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Touch - Ratings stronger than Alcatraz and Terra Nova - 12 Million viewers

26 Jan 2012

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Touch's premiere ratings were stronger than Alcatraz and Terra Nova's premieres with a 8.3/13 from 9 -> 9 30 and 7.6/12 from 9:30 -> 10 in the early estimates Alcatraz had a 6.8/10 and Terra Nova was slightly less than Alcatraz with a 6.4/ 9
Update: Touch had 12 million viewers
*Ratings for Terra Nova and Alcatraz listed above were for their premieres
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28 comments:

  1. RobertAriadne26 January 2012 at 14:36

    Oh, fuck. This definitely isn't good for Fringe. But I guess that was to be expected after an episode of American Idol.

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  2. Julia Eason26 January 2012 at 14:51

    Haven't seen touch yet, so not sure if I think it's a good or a bad thing it did so well!

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  3. laura334126 January 2012 at 14:52

      My sentiments exactly... :(

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  4. laura334126 January 2012 at 14:53

    I can almost see Fringe circling the drain.. :(

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  5. andy26 January 2012 at 14:53

    The pilot episode was amazing, absolutely wow. But having to wait till March for episode 2 sux big time.

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  6. Bunky Bunk26 January 2012 at 15:06

    To compare, here are the ratings for all the sci-fi/fantasy shows on FOX this season :

    — Terra Nova season 1 (Mondays at 8/7c) - still not renewed :

    Episode 1.01 (September 26, 2011) : 9.35 million viewers (including 3.1% of the population between 18 and 49).
    Episode 1.02 (September 26, 2011) : 9.08 million viewers (including 3.1% of the population between 18 and 49).
    Episode 1.03 (October 3, 2011) : 8.73 million viewers (including 3.1% of the population between 18 and 49).
    Episode 1.04 (October 10, 2011 at 9) : 7.01 million viewers (including 2.5% of the population between 18 and 49).
    Episode 1.05 (October 17, 2011) : 8.31 million viewers (including 2.8% of the population between 18 and 49).
    Episode 1.06 (October 31, 2011) : 6.59 million viewers (including 2.1% of the population between 18 and 49).
    Episode 1.07 (November 7, 2011) : 7.75 million viewers (including 2.6% of the population between 18 and 49).
    Episode 1.08 (November 14, 2011) : 7.01 million viewers (including 2.3% of the population between 18 and 49).
    Episode 1.09 (November 21, 2011) : 6.50 million viewers (including 2.1% of the population between 18 and 49).
    Episode 1.10 (November 28, 2011) : 7.19 million viewers (including 2.2% of the population between 18 and 49).
    Episode 1.11 (December 12, 2011) : 6.88 million viewers (including 2.1% of the population between 18 and 49).
    Episode 1.12 (December 19, 2011) : 7.12 million viewers (including 2.2% of the population between 18 and 49).
    Episode 1.13 (December 19, 2011) : 7.24 million viewers (including 2.2% of the population between 18 and 49).

    — Alcatraz season 1 (Mondays at 9/8c) :

    Episode 1.01 (January 16, 2012) : 10.05 million viewers (including 3.3% of the population between 18 and 49).

    Episode 1.02 (January 16, 2012) : 10.05 million viewers (including 3.3% of the population between 18 and 49).

    Episode 1.03 (January 23, 2012) : 9.03 million viewers (including 3.0% of the population between 18 and 49).

    — Fringe season 4 (Fridays at 9/8c) - still not renewed :

    Episode 4.01 (September 23, 2011) : 3.48 million viewers (including 1.5% of the population between 18 and 49).
    Episode 4.02 (September 30, 2011) : 3.05 million viewers (including 1.2% of the population between 18 and 49).
    Episode 4.03 (October 7, 2011) : 3.18 million viewers (including 1.3% of the population between 18 and 49).
    Episode 4.04 (October 14, 2011) : 3.16 million viewers (including 1.2% of the population between 18 and 49).
    Episode 4.05 (November 4, 2011) : 3.21 million viewers (including 1.3% of the population between 18 and 49).
    Episode 4.06 (November 11, 2011) : 3.03 million viewers (including 1.1% of the population between 18 and 49).
    Episode 4.07 (November 18, 2011) : 2.88 million viewers (including 1.1% of the population between 18 and 49).
    Episode 4.08 (January 13, 2012) : 2.87 million viewers (including 1.1% of the population between 18 and 49).
    Episode 4.09 (January 20, 2012) : 3.19 million viewers (including 1.1% of the population between 18 and 49).

    For more, you can go here : http://www.spoilertv.com/2012/01/2011-2012-ratings-round-up-part-iv-new.html .

    Ideally I would want Touch, Alcatraz and Fringe renewed (I really don't care about Terra Nova), but that would be unrealistic. If Fringe having a fifth and final season would mean cancelling Terra Nova, Touch and Alcatraz, I would be so okay with that. None seems to have what it takes to have me hooked like I am on Fringe. And likewise, I like the Seth MacFarlane animated series but I would absolutely get rid of all three of them if it meant a third season of Raising Hope.

    If FOX cancels both Raising Hope and Fringe, I will go bananas. They already cancelled many great shows last season (The Chicago Code, Human Target, let's not forget about Lone Star which could have been great, and they sort of cancelled Breaking In before bringing it back, thankfully), they cannot end their only two great live-action shows at the end of this season.

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  7. Courtney26 January 2012 at 15:07

    I'm always hesitant about premiere numbers because they can always drop drastically the next week.

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  8. Wilson Crawford26 January 2012 at 15:15

    It was propped up by American Idol, and it fell in the overnights from an 8.3 to a 7.6 in half an hour. While 7.6 is still a great number, that much of a drop in 30 minutes for the first episode doesn't exactly bode well. However, perhaps it'll be kept up in buzz and can retain its premiere ratings when it actually starts in march.

    I honestly don't see how this directly affects Fringe...yet. I realize it's an issue when they start getting new shows that get ratings they want, but at this point it's too early to be crying about something that has yet to be determined. This show could be the one they're trying to replace House with, or at the very least I wouldn't think that they would immediately want to throw it to Friday... I mean, they COULD, and that might be their plan, but I don't think that's the plan as of now. Just give it time, people. We need to see this all through.

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  9. ATA26 January 2012 at 15:22

    The pilot was so good way better than both Alcatraz and Terra nova im happy it got good ratings.

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  10. laura334126 January 2012 at 15:24

     Thanks Wilson,i needed the pep talk!...  :)

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  11. DarthLocke426 January 2012 at 15:54

    Me too. --Seriously, Olivia is autistic too! Let alone alternate Astrid! (;

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  12. DarthLocke426 January 2012 at 15:55

    I did enjoy the premiere. I like the idea that Jake's thoughts some what narrate, letting us know what's underneath his silent untouchable exterior. And K.S. is always a treat!

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  13. Alex26 January 2012 at 16:16

    I'm interested by the "preview event model" that the networks seem to be going with quite a bit this year. Fox kind of started it a couple of years ago when it had a preview of Glee in the spring before airing it in the fall which brought great success, and that ABC, FOX, and NBC all gave it a different sort of go this year with offering, (corrected me if I'm wrong) their most successful new scripted shows online in some capacity before they actually aired. 


    I was a little skeptical about Touch, at least partially because of Tim Kring, and the hot mess that was Heroes after its fantastic first year. But I was pleasantly surprised, and I think the show could really work. I like that we got some answers already, and I think that as long as the show doesn't endlessly focus on searching for why these things are happening and become too mythology based, it will be good. 
    I'll be interested to see the kind of buzz that gets between now and its "official" premiere in March, and what the ratings are like then. 

    Anyone else catch the name Ando when the Japanese girls were talking toward the beginning? Perhaps it's a common Japanese name, I don't know, but I'm going to choose to believe that it was a Heroes shout out. Also, couldn't help be think of Fringe when Kiefer's character was talking to the scientist guy about "quantum entanglement". 

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  14. DarqueMode26 January 2012 at 16:35

    I liked it too, but I wanted the exact opposite thing the entire time. To know why are these things connected, especially as it moves on to a full season.

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  15. DarqueMode26 January 2012 at 16:38

    As an independent episode I think Touch was by far the best pilot episode, but as a start to a series I think Alcatraz has it beat by miles.

    I still do not know how Touch can go on week to week with each week being new and different intertwined people. I have not read everything about the series, but I read a few articles and each has Sutherland or producers talking about how it will not be serialized and how each episode will be its own story.... much like the pilot. I don;t see how that can work without being contrived I guess.

    I think that is part of what ruined Heroes. The entire concentration on everyone being related to everyone else (literally on hereos).  hopefully Kring has learned his lesson.....

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  16. JMC0026 January 2012 at 17:02

    I don't know I just think they would have been better off showing this at the end of February or the week before they were going to show the next episode. Now we have to wait close to 2 months, which is definitely going to take some of the buzz and some of the viewers away. 

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  17. Alex26 January 2012 at 17:34

    I can see your point, but also remember that the "early preview event" thing worked well for FOX with Glee in 2009 when they showed the pilot in the spring, even though the show wouldn't start airing regularly until the fall. It generated a lot of buzz in that time and got people really excited and hyped up for its return. 

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  18. Bob26 January 2012 at 17:51

    I guess this is the end for Terra Nova, with two series higher rated (and I'm guessing less expensive), I think Fox would be mad to give it a season two, but you never know.

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  19. Lilith Hellfire26 January 2012 at 18:10

    I loved it (well not the acting but the premise). I can see the little boy getting annoying (even he doesn't technically speak). I will give this show four episodes for the chemistry to kick in and then I am done. Tim K. always starts off pretty well but his shows are good for the long haul (see Crossing Jordan and Heroes for further reference). 

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  20. Bruce_F26 January 2012 at 20:17

    The premiere ratings may be higher but I expect a bigger week 2 drop-off than Alcatraz.

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  21. klutzy_girl26 January 2012 at 20:55

    Holy crap!

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  22. arun27926 January 2012 at 23:10

    yes, i expected this show to do well in the first place what with it having Keifer Sutherland and cuz it's created by Tim Kring, the creator of what was potentially the most awesome show since Lost (but of course, the show crashed and burned after season 1). Add to this, the episode was going to get a lead in from none other than the highest rated show on FOX... I am actually surprised it did not cross 4.0 in the 18-49s,,,

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  23. jini26 January 2012 at 23:12

    Thanks Wilson, that's exactly my thoughts about Fringe! :-)

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  24. jini26 January 2012 at 23:51

    Great news. I loved this pilot, but I'm a little skeptical about this show really working week after week, case by case and still being interesting and touching...Heroes syndrom I guess! :-D
    Well I really hope it will succeed, because I loved it better than Alcatraz or Smash!
    Now I don't get why this isn't good for Fringe, I don't see one replacing the other on friday, at least for now.
    Like Wilson Crawford said: "Just give it time, people. We need to see this all through. " ;-)

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  25. andy s27 January 2012 at 08:43

    Fringe didn't have what it took to be hooked like you are now for about half a season. So, give these new shows some time. Touch has a Heroes vibe, and perhaps Kring learned something. As for Alcatraz, well, apparently being a writer of the crappy Temple and mostly mellow sideline stuff qualifies you to get a show about anything, but it still looks promising and Sam Neill is great at his menacing overacting, so we'll see

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  26. andy s27 January 2012 at 08:55

    There is some Person-of-Interest-y to both Alcatraz and Touch (isn't it great for POI that one can write this in its first season and it doesn't sound absurd?). Alcatraz shares potential for well done 'person/prisoner of the week' episodes, while Touch shares interesting underlying premise (machine/kid seeing what no one can) and a potential for something truly big. While POI can bridge the start-end gap with its week to week proceedings, we have yet to see whether Alcatraz can jump to something more that PrOI and Touch can, as you said without contrivance, make the leap from daily proceedings to something big unfolding.
    In any case, as much as I can be skeptical, I will never forget how skeptical I was about Lost. I had meat of a procedural (we need water!, we need shelter! we need food! we need to stop fighting!), interspersed with mostly boring backstories (which actually got interesting only after you've seen three of four instances of each - but you had to get there first) and occasional mysteries that actually motivated me to watch (and not 95% of that other stuff). Not to mention that I once accidentally skipped from 1x11 to 2x12 and didn't realize I wasn't watching 1x12 for about a minute or two.So, when a premise is remotely interesting, I'll give a show a benefit of the doubt (which can badly backfire - thanks FlashForward and the Event, for wasting 44x42 minutes of my time)

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  27. DarqueMode27 January 2012 at 09:06

    HA!
    Yeah I like the term PoI-y it fits! 

    I have learned to give any show a chance since even the most ridiculous sounding series can turn out to be brilliant, and of course morethan a few brilliant sounding shows have been bombs!

    The one thing I KNOW about Touch is that I think it would have made a very good movie, a great serial mini-series, and the weekly sentimentality of it will be old to me by Episode 3 or 4 if it continues on like the pilot. 

    I don't mind a happy ending (although I think mixed endings or tragic endings are usually more effective), but when I feel like I need to go get a prescription just to watch a show because it's so shiny and bright and full of joy.... Well,  I stop watching.

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  28. DarkUFO11 February 2012 at 21:15

    i really hope they renew terra nova, house, fringe and those others have already been going on for years, give terra nova a chance, it can become an awesome show with more seasons

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