August 31, 2012 04:09 PM PDT

Ratings: Rookie Blue Dips, Big Brother and Hope Slip, Fox News Draws Biggest Crowd

Get More: Ratings

Big Brother drew 5.5 million total viewers while scoring a 1.9 demo rating this Thursday night, marking week-to-week declines of 13 and 17 percent.

That said, BB netted the best demo number on any dial for the night, while Fox News Channel’s coverage of the Republican National Convention was Thursday’s most watched program, with 9.1 million viewers.

Like its time slot rival Big Brother, NBC’s Saving Hope (2.54 mil/0.5) saw week-to-week declines, of 11 and 17 percent, while Rookie Blue (3.8 mil/0/9) — airing an hour earlier this week — dipped just 10 percent.

Reminder: Saving Hope‘s final two episodes of Season 1 will air on Saturdays — on Sept. 8 and 15.

Earlier in the evening, ABC’s just-renewed Wipeout (3.5 mil/1.1) registered drops of 27 and 15 percent.

The CW’s The Next was the night’s steadiest program, shedding just a few (of its few) eyeballs (total audience: 770,000 viewers) and matching its week-ago demo (0.3).

Comments (18)

Blue lost out to the Red States!
Comment by TV Gord – August 31, 2012 04:20 PM PDT Reply To This Post
The way NBC is moving Saving Hope to Saturdays sounds like a sign that they won’t be renewed. At least Canadian fans can see the show for a second season.
Comment by lll – August 31, 2012 05:05 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Saving Hope and Rookie Blue are both set in Toronto, which is odd on American television
Comment by Bonk – August 31, 2012 05:33 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- I believe both are Canadian shows that American television has picked up. So it’s not technically American television, it’s just television that airs in America.
  Comment by Ari – August 31, 2012 06:17 PM PDT Reply To This Post
  - Correction: They are co-productions. However, it looks like Saving Hope will only be produced by its Canadian partner (Bell Media which owns CTV) next year. I know Saving Hope’s first season will be reshown on Bravo (also owned by Bell Media) this fall and rumour has it CTV will roll out the 2nd season in the new year as a replacement show for an as-yet-not-cancelled-new-show. However, American viewers still have hope of seeing the show as it will likely be shopped around various other channels such as ION.
    Comment by Ally Oop – August 31, 2012 06:40 PM PDT Reply To This Post
    - Actually, they are not co-productions. They are Canadian productions which were sold to the American networks. Also, when CTV picked up season two of Saving Hope, they specifically said it was to be produced for summer 2013, so it’s not going to be ready to replace a cancelled show at mid-season.
      Comment by TV Gord – September 1, 2012 03:24 AM PDT Reply To This Post
I would bet that fans of this season’s Big Brother DVR’d it. It’s the best season in years.
Comment by Morgen – August 31, 2012 08:45 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Rookie Blue was on last night? Not according to my DVR it wasn’t.
Comment by Evan – August 31, 2012 11:11 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- It was moved to 9pm by ABC’s coverage at the GOP convention at 10pm.
  Comment by TV Gord – September 1, 2012 03:20 AM PDT Reply To This Post
  - I know in the DC area it has not been showing for at least 3 weeks… I have been using HULU to catch the episodes that I keep missing, If they dont broadcast it in parts of the country do they really not expect a dip in rating?
    Comment by kristina Kada – September 1, 2012 06:43 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- It wasn’t on my ABC channel at all. I caught it on the Canadian Global TV.
  Comment by Kim R – September 1, 2012 07:59 AM PDT Reply To This Post
I’m in Cali and the Chargers/49er’s game was on, when it was over, they showed Rookie Blue “already in progress”. It was half over so I waited to watch it on demand.
Comment by sherknd – September 1, 2012 07:14 AM PDT Reply To This Post
Rookie Blue has been airing for the last 2 weeks at 1:30 am instead of its normal slot. So glad I have dvr to catch it but I like watching it while it’s on.
Comment by Chels – September 1, 2012 08:45 AM PDT Reply To This Post
Beg to disagree this is by far BB’s worst season.
Comment by forwarddad – September 1, 2012 11:25 AM PDT Reply To This Post
Rookie Blue wasn’t on in our area… we got treated to Football instead.
Comment by Denise – September 1, 2012 04:35 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Rookie Blue was also pre-empted in my area by football. I was disappointed but if it gets pre-empted this week, especially after seeing the global promo, I’ll hurt someone. 24 hours is a long time to wait for substantial storyline movement on the Andy/Sam front.
Comment by Ryan – September 2, 2012 09:01 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Rookie Blue was joined in progress (about 20 minutes in) after the convention. My viewing party was pissed that Romney was so long-winded.
Comment by Ruby – September 3, 2012 04:39 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Gee, there’s a shocker – Faux News had the highest ratings for the GOP convention. Go figure.
Comment by Bob – September 4, 2012 06:25 AM PDT Reply To This Post

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Comments on TVLine.com are monitored. So don't go off topic, don't frakkin' curse, and be gone with your offers of discount leather goods. Talk smart about TV!

Enter your comment here...

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: