Martha Stewart Proves to Be No Match For 'The Golden Girls!'

[Brian Damage]

After three weeks into the new television season, Martha Stewart hasn't much improved her ratings on the Hallmark Channel, reports the New York Post.

"Martha" is averaging 187,000 viewers weekdays at 10 a.m., representing a decline of 60% from the average for the timeslot a year earlier, the story says.

The repeats of the show at 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. are performing even worse, with total viewers down by 69% and 76% respectively from the year-earlier time periods.

As previously reported, the debut of her show on Hallmark drew just 199,000 viewers, less than the more than 500,000 who tuned in to "The Golden Girls" a year earlier.

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