Bones premiered too early?

by arieanna on September 1st, 2006

TV viewership indicators show that the premiere of Bones may have been too early. The last week of Summer holidays are a tough week to premiere a new show, and I think Bones suffered from that (hopefully an error the rest of the season can help rectify)

According to Variety.com, Bones had just about 8.61 million viewers, which was less than a Criminal Mind repeat in the same timeslot.

"Bones," which matched its lowest firstrun score to date, was in a virtual tie during the 8 o’clock hour in key demos with CBS unscripted series "Rock Star" (2.8/9, 6.44m), which hit some season highs for its results show.
The forensics drama "Bones" was a solid player in its initial season a year ago, but it may not have the kind of loyal following needed to get audiences to the set so early on a summer night.

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