Post by Forever Xena on Aug 11, 2005 8:13:35 GMT -6
Desperate for more
August 10, 2005
From:
Ratings ... Desperate Housewives WHEN is an audience of 2.29 million a minor disappointment?
When it is a screening of the cliffhanger episode of the smash hit black comedy, Desperate Housewives.
On Monday night the final episode of its first series, starring Teri Hartcher, Eva Longoria, Felicity Huffman and Marcia Cross, grabbed the second highest ratings of the year, officially.
Only the finale of Seven's Dancing With The Stars, with 2.33 million viewers in the five capital cities, can top it thus far this year.
But unofficially, the February premiere of Desperate Housewives earned the highest non-sports event ratings of the year, when 2.48 million tuned in, as well as another 1.1 million for the repeat showing the following night. However, it screened a week before the official ratings season.
Seven was far from disappointed with Monday's results.
And Desperate Housewives ' weekly average audience of 2.13 million is impressive, ensuring it will be the year's most popular series.
But some flamboyant scheduling and poorer quality episodes in its final weeks chipped away at the potential audience for the barnstorming cliffhanger
August 10, 2005
From:
Ratings ... Desperate Housewives WHEN is an audience of 2.29 million a minor disappointment?
When it is a screening of the cliffhanger episode of the smash hit black comedy, Desperate Housewives.
On Monday night the final episode of its first series, starring Teri Hartcher, Eva Longoria, Felicity Huffman and Marcia Cross, grabbed the second highest ratings of the year, officially.
Only the finale of Seven's Dancing With The Stars, with 2.33 million viewers in the five capital cities, can top it thus far this year.
But unofficially, the February premiere of Desperate Housewives earned the highest non-sports event ratings of the year, when 2.48 million tuned in, as well as another 1.1 million for the repeat showing the following night. However, it screened a week before the official ratings season.
Seven was far from disappointed with Monday's results.
And Desperate Housewives ' weekly average audience of 2.13 million is impressive, ensuring it will be the year's most popular series.
But some flamboyant scheduling and poorer quality episodes in its final weeks chipped away at the potential audience for the barnstorming cliffhanger