{"id":27580,"date":"2014-08-14T23:48:41","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T03:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=27580"},"modified":"2014-08-14T23:48:41","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T03:48:41","slug":"franklin-bash-returns-series-low-ratings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2014\/08\/14\/franklin-bash-returns-series-low-ratings\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Franklin &#038; Bash&#8221; Returns to Series Low Ratings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The boys of summer took a major fall.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday&#8217;s season four premiere of &#8220;Franklin and Bash&#8221; posted series low marks in both adults 18-49 and total viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Leading out of the &#8220;Legends&#8221; series premiere, which drew a modest 0.5 adults 18-49 rating with 2.58 million viewers, &#8220;F&#038;B&#8221; settled for a mere 0.3 rating with 1.25 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>By far a series low, the numbers were down from the 0.6 adults 18-49 rating and 1.97 million viewership total delivered by the season three premiere.  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