Ratings Review: GLEE (Season Five)

In 2013, FOX gave GLEE a two year renewal, despite the signs that the ratings were starting to slide at a pretty accelerated rate. As quick as it became a hit series, it was now well within the lower half of the ratings chart, and falling.

GLEE started out on Thursday night, behind the now cancelled X FACTOR. It did not take long for the series to fall below the three million viewer mark. After a two month winter break, glee returned to the schedule on Tuesday nights, but a change of time slot did not change the ratings. They started out bad and slid down hill, from there.

Even the LIVE+7 ratings were not much to squawk about. They were, at best, levels that CW series would have, and at 25+ years, FOX does not need to be compared to the young CW Network.

For the season, GLEE averaged 3.09 million viewers and a 1.1 rating in Adults 18-49, for the 23 airings, including three encore episodes. The future is a little uncertain for GLEE. We now that FOX will air a full season of the series, but when that season begins is up in the air. We could see the series as a summer 2015 burn-off as it ends it's life on TV.

GLEE (Thursdays at 9 p.m., on FOX)

Date	Viewers*	A18-49	L+3	L+7
09/26/13	5.06	2.0		(3.2)
10/03/13	4.42	1.6		(2.7)
10/10/13	7.39	2.9		10.54 (4.3)
10/17/13	Preempted
10/24/13	Preempted
10/31/13	1.89	0.6	(R)
11/07/13	4.01	1.5		(2.6)
11/14/13	4.22	1.4		(2.3)
11/21/13	4.09	1.4		(2.3)
11/28/13	2.84	0.9
12/05/13	3.29	1.1		5.34 (2.0)
12/12/13	2.47	0.7	(R)
12/19/13	preempted
12/26/13	1.40	0.4	(R)

* - in millions

GLEE (Tuesdays at 8 p.m., on FOX)

Date	Viewers*	A18-49	L+3	L+7
02/25/14	2.99	1.2
03/04/14	2.68	1.0		(1.7)
03/11/14	2.30	0.9
03/18/14	2.80	1.1		(1.8)
03/25/14	2.68	1.1		(1.8)
04/01/14	2.59	0.9
04/08/14	2.78	1.0		(1.6)
04/15/14	2.44	1.0		(1.6)
04/22/14	2.45	0.9		(1.5)
04/29/14	2.41	0.8		(1.4)
05/06/14	2.10	0.8		(1.3)
05/13/14	1.87	0.6