Ratings- Major Crimes Wins Night With Double-Digit Gains

By M. Sharpe



403- hobbs raydor rusty lrMajor Crimes continued to dominate in the ratings this week, with last night’s episode bringing in 4.24 million viewers, an 11% increase in total live viewers over the prior week. The highly anticipated reunion of Mary McDonnell with her Battlestar Galactica costar Jamie Bamber made even bigger gains in the key demographics, with 0.6 million viewers 18-45, a 20% increase over the prior week. The episode easily won the night as the most watched scripted cable offering.

Last weeks episode continued to perform well in the ratings, coming in as the second-most watched cable offering of the week. Overall, Major Crimes continued to outperform several of its sister series on TNT, coming in on top of the return of the highly advertised The Last Ship (2.93/0.7) and series premiere of Proof (2.65/0.4) and its own Monday night lead-out, Murder in the First. (2.18/0.3)