The Vampire Diaries KILL in the ratings
Great news for vampires: their popularity refuses to DIE. The ratings are in, and it looks like vampires aren’t going anywhere. Last night’s series premiere of The CW’s The Vampire Diaries was watched by 4.8 million viewers, and that’s without any additional DVR numbers.
Just how big is that for the CW? It’s on par with last year’s much-hyped premiere of 90210, which was the CW’s highest-rated premiere ever. However, I suspect the fall-off into the second week won’t be as huge, since The Vampire Diaries doesn’t suck nearly as much as that did.
Also, the CW can crow because last night’s episode of The Vampire Diaries was watched by more people than anything on ABC or FOX. Yes, those networks featured repeats of Grey’s Anatomy and Bones, but in all fairness to the CW, beating a Grey’s repeat by almost one million viewers is kind of huge.
This is great news for the network after the disappointing ratings for Melrose Place (2009) earlier in the week, which scored 2.3 million viewers, less than half what The Vampire Diaries did. In other words, it’s 100 percent clear now the CW needs to hold onto vampires and stop remaking ’90s shows.
Sadly, news wasn’t as good for Supernatural, which dropped to 3.4 million viewers. That’s the second lowest season premiere the show has had in five years. But on the bright side, it was the show’s highest rating since January, and there were only four episodes in season 4 that were watched by more people.
However, these numbers only refer to traditional overnight ratings. With the CW, a network that appeals mostly to younger audiences, the DVR numbers, which are usually compiled by taking all the views on DVR over the next seven days, will come out in about a week and a half, and I suspect The Vampire Diaries will add even more viewers when those come out.
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This show was cool, I really liked it. It is almost as if it is something to watch while wating for new moon. Which is great because i’m very anxious. As for what is being refered to as the whole Vampirre faze, I think it will be around for longer than most people think. The Twilight saga has just begun there are still 2 movies left and being a huge fan I can honestly say that Twilight fans arent going any where.
“and that’s without any additional DVR numbers.” LOL i recorded it
love this serious it was sooooo good can’t wait till nxt weekk whohooo!!!!!! …..
i reallt like th show it was very good gergous bloke in this wow….! i am getting th books next week so i can get into thm but,,, can’t wait nxt thursdat whoohoo!!!!!!!……..
GOD! I can’t wait for Thursday its really Killing me having to wait but i can live! I really love this show
omg… luv the show! gonna read the books soon. this show is somuch better than the twilight MOVIES. twilight the movie was pretty bad but i love the books. anyway, cant wait for thursday!
FYI the books are way better than the show. I agree this is soooooo much better than Twilight. But also remember these books (The Vampire Diaries) came out long before Twilight.
OMG i love this show soooooooooo much!!!!! all the vampire dudes r really hot! cant wait till next thursday. and i have to admit even though i love twilight(love u taylor) this show is soooo much better. im so glad they came out with a vampire show. i watch the same episodes over and over again on the internet till the next thursday. yall r soooo awsome, cant wait till next wekk. love the show.
VD rocks and so does Supernatural!!!!