Threat Matrix Fate

  • Post published:March 18, 2004
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While there is no official word on the cancellation of Threat Matrix, it appears to be in the cards. ABC cut back the shows episodes from a full season to 16 episode and stopped short of this goal. According to ABC, the last two episodes are to air in March. Jamie Denton and other cast members of the show have been added to other shows, suggesting Threat Matrix will not have a season two. Go to Jamie’s Official Page to read more.

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Touching Evil’s Ratings

  • Post published:March 18, 2004
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3.4 million viewers tuned into the two-hour opener to USA’s latest original series, including a 1.5 rating/4 share in adults 25-54 and a 1.1/3 in adults 18-49. Those scores represent a more-than-100% increase over the previous year’s time period average. “Evil” also built on lead-in “Law & Order: S.V.U.” (1.1/3 in 25-54, 0.9/3 in 18-49, 3.1 million overall) in all categories. Nevertheless, “Evil’s” audience was well behind the premieres of such recent originals as “The Dead Zone” (6.4 million on 6/16/02), “Peacemakers” (5.2 million on 7/30/03) and “Monk” (4.8 million on 7/12/02) however said debuts came during the broadcast networks’ off-season. Overall, “Evil” was the most-watched program in adults 25-54 and adults 18-49 among all cable networks in its second hour, but fell short of TNT’s broadcast premiere of “Men in Black” for its opening hour. In terms of overall audience, the two-hour premiere was the second most-watched program on cable on Friday, behind only the network premiere of “Toy Story 2” on the Disney Channel (4.1 million).

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