The Question, Tuesday 10/16/12: Will Emily Impress?

Tonight brings the third and final series premiere of the fall on the CW, the medical drama Emily Owens MD.  Unlike the first two, Emily doesn't have a big built-in audience or a huge lead-in to help it on premiere night. But it does have the benefit of a simulcast debate as competition, something that seems to have helped Beauty and the Beast on Thursday. Will Emily impress? That's The Question for Tuesday, October 16, 2012.

Recent CW Drama Series Premieres	This Season's CW Premieres
1.2 (Hellcats, 9/8/10) 1.4 (Nikita, 9/9/10) 1.2 (Ringer, 9/13/11) 1.3 (The Secret Circle, 9/15/11) 0.8 (Hart of Dixie, 9/26/11) 1.3 (Arrow, 10/10/12) 1.2 (Beauty and the Beast, 10/11/12)	0.7 (Hart of Dixie, 10/2/12) (0.5 last week) 0.8 (Supernatural, 10/3/12) 0.4 (90210, 10/8/12) 0.4 (Gossip Girl, 10/8/12) 1.3 (Arrow, 10/10/12) 1.2 (Beauty and the Beast, 10/11/12)

I've underestimated all of the CW's premieres thus far, and this is probably another low-end guess, but I'm banking on most people finding the promos and the show as annoying as I do. Hart of Dixie might bounce back by a tick on an atypical Tuesday paired with a premiere, or it might not; so I see HoD at about a 0.55. I say the lack of options will keep that audience tuned in for Emily at 9:00, but I don't see a huge separate audience seeking this one out, even on a premiere night.

Over/Under: 0.55.

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