Ratings Review: MARRIED (Season Two)

I was amazed that FX had renewed the sitcom MARRIED, in 2014. It only drew a little over 600,000 viewers per episode and showed no signs of growth or catching on. The network paid for its poor judgement as the viewership dropped over 30% in season two and the demo lost roughly 50% in the A18-49 demographic.

In the Live+SD ratings, MARRIED averaged just 410,000 viewers and a 0.2 rating in all three younger demographic ratings. The DVR ratings would only add one, maybe two tenths of a ratings point in the A18-49 ratings, from its L+SD number.

We'll soon see if FX will make the same mistake twice, by renewing MARRIED for a third season, or if they learned from their mistake and cancel the comedy after 26 episodes.

Live+Same Day Ratings
 (Thursdays at 10:30 p.m., on FX)

Date	Viewers*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
07/16/15	0.66	0.3	0.3	0.3
07/23/15	0.51	0.3	0.3	0.2
07/30/15	0.47	0.2	0.2	0.2
08/06/15	0.41	0.2	0.2	0.2
08/13/15	0.29		0.1
08/20/15	0.38	0.2	0.2	0.2
08/27/15	0.55	0.5	0.3	0.3
09/03/15	0.41		0.2
09/10/15	0.25		0.1
09/17/15	0.32		0.2
09/24/15	0.40	0.2	0.2	0.2
10/01/15	0.41		0.1
10/01/15	0.27		0.1

* - in millions

"DVR" Ratings (post same day viewership)

Date	L+3 (P2+)	L+3 (18-49)	L+7 (P2+)	L+7 (18-49)
07/16/15		0.5
07/23/15
07/30/15
08/06/15		0.3
08/13/15		0.3		0.3
08/20/15		0.4		0.4
08/27/15
09/03/15
09/10/15		0.2		0.3
09/17/15		0.3
09/24/15		0.4
10/01/15		0.4
10/01/15		0.3

* - in millions

Season 1 Ratings Review