Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20171008010933/@comment-2153169-20171203040452

Eskaver wrote: Agents of Shield's first ratings are in:

Once 2-Parter: Demo: 0.5, OV: 2.28

AoS 2-Parter: Demo: 0.7, OV: 2.55

When comparing closer OV numbers, it looks that AoS's audience leans more towards the demo, than Once (as it appears that Once requires a larger OV to have a similar demo, but other factors are involved).

BCS: Once will get a slight boost (0.6)

Pred: Once will stay at (0.5) with the "boost" keeping it stable.

WCS: Once's brief hiatus confused some of their demo somehow, AoS's doesn't stick (0.4)

Just another week to wade through...

You can't compare like that these two numbers. Situations are not the same.

First of all, it was AoS premiere vs OUAT ep 7&8. Ratings are nearly always higher for a premiere. If you compare OUAT's first two eps to AoS, we have 0.7/0.7 for OUAT and (for now) 0.7/0.6 for AoS.

Second, AoS two hours' situation is similar to OUAT's. If you look at the early numbers, we got 0.5/0.4 for OUAT and 0.7/0.6 for AoS. While it does not matter for OUAT, cos the second hour is not its timeslot, it does for AoS. They got a real drop in the second hour, which is their regular timeslot. Could be concerning.

Third, AoS got these numbers without its "regular" lead-in for the season aka OUAT. With OUAT as lead-in, AoS's ratings could change (and prolly drop).