanly possible to drive away as many viewers as they can. They wish to continue to be a fringe niche of a show and a franchise that few people will watch.
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How do you figure that?
 
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