Ratings Review: AQUARIUS (Season One)

Have you ever had one of those moments when you said something, and a moment later, you wish you could take it all back and act like it never happened? AQUARIUS is just like that, to NBC. After just a few episodes, NBC renewed the freshman series for a second season, only to see the ratings tank within a couple week after the announcement. The numbers were so bad, the network moved the series to Saturday night, hoping no one would remember what they did.

In the Live_SD ratings, AQUARIUS averaged 2.55 million viewers, a 0.3 rating in Adults 18-39, a 0.5 rating in Adults 18-49 and a 0.7 rating in Adults 25-54. on Saturday nights, the averages dropped below 1.2 million viewers and a 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3 ratings, in the demos, respectively.

The Live+3 ratings added an average of 800,000 viewers and two tenths of a point to the A18-49 demo. The Live+& ratings brought the total averages to 3.58 million viewers (+40%) and a 0.7 rating (+40%) in Adults 18-49.

Live+Same Day Ratings
 (Thursdays at 9 p.m., on NBC)

Date	Viewers*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
05/28/15	5.67	0.6	1.1	1.6
06/04/15	3.90	0.3	0.7	1.1
06/11/15	3.74	0.4	0.8	1.1
06/18/15	3.33	0.4	0.7	1.0
06/25/15	3.15	0.3	0.6	0.9
07/02/15	2.44	0.2	0.4	0.7
07/09/15	2.47	0.2	0.5	0.7
	moved to	Saturdays
07/18/15	1.18	0.1	0.2	0.3
07/25/15	1.16	0.1	0.2	0.3
08/01/15	1.18	0.2	0.2	0.3
08/08/15	1.25	0.1	0.3	0.4
08/15/15	preempted
08/22/15	1.13	0.1	0.2	0.3

* - in millions

"DVR" Ratings (post same day viewership)

Date	L+3 (P2+)	L+3 (18-49)	L+7 (P2+)	L+7 (18-49)
05/28/15	7.18	1.4	7.49	1.5
06/04/15	4.94	1.0	5.32	1.1
06/11/15	4.54	1.0	4.84	1.1
06/18/15	4.06	0.9	4.31	0.9
06/25/15	3.93	0.8	4.18	0.9
07/02/15	3.18	0.6	3.41	0.6
07/09/15	3.10		3.37	0.7
	moved to	Saturdays
07/18/15	1.82	0.4	1.96	0.4
07/25/15	1.80	0.4	2.08	0.4
08/01/15	1.97	0.5	2.11	0.5
08/08/15	1.87	0.4	2.02	0.4
08/15/15	preempted
08/22/15	1.76	0.4	1.90	0.4

* - in millions