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Ratings Detective: Can You Name The Show From The Ratings Alone?

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December 17th, 2009

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How much of a TV ratings detective are you? Think you can name a show looking only at its ratings trend?

Here's the 2009-2010 adults 18-49 ratings trend for a broadcast primetime scripted show (its new episodes only, repeats have been removed, and the episode ratings are shown in order without any date gaps).

MysteryShow1

Guesses?

If no one guesses correctly, I will return with hints, but that will require me to think up a hint that isn't an immediate give away.

I will return later today to confirm the correct answer assuming someone has gotten it, but because of my schedule there may be quite a lag between a correct guess and my confirmation.

Depending on how well this works, I might do it again. Or not!

Update: It was too easy! SurvivorForever's first guess had it: Vampire Diaries. Here are the ratings and dates.

9/13 9/20 9/27 10/4 10/11 10/18 10/25 11/1 11/8 11/15
2.1 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.8 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.6

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  1. SurvivorForever

    Vampire Diaries?

  2. shelly

    Without any more details (comedy or drama?), it’s hard to tell…Dollhouse?

  3. RyAsp

    It has to be Mercy I think

  4. Trent

    Melrose Place

  5. Julio

    Trauma or Mercy.

  6. Valerio

    I’ll try with Eastwick

  7. Christian

    I’m with SurvivorFever: Vampire Diaries.

  8. Frick/John

    Vampire Diaries.

  9. Duh. Mercy.

  10. Tommy

    I’m going with the forgotten

  11. cool

    Mercy

  12. johnthemon

    I’m guessing Trauma.

  13. Holly

    Oh boy, games! :D

    I’m with the majority on this one: Mercy

  14. johnthemon

    I gaurantee it’s not Vampire Diaries and it’s not Mercy. It might be the Forgotten.

  15. dan

    julia knows everything ( <3 ), so its obv mercy.

  16. CKurtz

    I will guess Jay Leno

  17. Actually, now that I think about it, did Mercy take that big a fall in its second week? Hmm. I will resist cheating and think about this for a bit.

  18. Joe D

    I’ll go with Melrose Place

  19. Shem

    I say Fringe

  20. Trent

    It can’t be Mercy. Mercy has aired 9 episodes. 10 ratings are listed.

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