Ratings Review: GOLDEN BOY

Simply put, GOLDEN BOY was not the Golden Series CBS wanted and needed it to be. Like most CBS procedural series, it will get a decent viewer total, but the A18-49 ratings were not good from the start.

Originally slated for the Friday night at 9 p.m. slot, the series premiere was actually on Tuesday night at 10 p.m., giving a great lead in of NCIS and NCIS: LA. CBS thought the series might have legs and flipped GOLDEN BOY with VEGAS and the mid-season series would have the better slot. But, reality set in and the ratings did a nose dive. Only twice did an episode draw more viewers than the previous episode.

For the 13 episodes, GOLDEN BOY averaged 8.19 million viewers and a 1.4 rating in Adults 18-49. With the successful, but aging CBS line up, GOLDEN BOY has a slim chance at getting a second season. CBS gave it the best chance it could give it.

GOLDEN BOY (Tuesdays at 10 p.m., on CBS)

Date	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
02/26/13	10.56	1.8
03/05/13	9.40	1.6	-11.0%
03/09/13	7.41	1.0	-21%	Fri - 9 p.m.
03/12/13	8.53	1.5	-9.3%
03/19/13	9.26	1.7	9%
03/26/13	8.07	1.4	-13%
04/02/13	7.83	1.3	-3%
04/09/13	7.89	1.5	1%
04/16/13	8.07	1.5	2%
04/23/13	7.94	1.4	-2%
04/30/13	7.64	1.3	-4%
05/07/13	6.99	1.2	-9%
05/14/13	6.91	1.2	-1%

* - in millions