Ratings Review: WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? (Season Two)

Bringing WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? to the CW's regular season line up may be one of the better moves this network has done in many years. it instantly gave the network a presence on Friday nights, instead of being the worst night of the network.

After a successful relaunch of the franchise, last summer, WHOSE LINE cam on board of the regular season schedule with 10 original episodes. The rating were nearly double what anything else on the night had been getting, over the past couple of years.

Even the encore episodes at 8:30 p.m. did better than THE CARRIE DIARIES or NIKITA. This shows that the CW can find mass appeal programming that can be successful.

For the 10 episode season, WHOSE LINE IS IT ANY WAY? averaged 15.3 million viewers and a 0.5 rating in Adults 18-49. The improve comedy is scheduled to come back this fall, but it is already starting it's second summer season, now on Monday nights.

WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? (Originals on Fridays at 8 p.m., on CW)

Date	Viewers*	A18-49	L+3	L+7
03/21/14	1.74	0.6
03/21/14	1.74	0.6	8:30pm
03/28/14	1.83	0.5
04/04/14	1.50	0.4		(0.7)
04/11/14	1.36	0.4
04/18/14	1.36	0.4
04/25/14	1.47	0.5
05/02/14	1.20	0.4
05/09/14	1.45	0.5
05/16/14	1.69	0.6

* - in millions