“The Sopranos” Ends On a High, ‘John’ Sinks June 12, 2007 3:15 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Cable TV Ratings, News, Nielsen TV Ratings, The Sopranos.trackback
Nearly 12 million viewers tuned in to the series finale of The Sopranos, well above of the shows’ season average as the episode benefited greatly from a huge weekly gain.
The series finale averaged a fourth best ever 11.90 million viewers (series high was 13.42 million for the fourth season premiere in 2002). That was an increase of 48% (3.88 million viewers) over the penultimate episode from the week prior (8.02 million).
Among adults 18-49, the series notched an impressive 7.08 million viewers.
Meanwhile, in series premiere news, David Milch’s new series John from Cincinnati managed 3.4 million viewers (1.9 million among adults 18-49), solid numbers if they were to continue on at that pace, but with retention of only 27% among viewers and 29% among adults 18-49, these are very disappointing numbers.
Courtesy MediaWeek’s Marc Berman, here are the compiled average ratings for the shows eight year/six season run:
Season 1 (Jan. 10-April 4, 1999) – Viewers: 3.46M, A18-49: 2.25M
Season 2 (Jan. 16-April 9, 2000) – Viewers: 6.62M, A18-49: 4.39M
Season 3 (March 4-May 20, 2001) – Viewers: 8.87M, A18-49: 6.04M
Season 4 (Sept. 15-Dec. 8, 2002) – Viewers: 10.99M, A18-49: 7.56M
Season 5 (March 7-June 6, 2004) – Viewers: 9.80M, A18-49: 6.63M
Season 6, Part 1 (March 12-June 4, 2006) – Viewers: 8.92M, A18-49: 5.45M
Season 6, Part 2 (April 8-June 10, 2007) – Viewers: 8.23M, A18-49: 4.97M
Sources: Nielsen Media and Mediaweek
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