{"id":6915,"date":"2010-06-07T22:32:27","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T03:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=6915"},"modified":"2010-06-08T01:02:57","modified_gmt":"2010-06-08T06:02:57","slug":"hard-times-of-rj-berger-scores-solid-ratings-mtv-movie-awards-solid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/06\/07\/hard-times-of-rj-berger-scores-solid-ratings-mtv-movie-awards-solid\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Hard Times of RJ Berger&#8221; Scores Solid Ratings, MTV Movie Awards Solid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Hard Times of RJ Berger&#8221; was semi-there Sunday night, scoring a solid but unremarkable premiere rating.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:left;margin-right:5px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/entertainment\/paul-iacono-spotted\/image\/8985218?term=hard+times\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/view1.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/image\/8985218\/paul-iacono-spotted\/paul-iacono-spotted.jpg?size=500&#038;imageId=8985218\" border=\"0\" width=\"234\" title=\"Paul Iacono spotted outside the CW studios in New York City\" height=\"NaN\" oncontextmenu=\"return false;\" ondrag=\"return false;\" onmousedown=\"return false;\" alt=\"41131, NEW YORK, NEW YORK - Wednesday June 2 2010. Fame: star Paul Iacono spotted outside the CW studios in New York City. Paul is set to hit the small screens on JUne 6 in the new MTV comedy The Hard Times of RJ Berger . Photograph: PacificCoastNews.com\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/\/JavaScripts\/OTIjs.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Following the Aziz Ansari-hosted &#8220;MTV Movie Awards,&#8221; which drew 4.6 million viewers on MTV and 5.8 million across MTV, MTV2 and VH1, &#8220;Berger&#8221; started with over 2.6 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Among the network&#8217;s key persons 12-34 demographic, the show posted a 2.6, slipping only 36.6% from the Awards&#8217; 4.1 rating.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hard Times&#8221;&#8216; debut figure is the network&#8217;s best launch among 12-34 since 2008, and it certainly represents a decent performance for 11PM on a Sunday that featured heavy sports competition, particularly as it relates to impacting the strength of the Movie Awards lead-in.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;margin-left:5px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/entertainment\/mtv-movie-awards-2010\/image\/9051656?term=amber+lancaster\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/view3.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/image\/9051656\/mtv-movie-awards-2010\/mtv-movie-awards-2010.jpg?size=500&#038;imageId=9051656\" border=\"0\" width=\"234\" title=\"MTV Movie Awards 2010 - Arrivals\" height=\"NaN\" oncontextmenu=\"return false;\" ondrag=\"return false;\" onmousedown=\"return false;\" alt=\"6 June 2010 - Universal City, California - Amber Lancaster. 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Photo Credit: Byron Purvis\/AdMedia\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/\/JavaScripts\/OTIjs.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>At the same time, given the expected drop-off once the show moves to its Monday at 10PM timeslot starting next week (a drop-off that could be intensified due to the nature of the pilot, which focused more on the title character&#8217;s &#8220;exposure&#8221; to his classmates than crafting detailed characters and long-term story arcs), it is too early to determine if the show will prove to be a bona fide hit by the middle of the summer; a debut figure of 2.6 million viewers, moreover, does not give the show much breathing room for a decline if it wants to assure a label of success.<\/p>\n<p>But, for now, MTV can at least tout that the premiere of its new scripted series rose to the occasion.<\/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],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Hard Times of RJ Berger&quot; Scores Solid Ratings, MTV Movie Awards Solid<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;The Hard Times of RJ Berger&quot; was semi-there Sunday night, scoring a solid but unremarkable premiere rating. 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