They cannot all be winners.
After launching “Arrow” to strong premiere numbers and “Beauty and the Beast” to respectable ones, The CW struggled to get “Emily Owens, MD” off the ground Tuesday.
The new series garnered a 0.5 adults 18-49 rating with 1.7 million viewers for its premiere Tuesday. Though sadly not a bad number when compared to other network series, including “90210,” “Gossip Girl” and the show’s lead-in “Hart of Dixie,” that is a weak performance for a series premiere.
“Arrow” and “Beauty” more than doubled that adults 18-49 number in their premieres, and the former did so as a self-starter at 8PM.
“Owens” did go against the Presidential Debate, although given the typical skew of the network and the absence of any competitive scripted fare in the timeslot, it is doubtfully had a great impact on the show’s ratings.
“Dixie,” which opened the night for The CW, delivered a 0.6 rating with 1.3 million.
