Cablemetrics: The Expanse, The Magicians, Into the Badlands, Fargo

These numbers are current through Thursday, December 17.

WHAT MATTERS:

• This week saw Syfy use its three-night miniseries Childhood's End (0.43 -> 0.31 -> 0.33) as a lead-in for previews of its new drama series. On Monday and Tuesday, it was space opera The Expanse (0.33 -> 0.27), which will actually continue airing on Tuesdays through the holidays and into the winter. Wednesday brought The Magicians (0.26), which was more of a true "special preview" situation as it's not airing again until late January. At least so far, despite what seems like a bigger money investment, there's little indication that these will be the shows to get the channel out of its rut of 0.2-0.3 same-day ratings for dramas.

• Nothing on the board cracked a 1.0 this week as Into the Badlands (0.96) and American Horror Story (0.94) each dipped below the mark. We'll soon see if Badlands can inch back into the ones with last night's finale, but barring something really drastic it's still looking very second season-worthy. As for Horror Story, it's continued to sputter since a very healthy start to the season. After going -4% and -5% year-to-year in the first two weeks, it's been worse than -20% every week since, and this 0.94 marked a season-worst -37%.

• There were lots of finales this week as we say goodbye to the fall, and Fargo (0.49) may have been most encouraging as it packed on more than a tenth and hit a new season high and also just -20% year-to-year, its best trend of the season. Though the buzz is still strong with this show, the same-day ratings didn't really seem to follow suit this season, but maybe this offers some hope for a better hold next season. (Then again, it isn't coming back till 2017...)

FULL TABLE:

Show	Net	This Week			This Season
		Ep#	A18-49	Last	Seas	Avg	y2y	Proj	Proj +	Skew
Into the Badlands	AMC	5	0.96	-9%	1	1.98	n/a	1.81	118	60%
American Horror Story	FX	10	0.94	-12%	5	1.59	-22%	1.49	97	66%
Being Mary Jane	BET	10	0.68	+42%	3	0.74	-16%	0.74	48	57%
The Expanse	Syfy	2	0.30	n/a	1	0.30	n/a	0.28	18	37%
The Magicians	Syfy	1	0.26	n/a	1	0.26	n/a	0.26	17	36%
Girl Meets World	DISN	25	n/a	n/a	2	0.54	-7%	0.54	32	29%
The Librarians	TNT	8	0.60	+11%	2	0.53	-45%	0.50	33	32%
Homeland	SHO	11	0.59	-6%	5	0.48	-11%	0.48	32	42%
Major Crimes	TNT	17	0.44	+5%	4	0.41	-32%	0.40	26	18%
Fargo	FX	10	0.49	+32%	2	0.37	-39%	0.37	24	36%
The Royals	E	5	0.28	-10%	2	0.33	-32%	0.34	22	62%
Z Nation	Syfy	14	0.28	-10%	2	0.32	-33%	0.32	21	48%
Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce	BRAV	3	0.25	+0%	2	0.27	-29%	0.25	16	53%
The Affair	SHO	11	0.24	-4%	2	0.23	+19%	0.23	15	35%
Finding Carter	MTV	24	0.18	+0%	2	0.22	-41%	0.22	14	66%
Agent X	TNT	7	0.28	+40%	1	0.23	n/a	0.24	16	27%
Donny!	USA	6	0.10	-52%	1	0.20	n/a	0.20	13	48%
Satisfaction	USA	9	0.17	-23%	2	0.20	-50%	0.20	13	40%
Haven	Syfy	10	0.21	+40%	6	0.19	-12%	0.19	12	35%
Legends	TNT	5	n/a	n/a	2	0.13	-67%	0.11	7	26%
Unforgettable	A&E	4	0.15	+15%	4	0.12	-86%	0.13	8	18%
The Walking Dead	AMC				6	6.72	-10%	6.72	438	65%
Fear the Walking Dead	AMC				1	3.88	n/a	3.88	231	65%
True Detective	HBO				2	1.15	+17%	1.15	68	56%
Rick and Morty	ADSM				2	1.00	+57%	1.00	60	64%
The Haves and the Have Nots Summer	OWN				2	0.93	+0%	0.93	55	37%
Pretty Little Liars Summer	ABCF				6	0.89	-7%	0.89	53	56%
South Park	Com				19	0.89	-18%	0.89	58	77%
Ballers	HBO				1	0.84	n/a	0.84	50	63%
The Last Ship	TNT				2	0.72	-32%	0.72	43	31%
Rizzoli and Isles Summer	TNT				6	0.70	-27%	0.70	42	21%
The Game	BET				9	0.63	-24%	0.63	41	56%
Suits Summer	USA				5	0.61	-21%	0.61	36	35%
Major Crimes Summer	TNT				4	0.60	-29%	0.60	36	18%
The Strain	FX				2	0.60	-41%	0.60	36	57%
Power	STRZ				2	0.57	+78%	0.57	34	57%
Teen Wolf Summer	MTV				5	0.50	-30%	0.50	30	54%
Falling Skies	TNT				5	0.49	-35%	0.49	29	31%
The Fosters Summer	ABCF				3	0.48	-18%	0.48	29	51%
Mr. Robot	USA				1	0.48	n/a	0.48	28	44%
Devious Maids	Life				3	0.46	-24%	0.46	28	44%
The Brink	HBO				1	0.46	n/a	0.46	27	54%
Clipped	TBS				1	0.45	n/a	0.45	26	46%
Ray Donovan	SHO				3	0.44	-15%	0.44	29	41%
The Bastard Executioner	FX				1	0.44	n/a	0.44	29	46%
Humans	AMC				1	0.39	n/a	0.39	23	42%
Awkward	MTV				5	0.38	-26%	0.38	25	66%
Tyrant	FX				2	0.37	-31%	0.37	22	40%
Switched at Birth Summer	ABCF				4	0.37	-33%	0.37	22	55%
Baby Daddy	ABCF				4	0.37	-14%	0.37	22	61%
Melissa and Joey	ABCF				4	0.36	-21%	0.36	22	62%
Doctor Who	BBCA				10	0.36	-14%	0.36	24	48%
Complications	USA				1	0.35	n/a	0.35	21	31%
Royal Pains Summer	USA				7	0.35	-35%	0.35	21	31%
Young and Hungry	ABCF				2	0.35	-15%	0.35	21	62%
Scream	MTV				1	0.34	n/a	0.34	20	57%
The Leftovers	HBO				2	0.33	-57%	0.33	22	60%
Stitchers	ABCF				1	0.33	n/a	0.33	20	51%
Murder in the First	TNT				2	0.31	-30%	0.31	19	19%
Proof	TNT				1	0.31	n/a	0.31	19	19%
Hell on Wheels	AMC				5	0.30	-22%	0.30	18	21%
The League	FXX				7	0.29	-2%	0.29	19	82%
Graceland	USA				3	0.29	-39%	0.29	17	43%
UnREAL	Life				1	0.27	n/a	0.27	16	49%
SexDrugsRockRoll	FX				1	0.26	n/a	0.26	16	54%
Dominion	Syfy				2	0.25	-47%	0.25	15	36%
Chasing Life Summer	ABCF				2	0.25	-49%	0.25	15	48%
Defiance	Syfy				3	0.25	-46%	0.25	15	28%
Dark Matter	Syfy				1	0.24	n/a	0.24	14	30%
Faking It	MTV				2	0.24	-36%	0.24	16	59%
Killjoys	Syfy				1	0.23	n/a	0.23	14	31%
Married	FX				2	0.19	-46%	0.19	11	60%
Playing House	USA				2	0.18	-56%	0.18	11	54%
Halt and Catch Fire	AMC				2	0.16	-35%	0.16	10	39%
Public Morals	TNT				1	0.15	n/a	0.15	9	22%
Masters of Sex	SHO				3	0.13	-48%	0.13	9	29%
Kevin from Work	ABCF				1	0.13	n/a	0.13	8	53%
You're the Worst	FXX				2	0.13	-56%	0.13	8	74%
Becoming Us	ABCF				1	0.11	n/a	0.11	6	46%

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