Ratings Review: THE FOLLOWING (Season Two)

The one true hit freshman series, from the 2012-13 season was THE FOLLOWING. But, it had your typical sophomore slump with mediocre ratings for 2014.

The LIVE_SD ratings were down, from the previous year, and it got no help from first year series ALMOST HUMAN. But, the numbers continued to dwindle as the season progressed, despite the help of BONES for the last half of the season.

THE FOLLOWING is one of the stronger series on the LIVE+7 ratings, grabbing an extra 50% in viewership and just under doubling it's A18-49 ratings.

For the season, THE FOLLOWING averaged 5.19 million viewers and a 1.8 rating in Adults 18-49, for the 15 airings this season. THE FOLLOWING may have lost it's edge and uniqueness in season two, but was given a third season because of how bad FOX has been this season. If it want a fourth season, THE FOLLOWING needs to bring some freshness back tot he story.

THE FOLLOWING (Mondays at 9 p.m., on FOX)

Date	Viewers*	A18-49	L+3	L+7
01/19/14(S)	11.18	4.4		14.24 (5.6)
01/27/14	6.02	2.0		9.50 (3.5)
02/03/14	5.84	1.9		8.98 (3.2)
02/10/14	4.76	1.7		8.31 (3.2)
02/17/14	5.19	1.7		8.51 (3.1)
02/24/14	4.61	1.6		7.64 (2.8)
03/03/14	5.16	1.6		8.29 (3.0)
03/10/14	4.86	1.5		7.67 (2.7)
03/17/14	3.95	1.4		6.96 (2.6)
03/24/14	4.07	1.4		7.36 (2.8)
03/31/14	4.17	1.4		6.96 (2.5)
04/07/14	4.41	1.4		7.30 (2.6)
04/14/14	4.36	1.4		7.42 (2.8)
04/21/14	4.42	1.4		7.49 (2.6)
04/28/14	4.81	1.5		7.28 (2.5)

* - in millions