Ratings Review: DECEPTION

Deception initially looked to be a decent winter filler when it premiered with over to 5.6 million viewers and a 2.0 demo rating, but once viewers sampled the drama, they left in droves.

By the fifth week, the series was at its lowest point, down 54% from the series premiere. The ratings did seem to stabilize at that point, staying in the low 3 million viewers and near a 1.0 demo rating level.

The season finale did pull in the most viewers since week 4, but it was still under 3.5 million

I doubt we will ever see a second season of DECEPTION. But, NBC has so many problems on so many nights, it really is hard to predict exactly what the network will do for the fall of 2013.

DECEPTION (Mondays at 10:00 p.m., on NBC)

Date	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
01/07/13	5.66	2.0		Premiere
01/14/13	4.14	1.6	-27%
01/21/13	3.61	1.3	-13%
01/28/13	3.73	1.2	+3%
02/04/13	3.08	1.1	-17%
02/11/13	3.23	1.2	+5%
02/18/13	3.13	1.2	-3%
02/25/13	3.28	1.2	+5%
03/04/13	3.35	1.1	+2%
03/11/13	3.28	1.1	-2%
03/18/13	3.41	1.2	+4%	Finale

* - in millions