"Agent Carter" Debut Outperforms "Agents Of SHIELD" In Ratings

[CBR News]

Despite overall average numbers, "Carter's" ratings bested all but one episode of its companion series' second season.


Full article here.

[MatchesMalone]

Can't wait to watch it on Hulu!

[AndrewCrossett]

So the premiere episode of this did slightly worse than the premiere of AoS... meaning that its overall numbers will probably be slightly lower.

I actually hope to see Agent Carter get picked up for a full season 2, alongside season 3 of AoS. Carter at 8 and SHIELD at 9 would make a very solid Tuesday block for ABC.

[gwangung]

So the premiere episode of this did slightly worse than the premiere of AoS... meaning that its overall numbers will probably be slightly lower.

I actually hope to see Agent Carter get picked up for a full season 2, alongside season 3 of AoS. Carter at 8 and SHIELD at 9 would make a very solid Tuesday block for ABC.

I'm thinking additional numbers like demographics and +3 numbers will also figure in....

[AndrewCrossett]

I'm thinking additional numbers like demographics and +3 numbers will also figure in....

Yep... same as they do for AoS (which gets about an 80% bump from the +7 numbers). And, with the Agent Carter premiere being a two-hour episode, it probably got DVR'd a lot.

This show made a smart move by showing us Captain America right out of the gate (even if it was just archive footage from Cap 1) to immediately tie the show to the movie franchise... since there isn't much in the story itself that makes that connection.

[gwangung]

Yep... same as they do for AoS (which gets about an 80% bump from the +7 numbers). And, with the Agent Carter premiere being a two-hour episode, it probably got DVR'd a lot.

This show made a smart move by showing us Captain America right out of the gate (even if it was just archive footage from Cap 1) to immediately tie the show to the movie franchise... since there isn't much in the story itself that makes that connection.

Yeah, I'm not sure anybody has a good handle on those +7s (that 80% is pretty unreal, given that a lot of other shows only rise 25-30%). Interesting to see if it holds the younger male audience throughout the rest of its run---that was what was so valuable with AoS; the show was actually pretty good in the action adventure area.

[AndrewCrossett]

Yeah, I'm not sure anybody has a good handle on those +7s (that 80% is pretty unreal, given that a lot of other shows only rise 25-30%). Interesting to see if it holds the younger male audience throughout the rest of its run---that was what was so valuable with AoS; the show was actually pretty good in the action adventure area.

AoS is one of the two or three best performers in the +7 numbers. Shows that appeal to the younger demographics tend to get lower overnight ratings because young people don't watch shows live anymore.

Agent Carter should do well with males, and probably better than AoS with females. It would give AoS the strong lead-in it desperately needs, and not the string of flop sitcoms and reality show reruns it's been getting. (Unfortunately they can't run the Charlie Brown Christmas special every week.)

[nightrider]

ouch, agent carter did the same numbers as flash and flash is on lowly rated CW that isn't as accessible as ABC.

[Luke Cage]

ouch, agent carter did the same numbers as flash and flash is on lowly rated CW that isn't as accessible as ABC.

Well, considering that it is the Flash going against Agent Carter (who?), it's to be expected. And it still out performed the Flash. Most people have cable and are able to see the Flash, so the fact that it's on the CW isn't really that big a deal.

[The Kid]

Well, considering that it is the Flash going against Agent Carter (who?), it's to be expected. And it still out performed the Flash. Most people have cable and are able to see the Flash, so the fact that it's on the CW isn't really that big a deal.

Don't think so. CW isn't on as many TVs as Fox, ABC, CBS

[Handsome men don't lose fights]

Yeah, I think the CW is a broadcast station. They took the place of my local Warner Bros. channel.

[simbob4000]

ouch, agent carter did the same numbers as flash and flash is on lowly rated CW that isn't as accessible as ABC.

Flash pulled in 6.7 million viewers on a rerun? The new episodes of Flash don't even do that.

[saul_on_the_road_to_damascus]

Well, considering that it is the Flash going against Agent Carter (who?), it's to be expected. And it still out performed the Flash. Most people have cable and are able to see the Flash, so the fact that it's on the CW isn't really that big a deal.

Its not going against the flash it is going against supernatural. It got an early start last night to accomodate the extra hour

[PretenderNX01]

ouch, agent carter did the same numbers as flash and flash is on lowly rated CW that isn't as accessible as ABC.

Flash doesn't get 6 million viewers. Flash's overnight ratings for the series premiere were adjusted up to 4.79 million viewers in it's debut (Live+SD) making it CW's highest rated debut in 5 years and hasn't matched that since:
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...d-down/312116/

Flash's premiere did also manage a 1.9 in the demo but that doesn't mean it equaled 6 million viewers over all.
The Flash rerun opposite Carter at 8pm got 1.36 million viewers the rerun of Supernatural opposite the 9pm Carter got 1.03 million.

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...steady/346561/

[Stay Puft]

That dang NCIS. These numbers are nothing to scoff at...so I think Carter can be categorized as well-received.