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With nary a political convention or sporting event in sight, last night’s episode of Major Crimes saw huge gains in the ratings, with a 20% increase in total viewers. The outing brought in 3.93 million live + same day viewers, making it the second-most watched episode of the summer season thus far, and second most-watched cable offering of the night. Likewise, gains were also seen in the key demos, which rose 13% to 0.45 million viewers 18-49, on par with the season average to date.

While Live + 3 day numbers for last week’s outing weren’t available at press time, last week’s episode of Major Crimes continued to perform well throughout the week, coming in as the third most-watched cable outing of the week, just behind the premiere of Fear the Walking Dead and the final episodes of Rizzoli & Isles. Against the rest of TNT’s summer slate, Major Crimes continues to outperform, more than tripling the viewers of Murder in the First (1.31/0.3) and adding more than 1.6 million viewers over The Last Ship(2.32/0.6).

Major Crimes returns with an all-new episode next Monday at 10pm/9c on TNT.

Want more Major Crimes? Listen to the ”What Would Sharon Raydor Do?” Podcast with Mary McDonnell, now streaming on MajorCrimesTV.net!

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More than halfway through it’s summer season, Major Crimes continues to dominate in the ratings, consistently outperforming the rest of cable’s summer slate.

Up against stiff competition from the summer Olympics, last night’s superhero-themed episode of Major Crimes brought in 3.2 million total viewers. This was down 11% over the last new episode two weeks ago, but consistent with the across-the-board drops on both cable and broadcast due to competition from the Olympics broadcast. In key demographics, the episode remained steady at 0.4 million viewers 18-49.

Against the rest of TNT’s slate, Major Crimes continues to be a top performer, beating out the most recent episodes of The Last Ship (2.0/0.5), Murder in the First (1.1/0.2), and the season finale of Animal Kingdom (1.51/0.5).

In time-delayed ratings, Major Crimes has continued it’s dominance at the top of the cable ratings, cinching the top spots for the last two episodes.

In live+3 day ratings, episode 506 grew a massive 69%, topping out at 6.16 million viewers, and becoming the most watched scripted cable offering of the week in L3. Rizzoli & Isles claimed the number two spot with a gain of 45%. Even greater gains were seen in the key demos, where the episode rose 80% to 0.9 million viewers 18-49.

Meanwhile episode 507 likewise added almost 60% to its live+same day numbers, finishing at 5.8 million viewers, and winning the week for greatest gains in Live + 3 day ratings, and coming in just under Rizzoli & Isles for most total viewers in L3. The episode outperformed over the prior week, doubling its number in viewers 18-49 to 0.8 million viewers.

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Monday night’s episode of Major Crimes rose in the ratings as viewers tuned in to watch the team hunt down an armed madman. The outing brought in 3.66 total viewers, and finishing as the second-most watched cable program of the night. The episode dipped slightly in the key demos from last week’s season high, to the season average of 0.45 million viewers 18-49.

In time-delayed viewing, Flynn and Provenza-themed episode 504 “Skin Deep” finished it’s run on a Major high, rising to 6.75 million total viewers in Live + 7 day viewing, a rise of 75% over Live + Same day, and the biggest total gain in L+7 for the week. In key demographics, the episode doubled its impact, rising from 0.5 to 1.0 million viewers in L+7.

Overall, Major Crimes is continuing to strongly outperform the rest of TNT’s summer slate, including recently renewed The Last Ship (2.0/0.5) and Animal Kingdom (1.23/0.4), and Murder in the First (1.31/0.2)

Major Crimes returns with an all new episode Monday, August 15 at 10pm/9c on TNT

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Major Crimes has continued its domination of the summer season, taking the top spot as the most watched cable show last week.  Edging out fellow TNT series Rizzoli and Isles, Major Crimes brought in 6.16 million viewers in Live + 3 day DVR ratings. That marked an increase of viewers of 66% over the live + same day numbers, as fans of the show caught up with the series throughout the week. Even greater gains were seen in key demographics, where Major Crimes rose a massive 125% to 0.9 million viewers 18-49 years old.

The rest of TNT’s lineup came in behind Major Crimes for the week in Live + 3 day, with The Last Ship (3.644) taking the number 3 spot, trailing behind Rizzoli & Isles (6.15). Murder in the First rounded off the list with 2.32 million viewers, and Animal Kingdom finished the week out of the Top 10.

Last night’s episode of Major Crimes saw slight decline over the prior week, likely due to the record-setting viewership for the Democratic National Convention being aired over multiple cable and broadcast networks. The episode brought in 3.64 million viewers, and was the second most watched scripted offering of the evening. In key demographics, the episode brought in 0.5 million viewers 18-49, steady with it’s season high in the demo from the last few weeks.

Major Crimes returns with an all new episode next Monday at 10pm/9c on TNT

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Major Crimes continued it’s strong summer showing in last night’s all new episode. Despite across-the-board ratings declines for all outlets due to competition from coverage of the Republican National Convention, Major Crimes saw a slight uptick in viewers 18-49, with 0.5 million viewers in that key demographic turning in. In total viewers, the episode saw a slight dip, with 3.71 million viewers in Live + Same Day delivery.

Last night’s episode was the 2nd most-watched scripted cable offering of the evening, just behind fellow TNT series Rizzoli & Isles (4.05/0.5). Overall, Major Crimes was the 3rd most watched scripted series across all of broadcast and cable for the evening.

Last week’s episode continued to hold steady throughout the week, finishing as the 2nd most watched program of the week amongst all scripted cable programs.

Major Crimes continues to be one of the strongest offerings of TNT’s summer slate, outperforming last weeks episodes of The Last Ship (2.345/0.5), Animal Kingdom (1.25/0.4) and Murder in the First (1.29/0.2) in both total viewers, and finishing well above the network average of 0.42 million viewers in the key 19-49 demographics. In total viewers thus far this season, Major Crimes’ ratings average is outperforming the TNT average by over 50%.

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Last night’s episode of Major Crimes saw Flynn & Provenza trying to find the perfect new house for Flynn (with a side of murdered realtor). The comedic-themed episode brought in 3.92 million total viewers, down just slightly from the season high of the last new episode two weeks ago.

In key demographics, the episode brought in 0.5 million viewers 18-49, just slightly off the season high of 0.52.

In time delayed ratings, Major Crimes continues to prove itself as one of summers strongest performers.

Episode 502 finished its run on a high note in Live + 7 day delivery, gaining 72% over its live viewership in Live + 3 day, for a total of 6.283 viewers. The gain was the 2nd largest of the week, only behind HBO’s Game of Thrones. In 18-49, the episode also doubled it’s delivery to a total of 1.0 million viewers 18-49.

Meanwhile, episode 503 saw massive gains in both total viewers and key demos in LIve + 3 day, and is on track to hit a new season high in time-delay ratings, having already risen to 6.23 million total viewers. The episode finished as the 2nd most watched cable program of the week in both live and time-delayed viewers, just behind lead-in Rizzoli & Isles. Likewise, episode also rose sharply in the key demographics, doubling to 1.0 million viewers 18-49 in Live + 3 day delivery.

Overall, Major Crimes continues to out perform the rest of TNT’s summer slate, including the latest episodes of Murder in the First (1.34/ 0.3), The Last Ship (2.5/ 0.6) and the recently-renewed Animal Kingdom (1.39/ 0.5).

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Defying the traditional sophomore episode slump, Major Crimes bucked the trend to see ratings growth in last night’s intense new episode.

3.7 million viewers tuned in to watch the squad put an end to an underage porn ring, up slightly over last weeks season premiere. Greater gains were seen in key demographics, where the episode brought in 0.4 million viewers 18-49, a whopping 25% increase over last week.

The season premiere of Major Crimes continued to perform well throughout the week, coming in as the #3 most-watched scripted series of the week, behind only ratings juggernaut Game of Thrones and Rizzoli and Isles, which took over Major Crimes long-held 9pm time slot for its final season.

Overall, Major Crimes is once again proving to be a bright spot in TNT’s summer schedule. The highly-promoted Animal Kingdom had a disappointing bow last Tuesday, with 1.10 million total viewers tuning in for the 2-hour series premiere (a 70% decrease in viewers from Major Crimes). Likewise, returning series The Last Ship returned down sharply over last year, with 1.78 million total viewers and 0.39 in key demos tuning in, losing more than 40% of its audience over the its season 2 premiere numbers.

Major Crimes returns with an all-new this Monday at 10pm/9c on TNT.

Want more Major Crimes? Listen to the  ”What Would Sharon Raydor Do?” Podcast with Mary McDonnell, now streaming on MajorCrimesTV.net!

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Major Crimes returned up last night, with 3.61 million viewers tuning in to see Captain Raydor and the team solve the murder of a missing teen in the season five premiere. That number is an increase of over 200,000 viewers over the season four winter finale, and easily besting the season four winter ratings highs.

In key demos, Major Crimes fell only slightly from last winter’s highs, to .42 million viewers 18-49.

The growth in total viewers impressive, especially considering Major Crimes move to the 10pm hour this year, where viewership is traditionally 20-30% lower over the 9pm time slot. Major Crimes season premiere numbers also outperformed last week’s Rizzoli and Isles season premiere, which took over Major Crimes traditional time slot.

Major Crimes is all-new this Monday at 10pm/9c on TNT.

Want more Major Crimes? Listen to the ”What Would Sharon Raydor Do?” Podcast with Mary McDonnell , now streaming on MajorCrimesTV.net!