After getting pummeled against the opening ceremonies of the Vancouver Winter Olympics games on Friday February 12, viewing for Spartacus: Blood and Sand rebounded based on preliminary numbers for Friday February 19 when it averaged almost 850,000 viewers and a .4 rating with adults 18-49.
I know we’re talking small numbers, but for Starz, it’s a pretty big deal…
Date Net Show 18-49 Rating/Share Viewers (Millons)
22-Jan-10 STRZ Spartacus: Blood and Sand .3/1 0.659
29-Jan-10 STRZ Spartacus: Blood and Sand .4/1 0.773
5-Feb-10 STRZ Spartacus: Blood and Sand .4/1 0.858
12-Feb-10 STRZ Spartacus: Blood and Sand .3/1 0.662
19-Feb-10 STRZ Spartacus: Blood and Sand .4/1 0.846
Here’s some additional information from Starz comparing episode five to episode 4 (note, any ratings points below are coverage ratings, not national ratings, and the coverage for Starz is relatively small so they will look pretty big, but alas Friday’s episode had a .4 rating with adults 18-49 when compared with national numbers, and not a 1.7 adults 18-49 rating nationally):
Spartacus Episode 105 Friday 2/19 10PM telecast:
*Drew a 2.1 Live and 2.8 Live +SD HH rating
*Ranked #1 among all premium programs for 2/19, doing so for the fifth consecutive Friday
*Exceeded last week’s premiere total viewers by 28%
*Exceeded season-to-date averages for HHs, P2+, A18-49, M18+
The combined Friday telecasts (10PM and 1:00AM):
*Attracted more viewers (1.14 million P2+) than any previous episode’s Friday telecasts
