While it markedly outperformed FOX’s usual Thursday combination of “Rosewood” and “Pitch,” FOX’s “The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do The Time Warp Again” was a disappointing performer by TV musical standards.<\/p>\n
According to fast national data posted by Showbuzz, Thursday’s broadcast drew a 1.7 adults 18-49 rating and 4.95 million total viewers.<\/p>\n
“Rocky Horror” was not a live broadcast, but a comparison to other musical events still seems valid. And it is not very flattering.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, FOX’s “Grease Live” drew a 4.3 adults 18-49 rating and 12.21 million total viewers.<\/p>\n
The numbers also sharply trail those of NBC’s “The Sound Of Music Live,” “Peter Pan Live,” and “The Wiz Live.”<\/p>\n
Based on the preliminary data, FOX’s “Rocky Horror” broadcast lost viewers in its second hour. After drawing a 1.8 and 5.34 million viewers in the 8PM Hour, it fell to 1.6 and 4.56 million for the 9-10PM portion.<\/p>\n
Despite the valuable criticism, the performance is still a huge Thursday night upgrade for FOX. Last week’s block did not even crack a 1.0 in the demo.<\/p>\n
“Rocky Horror” was also Thursday’s #2 non-sports program (below only “Grey’s Anatomy”). <\/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],"tags":[255,7519],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n