Ratings: Prison Opens, K-Ville Gets Big, Easy Numbers

Prison Break by Bill Matlock/Fox, K-Ville by Rebecca Brenneman/Fox

Set the fall-premiere ratings loose! Matt is officially back from Emmysland, here offering a snapshot look at Monday's two launches, both on Fox:

• Prison Break opened Season 3 with an audience of 7.4 million total viewers. That's a 20 percent drop from its sophomore-season debut. I blame the unsightly Bellick, stumbling around in his filthy drawers. (No offense intended, Wade.)

• At 9 pm, the series premiere of K-Ville welcomed 8.96 mil to its version of post-Katrina N.O. That's about 400K better than Vanished did as PB's lead-out a year ago. K-Ville bested almost all of the (mostly repeat) competition, save for CBS' rowdy Men.

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Matt Webb Mitovich

Sep 18, 2007 11:47 AM

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I think thats kind of weird. Naturally, I dismissed K-ville, but I hoped for much better for Prison Break. I think its due to that rather poor promotion tactics of Fox. Instead of heralding the return of PB, they focus all their attention on a show that is quite likely to fail. And the reverse occurs...
Posted by Frederic Germay Sep 18, 2007 12:31 PM Report Abuse

I wanted to like K-Ville but that ridiculous, stupid twist at the end turned me right off. (spoiler) Are we to believe that a convicted criminal is now a cop? They might as well have had the guy say he was from outer space, it is that stupid. Way to wreck a potentially decent show before it even got off the ground.
Posted by Alan_Ab Sep 18, 2007 12:49 PM Report Abuse

Yes, I think Fox could have (again) done a much better job of promoting PB. What does K-Ville stand for anyway?
Posted by maurine Sep 18, 2007 1:05 PM Report Abuse

The "K" in K-Ville stands for Katrina. Why can't people just like a show for what it is? It's a TV SHOW not real life. I didn't find the cop thing all that far fetched in NO as records were lost in the hurricane by the thousands and we don't know what crime he committed. It's a decent show with some two great lead actors. I hope it lasts.
Posted by footballfran Sep 18, 2007 1:12 PM Report Abuse

Thanks. I wondered if that's what it was supposed to mean, but that didn't really make sense to me. Which one is the criminal?
Posted by maurine Sep 18, 2007 1:20 PM Report Abuse

Cole Hauser is the criminal (Trevor Cobb on the show)
Posted by footballfran Sep 18, 2007 1:34 PM Report Abuse

I really enjoyed the show and will refrain from any nasty comments until I at least see the next episode. Many things change between a pilot episode and actual production!
Posted by Ranger99 Sep 18, 2007 1:59 PM Report Abuse

Matt, how did the premiere of Deal or No Deal do? Did Trump's appearance help the ratings at all?
Posted by Marcus Dixon Sep 18, 2007 8:37 PM Report Abuse

"Naturally, I dismissed K-Ville." Care to explain why, naturally, it's not worth checking out? Just curious. BTW, I don't recall Prison Break being so deeply rooted in reality, either.
Posted by ctheslayer Sep 19, 2007 7:28 AM Report Abuse

I thinkit's time for Prison Break to go to the land of cancellations, it's getting dragged out. K-ville, not bad,not great, stories could get better.
Posted by mrmeowspa Sep 19, 2007 7:41 AM Report Abuse

Deal or No Deal is still on?
Posted by Daesey Sep 19, 2007 10:05 AM Report Abuse

I love PB. Not sure why the ratings are down. I think it was tough seeing some of the characters we enjoyed get killed off last season. I am excited to see what this season brings. I could hardly watch K-ville. I really wanted to like it, but I thought the dialogue was terrible.
Posted by HiroFan Sep 19, 2007 10:15 AM Report Abuse

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