{"id":6965,"date":"2010-06-09T16:45:50","date_gmt":"2010-06-09T21:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=6965"},"modified":"2010-06-09T20:57:45","modified_gmt":"2010-06-10T01:57:45","slug":"glee-finale-ratings-surge-journey-produces-milestone-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/06\/09\/glee-finale-ratings-surge-journey-produces-milestone-number\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Glee&#8221; Finale Ratings Surge; &#8220;Journey&#8221; Produces Milestone Number"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After falling from grace with last week&#8217;s penultimate season one episode, &#8220;Glee&#8221; rebounded in a big way Tuesday, posting a stellar rating for its season finale.<\/p>\n<p>Entitled &#8220;Journey,&#8221; the episode posted a 4.7 adults 18-49 rating with 11.075 million viewers.  Though its &#8220;Hell&#8217;s Kitchen&#8221; lead-in also improved on last week&#8217;s number (3.2 rating, 6.964 million viewers), it was far from a substitute for the show&#8217;s previous &#8220;American Idol&#8221; lead-in&#8211;the &#8220;Glee&#8221; rating, however, was nearly in line with what the show had been doing for its post-&#8220;Idol&#8221; episodes in May.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:left;margin-right:5px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/entertainment\/50th-monte-carlo-festival\/image\/9067415?term=glee\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/view3.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/image\/9067415\/50th-monte-carlo-festival\/50th-monte-carlo-festival.jpg?size=234&#038;imageId=9067415\" border=\"0\" width=\"234\" title=\"50th Monte Carlo TV Festival - Day 3\" height=\"333\" oncontextmenu=\"return false;\" ondrag=\"return false;\" onmousedown=\"return false;\" alt=\"MONTE-CARLO, MONACO - JUNE 09: (L-R) Actors Jenna Ushkowitz, Kevin Mchale and Jane Lynch pose during a photocall for 'Glee' tv series at Grimaldi Forum on June 9, 2010 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain\/Getty Images)\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/\/JavaScripts\/OTIjs.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While shows, especially those of the buzzworthy sort, are known for experiencing season finale increases, the actual jump was far better than expected.  The show&#8217;s fall finale in 2009 did not enjoy a significant rise over the penultimate episode, so it is clear &#8220;Glee&#8221; established itself as significantly more &#8220;must-see&#8221; in its spring term.<\/p>\n<p>Within other key demos, the show averaged a 5.0 for adults 18-34 and a 6.4 with women 18-34.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to scoring a stellar rating for the night, &#8220;Glee&#8221; also scored a big achievement Tuesday&#8211;its episode was officially the best-rated season finale for a new series this season.<\/p>\n<p>Though &#8220;Glee&#8221; topped &#8220;America&#8217;s Got Talent&#8221; (3.7, 13.088 million viewers) in the key adults 18-49 demo, it could not defeat game three of the NBA Finals, which scored a 6.7 rating with 15.959 million viewers for ABC.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Mediaweek<\/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;Glee&quot; 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