True Blood has hit the top again! Today, it’s not really a list, but ratings highs. True Blood took the top over many shows, including Burn Notice, South Park, and Sons of Anarchy. According to TV by the Numbers, True Blood had the highest number of viewers per first airing of each episode in the ranking of adults 18-49, with an averaged 3.552 million viewers. It was followed by Burn Notice in second, and Sons of Anarchy in third.
Broken down into male and female viewers, True Blood was in the number 2 spot with 1.751 million male viewers and in the number 1 spot with 1.770 million female viewers.
When it came to adults aged 18-34, True Blood remained the number 1 show with 2.013 million viewers, followed by South Park in second and Sons of Anarchy again in third.
When breaking down the viewers by gender in the 18-34 range, True Blood was not among the top three shows for men (those were South Park, Sons of Anarchy, and Entourage), but placed second behind The Secret Life of the American Teenager for female viewers, with 1.035 million views.
True Blood deserves its place at the top of the ratings, and I’m sure it will continue its reign in ratings with Season 3 when it arrives next summer!
SOURCE: tvbythenumbers.com
(Photo credit: HBO Inc.)
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When you look at the raw numbers, you’re right. But if you take a comparison of the total raw numbers for viewership of shows like like South Park, Entourage, and Sons of Anarchy; then break them down into men v women viewers; and then convert those numbers into percentages: guess what? True Blood is almost even with those shows for male viewers.
I think that is the real story behind the numbers. Almost everyone that frequents sites like this one think the vast majority of viewers are female. The truth is quite the opposite. There is almost an even split between men and women viewers. I really knew there was no way TB could be so wildly successful unless its appeal was based on cross-cutting demographics. The numbers prove that.