Dollhouse haunted by series low of 2.99 million viewers.

Posted by HAKEN
Saturday, April 25, 2009 7:15 PM

Why am I not surprise? As expected, having 'Dollhouse' out of sight for a week, having the dead man walking 'Prison Break' as a lead-in, and having a ho-hum standalone episode that deflated a viewership who were expecting a continuation of the previous trio of strong episodes did very serious damage to the series.

In hindsight, Joss and FOX should have not skipped the week, should have instead aired two original episodes back to back, episodes that should have continued with the overall story arc that culminate up to the season finale.

Regardless, what is done is done, and it's rather depressing. Here is what TVBYTHENUMBERS had to say.

"Dollhouse averaged a series low 2.99 million viewers, but I’m not sure yet how it performed in the demo. We do know however that FOX averaged a 1.1 among 18-49s between 8pm-10pm so its fair to guess that neither Prison Break or Dollhouse did better than a 1.2. What does this mean? Well, Prison Break was already definitely not coming back. Dollhouse looked like it was certainly not coming back either but maybe, possibly, if the ratings went up, even a little…But they did not."

Here is a rundown of the rating numbers for the entire series.

Ghost - 4.7 million.
The Target - 4.22 million.
Stage Fright - 4.13 million.
Gray Hour - 3.5 million.
True Believer - 4.33 million.
Man on the Street - 4.13 million.
Echoes - 3.87 million.
Needs - 3.49 million.
Spy in the House of Love - 3.56 million.
Haunted - 2.99 million.

For the full TVBYTHENUNBERS article, go here.


Source: http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/04/25/friday-ratings-dollhouse-sinks-to-series-lows-ghost-whisperer-wins-again/17382