Last week’s pivotal “Bates Motel” reveal–that Norman, not his mother as previously suspected, killed his father–evidently kept viewers hooked on A&E’s newest drama.<\/p>\n
The “Psycho”-inspired “Bates” matched last week’s 1.3 adults 18-49 rating and attracted 2.99 million viewers.<\/p>\n
After matching its premiere 1.3 adults 18-49 rating in week two, “Bates” slowly declined over its next few episodes. But the decline was not significant enough to deter an early second season renewal from A&E, a decision that has proven especially wise amid the show’s recent ascent back to its premiere ratings level.<\/p>\n
With a viewership average of 2.99 million, Monday’s “Bates” just barely missed the premiere episode’s 3.04 million mark.<\/p>\n
The show again ranked as cable’s number one scripted series Monday.<\/p>\n
— Monday’s WWE RAW matched last week’s 1.6 adults 18-49 rating but suffered a slight viewership decline to 4.29 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[176],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n