After drawing 1.454 million viewers (Live + Same Day) for “Subversion,” the 2-part finale kicked off with a surprising series low: 1.178 million for “Incursion, Part 1,” according to PIFeedback.com. But the show rallied back 25 percent with 1.469 million viewers for last Friday’s installment, nearly on par with the number of viewers who tuned in for the mid-season premiere in April.
Here’s the full viewership chart for Season One, with the percent change from the previous new episode:
| EPISODE (air date) | VIEWERS (million) | CHANGE |
| Air, Part 1 (Oct. 2) | 2.346 | |
| Air, Part 2 (Oct. 2) | 2.346 | |
| Air, Part 3 (Oct. 9) | 2.447 (season high) | + 3% |
| Darkness (Oct. 16) | 2.099 | – 14% |
| Light (Oct. 23) | 2.015 | – 4% |
| Water (Oct. 30) | 1.974 | – 2% |
| Earth (Nov. 6) | 1.626 | – 18% |
| Time (Nov. 13) | 1.802 | + 11% |
| Life (Nov. 20) | 1.891 | + 5% |
| Justice (Dec. 2) | 1.340 | – 29% |
| EPISODE (air date) | VIEWERS (million) | CHANGE |
| Space (Apr. 2) | 1.486 | + 11% |
| Divided (Apr. 9) | 1.600 | + 8% |
| Faith (Apr. 16) | 1.422 | – 11% |
| Human (Apr. 23) | 1.313 | – 8% |
| Lost (Apr. 30) | 1.587 | + 21% |
| Sabotage (May 7) | 1.391 | – 12% |
| Pain (May 14) | 1.554 | + 12% |
| Subversion (May 21) | 1.454 | – 6% |
| Incursion, Part 1 (June 4) | 1.178 (season low) | – 19% |
| Incursion, Part 2 (June 11) | 1.469 | + 25% |
(Note that there was a 4-month break between the first and second halves of this season.)
SGU commonly sees a big lift in viewer totals when DVR “Live + 7 Days” viewing is accounted for. It will largely be up to Syfy Channel to release that data, however. The first half of the season averaged 1.99 million viewers per week on Friday nights, and 2.57 million viewers with DVR data factored in (story). The second half of the season averaged 1.44 million on Friday night.
The overall season average is 1.717 million viewers per week (Like + Same Day).
The 37 percent drop between the first and last episodes notwithstanding, the numbers show an overall steady season. Following the 2-hour premiere, SGU‘s viewership dropped ten out of 18 weeks and rose eight out of 18 weeks. In both halves of the season, the second aired episode was the highest-rated (“Air, Part 3” and “Divided”).
Universe has already been renewed for a full, 20-episode second season, of course. The ratings for the Fall 2010 episodes will influence whether or not Syfy wants a third year.
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How come "Incursion part 1: has a +19%?
Also, didn't Stargate Atlantis average like 1.7 Million viewers in their last season?
Looks like the producers might need to change things. They lost a lot of viewers, ouch.
So, I am a little confused... How can Incursion Part 1 have an increase +19.% while being the season lowest?
Or am I reading those numbers wrong.
Subversion (May 21) 1.454 - 6%
Incursion, Part 1 (June 4) 1.178 (season low) + 19%
Incursion, Part 2 (June 11) 1.469 + 25%
I really love that 25% bump at the end and especially love that despite so many heaping scorn on the episode "Life", that it had a 5% jump.
I do have to admit that ratings stuff usually makes my brain hurt but still, grins aplenty :D
I too am confused by the positive change down to he season low. Huh??
I'm actually happy about this. It took me forever, but by Incursion, Part 1 I finally came to love the show. I dont know how I will feel about S2, but at least now I can say I will be there. :)
Maybe the "change" column measures quality change, i.e. Incursion p.1 was 19% better than Subversion.
Guys it's a typo. As I've posted here. I think we better let Darren know that it's a typo :)
http://forum.gateworld.net/threads/69324-SyFy-Nielsen-SGU-Rating-Predictions-Discussions?p=11616481#post11616481
if this show costs a lot more than the other stargate shows. then how are these ratings acceptable?
Does any of this count the itunes downloads? I'm never home Friday night so I download the episodes. I'm actually happy Universe will be moving to a new night, I may actually see the episodes when they air more often.
I would say that the SGU season 1 average is 1.684 million viewers. Air, Part 1 and Part 2 was ONE broadcast. You usually don't count a broadcast double.
"The series averaged 1.99 million viewers per week on Friday nights, and 2.57 million viewers with DVR data factored in (story)."
This sentence is confusing and at worst misleading. Those are only the numbers of the FIRST HALF of the season and not the series average at the current time. It shouldn't be necessary to click the provided link to get the real meaning of the numbers! And again I wouldn't count Air, Part 1 and Part 2 double. So the live + SD average of season 1.0 is 1.949 million viewers.
The live + 7 numbers for "Space" to "Pain" are also already known. The 7 episodes got on average 2.0 million viewers.
All in all I don't understand how you can speak of a "steady season". A steady season is for me a season, where the ratings are stable and there isn't a negative trend. Season 1.5 lost on average more than 500 thousand viewers live + SD and also live + 7 in comparison to season 1.0. The second half is clearly MUCH WORSE on average than the first half.
The 5th season of SGA got an average of 1.6 million viewers live + SD. The second half of it got even on average 1.7 million viewers! SGU's season 1.5 looks bad in comparison to that. SGU should perform MUCH better than a series in its 5th season.
ALL season finals of SGA were MUCH BETTER than the season final of SGU, even the finals of the last two seasons.
Live + SD
SGA: episode 4x19 -> 1.7 million viewers
SGA: episode 5x19 -> 1.7 million viewers
SGU: episode 1x19 -> 1.2 million viewers
SGA: episode 4x20 -> 2.1 million viewers
SGA: episode 5x20 -> 2.0 million viewers
SGU: episode 1x20 -> 1.5 million viewers