Ratings: Major Crimes Grows Sharply in Week 2 of Winter Episode Arc

By M. Sharpe


420 - raydor cropped Major Crimes continued to perform strongly in the ratings in its sophomore winter outing. “Hindsight, Pt. 2″ rose 3% over last weeks winter premiere to 3.2 million total  viewers, and easily won as the most watched scripted cable program. Overall, the episode was in the Top Ten most watched programs for last night, across all of broadcast and cable.

In the key demos, the episode saw even greater gains, rising a whopping 25% to 0.5 million viewers 18-49.

Last week’s winter premiere of Major Crimes finished as the 3rd most watched cable program of last week, behind only perpetual front runner The Walking Dead and FX’s The People Vs OJ Simpson. Time delayed ratings weren’t immediately available, but the episode is expected to continue to perform strongly once DVR and time delayed numbers are released.