Charlie Sheen's 'Anger Management' Suffers Another Sharp Ratings Drop - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 07-13-2012, 10:38 PM

Charlie Sheen's Anger Management ratings aren't on a winning streak.

Viewership for Thursday's episode—the fourth of a planned ten-episode season—dropped to 2.4 million viewers from 3.4 million last week. That slide comes on top of a steep 40 percent decline in ratings from the 5.7 million viewers who tuned in to the second of two premiere episodes June 28 on the FX Network.

The ratings, while still strong for a cable comedy series, indicate that the huge number of people that sampled the Debmar Mercury-distributed show initially are not returning.

"It’s not surprising that you're going to see some decline because of all the publicity that built up to the first episode," notes media analyst Bill Carroll. But, he adds, "if it continues to unfortunately decline by significant percentages, especially in the key demo, that could mean the audience is truly onto something."

Anger Management premiered with strong ratings among both men and women in the key 18 to 49 year old audience. But now the sitcom is off 23 percent from the prior week among 18-to-49 year old men, a key audience component. Total 18-49 viewership was down 27 percent from the third episode to the fourth episode to 1.25 million.

There is some good news. Anger Management did improve on its lead-in in its third week by 39 percent. It also remains ahead for the first four episodes by 77 percent compared to what was in the same time period on FX last year.

There are six more episodes left before FX has to decide whether to green light an additional 90 episodes; that decision would trigger sales to international outlets that have signed up for the show.

The question is where and when the ratings numbers will level off, because that may well be the real indicator of the appeal. "If it can find its level and it does better than its lead-in or what was in that time period a year ago, then it could have a positive influence on the ultimate decision" to pick it up, notes Carroll.

A source close to the show says FX will not make any decisions until it sees how all ten episodes perform.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...gs-drop-349073

claret · 07-13-2012, 11:41 PM

We gave it 3.5 episodes and gave up. Ep 2 was pretty funny, but the others just weren't at all. Done.

ShamelessFanGirl · 07-25-2012, 09:39 AM

I admit that the first two episodes were funnier than the ones after were but it is still an enjoyable show and has the potential to be better if they tried. Hopefully they will pick up the pace soon.

07-13-2012, 10:38 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,108	Charlie Sheen's 'Anger Management' Suffers Another Sharp Ratings Drop Charlie Sheen's Anger Management ratings aren't on a winning streak. Viewership for Thursday's episode—the fourth of a planned ten-episode season—dropped to 2.4 million viewers from 3.4 million last week. That slide comes on top of a steep 40 percent decline in ratings from the 5.7 million viewers who tuned in to the second of two premiere episodes June 28 on the FX Network. The ratings, while still strong for a cable comedy series, indicate that the huge number of people that sampled the Debmar Mercury-distributed show initially are not returning. "It’s not surprising that you're going to see some decline because of all the publicity that built up to the first episode," notes media analyst Bill Carroll. But, he adds, "if it continues to unfortunately decline by significant percentages, especially in the key demo, that could mean the audience is truly onto something." Anger Management premiered with strong ratings among both men and women in the key 18 to 49 year old audience. But now the sitcom is off 23 percent from the prior week among 18-to-49 year old men, a key audience component. Total 18-49 viewership was down 27 percent from the third episode to the fourth episode to 1.25 million. There is some good news. Anger Management did improve on its lead-in in its third week by 39 percent. It also remains ahead for the first four episodes by 77 percent compared to what was in the same time period on FX last year. There are six more episodes left before FX has to decide whether to green light an additional 90 episodes; that decision would trigger sales to international outlets that have signed up for the show. The question is where and when the ratings numbers will level off, because that may well be the real indicator of the appeal. "If it can find its level and it does better than its lead-in or what was in that time period a year ago, then it could have a positive influence on the ultimate decision" to pick it up, notes Carroll. A source close to the show says FX will not make any decisions until it sees how all ten episodes perform. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...gs-drop-349073
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07-13-2012, 11:41 PM	#2
claret Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Apr 06, 2008 Posts: 54	We gave it 3.5 episodes and gave up. Ep 2 was pretty funny, but the others just weren't at all. Done.

07-25-2012, 09:39 AM	#3
ShamelessFanGirl Great Power and Resposbility Forum Regular Join Date: Jul 16, 2011 Location: Kentucky, USA Posts: 581	I admit that the first two episodes were funnier than the ones after were but it is still an enjoyable show and has the potential to be better if they tried. Hopefully they will pick up the pace soon.