The Last Ship's Ratings Forecast Clear Seas Ahead — cinemablend.com

A little over 7 million viewers would not be crushing for network television, but luckily, TNT doesn’t have the exact advertising needs that network stations like CBS and ABC have. Additionally, when factoring in that The Last Ship is also a summer premiere, hitting the network during a time when less people sit around with their eyes glued to the tube, 7.4 million total viewers is looking pretty good. It’s important to note, too, that while TNT is skewing the numbers a bit by talking about total viewers over 2 airings, that most audiences did tune in for the 9 p.m. ET premiere, which brought in a total of 5.3 million total viewers. I give all the credit to Eric Dane’s good looks. Alright, I’m guessing all of the explosions in the premiere helped, too.

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