Ratings: Burn Gets Noticed, But Not Hey Paula
Jeffrey Donovan in Burn Notice by Dan Littlejohn/USA Network Photo
" Thursday's commercial-free premiere of
Burn Notice dealt USA Network four million viewers, and was basic cable's top-rated show of the night in key demos. That said, it fell shy of such USA series debuts as
The 4400 (6.2 mil) and
Dead Zone (4.2 mil).
"
Burn Notice's lead-in, the final installment of
The Starter Wife, drew 3.1 mil, a 25 percent drop from the mini's average.
" Not too many folks cared to say
Hey Paula. The reality series' back-to-back episodes premiered to 607,000 viewers, well shy of, say, Bravo's
Top Design (1.76 mil) or even
Being Bobby Brown (1.1 mil).
" Last Tuesday's
BET Awards (6.4 mil) gave the 7-year-old kudoscast its third-largest audience to date.
