Ratings Review: NIKITA (Season Three)

For the most part, you cant expect much from a series that airs on Friday nights. This is more true for the action CW series NIKITA.

In its third season, NIKITA got to stay put on Friday night, trying to get something, anything going for the network. But looking at the schedule, the series never got a real chance until the halfway point of the TV season.

It was not until January, 2013 that NIKITA got four straight episodes in it regular time slot. Once there, the numbers started looking relatively good, for the CW. But, once spring arrives, the numbers went south again.

for the season, NIKITA aired 25 times, including three encore episodes. Its season averaged was 1.11 million viewers and a 0.3 rating in Adults 18-49. This will be the last full season of the series. Six episodes to close out the series are planed to begin in November.

NIKITA (Fridays at 8 p.m., on The CW)

Date	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
10/19/12	0.95	0.3		9 p.m.
10/26/12	0.81	0.2	-15%	9 p.m.
11/02/12	1.14	0.3	41%	9 p.m.
11/09/12	0.86	0.3	-25%	9 p.m.
11/16/12	Preempted
11/23/12	Preempted
11/30/12	1.20	0.4
12/07/12	1.19	0.4
12/14/12	Preempted
12/21/12	Preempted
12/28/12	0.94	0.2		R
01/04/13	0.90	0.3	-4%	R
01/11/13	0.91	0.3	1%	R
01/18/13	1.27	0.4	40%
01/25/13	1.53	0.5	20%
02/01/13	1.23	0.4	-20%
02/08/13	1.34	0.5	9%
02/15/13	Preempted
02/22/13	1.24	0.3
03/01/13	1.01	0.3	-19%
03/08/13	1.37	0.3	36%
03/15/13	1.21	0.4	-12%
03/22/13	Preempted
03/29/13	1.22	0.4
04/05/13	1.23	0.3	1%
04/12/13	1.15	0.3	-7%
04/19/13	0.97	0.3	-16%
04/26/13	0.95	0.3	-2%
05/03/13	1.03	0.2	8%
05/10/13	1.01	0.2	-2%
05/17/13	1.00	0.4	-1%

* - in millions