TV Ratings 10/15/12: Revolution Ratings Rise 10%

In the last few years, the “major” networks have tried to make shows like The Event, Terra Nova, Alcatraz, Fast Forward, The River more than one-season shows and failed. Could Revolution actually succeed and make it to a second season. Its ratings have not only stabilized, but went up 10% in the A18-49 demo for episode five:

Here’s how a few other similar series faired over their first seasons. While it had an initial drop, it has stabilized:

In addition to these “same day” numbers, there are signs that even more viewers have this show on a DVR season pass and watch it on another night. We only have seen “Live + 7 Day” ratings from the first two episodes, but the Live + 7 Day lift for the 2nd episode was 66%. While the Live + Same Day rating went down 16% between episodes 1 and 2, the Live + 7 Day rating only dropped 3%.

We acknowledge that most of these viewers have little value to the advertisers paying for the show, some do get counted if they don’t fast forward through the ads.

BTW, Head Geek Furious called this show as a hit early on while many critics dismissed it.
Now, I wonder what NBC will do with Smash’s return in the winter. Will it get Revolution’s timeslot and Revolution will move?  Or will it be Smash looking for a new timeslot?