MGM tout Worldwide Ratings + SY FY Week 2

[Jax]

MGM tout worldwide number for SGU...

As we previously reported, the 2-hour series premiere bowed in the U.S. with 2.35 million viewers

On SPACE in Canada, SGU premiered to an audience of 565,000, making it the channel’s most-watched single episode ever

In the U.K., Sky1’s premiere drew 1,042,000 viewers for the first hour and 961,000 for the second — the biggest audience for a Stargate series in almost five years, MGM said.

And last Friday in Australia, the pay cable network SCI FI premiered SGU to a 6.4% share, bettering the timeslot’s previous holder by 411 percent.

As for Week 2 on SyFy well the show actually grew from its Live audience from week 1 by scoring...

2.4 million viewers and a 1.8 rating

Stargate Universe grew in its second week, with a massive 22 percent gain in Adults 18-49, 13 percent in adults 25-54.

It is rare indeed, as the general rule for television series is to have a higher season or series premiere — thanks in part to the additional advertising dollars spent. With some notable exceptions, ratings typically start to fall off immediately. For a show to improve on its premiere numbers is a great sign.

DVR numbers are expected to boost all 3 parts of AIR quite a bit.

In other related SYFY News...

Sanctuary was up 18 percent in adults 18 to 49 and 7 percent in adults 25 to 54 from its first season average, according to Engler....1.85 million viewers watched “End of Nights, Part 1.”

 

[Harvey]

The US numbers are good, very good. I just hope the series improves to justify them.

The other numbes ("biggest audience for a Stargate series in five years!" and "besting the time-slots [unnamed] previous holder!") are all spin as far as I see. But only the US numbers matter, so that's good news for fans of this series.

 

[bigdaddy]

Of course the second week ratings went up, they actually went to a different world!

 

[vedek]

Agreed, SGU needs to start improving a bit or I suspect those ratings will start to drop. I was not terribly impressed with the 3rd episode.