(Updated: This was a case of the overnight ratings poorly-predicting how the fast nationals would play out in the demo. “The Chicago Code” disappointed in the key adults 18-49 demo, scoring only a 2.4. The “House” lead-in was an impressive 4.3, adding to the disappointment of the “Code” debut.<\/p>\n
Viewership, however, was still solid at 9.40 million.)<\/p>\n
While the ratings will need to hold up over several weeks to earn a true label of success, the early verdict on FOX’s “The Chicago Code” is a positive one.<\/p>\n
Despite airing in the very competitive 9PM Monday night slot, “Code” posted a 6.8 overnight metered market rating. Representing respectable retention out of 8PM staple “House,” which drew an 8.4, the performance was easily better than what the short-lived “Lonestar” and recent entry “Lie to Me” delivered in the slot.<\/p>\n
Though that 6.8 does not have a surefire correlation to the all-important adults 18-49 demo, the expectation is that the young adults rating will be reasonably solid once the fast nationals are released.<\/p>\n
— Elsewhere, NBC 10PM entry “Harry’s Law” saw a mild ratings drop for its first outing against originals from both “Castle” and “Hawaii 5-0.” The show was still competitive in the overnights (with a decent 6.3), but the demo likely slipped below a 2.0. Given the high-viewership and presumably-wealthy audience skew, the show should still be good for a renewal, but the demo performance could give the show’s detractors ammunition about its failure to resonate with the most valuable market segment.<\/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":"\n