Comprised of back-to-back episodes, Sunday’s third season “Liv and Maddie” premiere averaged a 0.30 in adults 18-49, a 0.29 in adults 18-34 and 1.751 million in total viewers.<\/p>\n
Two of the three numbers — the adults 18-49 rating and the total viewership number — trail those posted by the second season premiere. Airing on September 21, 2014, that episode scored a 0.33 in adults 18-49, a 0.25 in adults 18-34, and a viewership average of 2.041 million.<\/p>\n
All three numbers, meanwhile, trail those posted by the season two finale. That episode, which aired on August 23, drew a 0.42 in adults 18-49, a 0.30 in adults 18-34 and 2.446 million viewers.<\/p>\n
Worth noting is the fact that this week’s “Liv and Maddie” episode faced competition from the first Sunday Night Football game of the season. Indicative of the potential impact: the 8:30PM episode, which aired against actual in-game action, drew fewer viewers than the 8:00PM broadcast (0.29\/0.29\/1.704 million vs. 0.31\/0.29\/1.798 million).<\/p>\n
By the same token, last year’s “Liv and Maddie” also aired against a Sunday Night Football game. While that game (Steelers vs. Panthers) was not as high-profile as a launch game between the Giants and Cowboys, its existence still represented massive competition for the season two “Liv and Maddie” opener.<\/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":[1048,437],"tags":[3753,3632],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n