{"id":29978,"date":"2014-10-15T18:35:39","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T22:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=29978"},"modified":"2014-10-15T18:35:39","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T22:35:39","slug":"ratings-happyland-viewership-falls-19-faking-also","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2014\/10\/15\/ratings-happyland-viewership-falls-19-faking-also\/","title":{"rendered":"Ratings: &#8220;Happyland&#8221; Viewership Falls 19%; &#8220;Faking It&#8221; Also Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For MTV&#8217;s &#8220;Happyland,&#8221; last week&#8217;s viewership uptick was unfortunately not the start of an admirable trend.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday&#8217;s episode of the amusement park-centered comedy, which was its third broadcast to date, drew a deflated viewership average of 350,000.  That marks a decline of 19% from the 434,000 mark posted by the second episode.<\/p>\n<p>Two weeks ago, the &#8220;Happyland&#8221; premiere attracted 423,000 viewers.<\/p>\n<p>All three episodes of the series, which airs at 11PM, posted a 0.2 rating in the coveted adults 18-49 demographic.<\/p>\n<p>Unhelpful to the &#8220;Happyland&#8221; cause was another viewership hit for lead-in &#8220;Faking It.&#8221;  The 10:30PM ET drama, which drew a 0.3 rating with 729,000 viewers last week, mustered a 0.3 rating with 645,000 for this go-around.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday flagship &#8220;Awkward,&#8221; which airs in the 10-10:30PM slot, delivered a 0.5 adults 18-49 rating with 927,000 viewers.  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