Thursday, April 29, 2010

'Happy Town' fizzles for ABC in debut. 'Modern Family' shines.

ABC's much hyped mysterious show 'Happy Town' premiered to terrible ratings last night.

The show averaged a 1.7 adults 18-49 rating at 10 p.m., according to Nielsen overnights, dropping 39 percent of lead-in 'Cougar Town's' 2.8 rating.

'Happy Town's' rating fell from a 1.9 in its first half hour to a 1.6 in its second. It finished 1.2 behind NBC's 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,' which won the timeslot with its highest-rated episode since March 31.

That capped an otherwise strong night for ABC, whose 'Modern Family' was the No. 2 show behind Fox's 'American Idol,' averaging a 4.1 rating, its best rating since January and second-highest of the season. It also marked its best-ever showing opposite "Idol."

Bottom line is don't get to attached to 'Happy Town.' If it continues with ratings like this, it won't be around too long.

2 comments:

  1. Happy Town bored me. Nothing really interesting there. Now Modern Family on the other hand. Good news.

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  2. Agreed, Happy Town, was just a snore-fest.

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