Ratings Are In: AniDom down because RERUNS DON’T WORK!

Two weeks of virtually ALL reruns, Animation Domination returned on Sunday Night and not surprisingly the ratings were down as a result. According to Deadline.com:

After a few week of mostly repeats, Fox’s Sunday animation block was back last night. Though the break seems to have hurt a bit. After starting with a Bob’s Burgers (0.7/2) encore, there was a new Cleveland Show at 7:30 PM. The show was down 31% from its 9:30 PM airing last week and down 15% from its March 17 airing in the 7:30 PM slot. At 8 PM, The Simpsons (1.8/5) fell 18% from its last original on March 17. A new Bob’s Burgers (1.6/4) slipped 6% from its March 24 show and Family Guy (2.4/6) was down 8% from its last original on the same date. Ending Fox’s night, American Dad was also down. The Seth MacFarlane series stumbled 13% from its last new show on March 24.

So, yea. Do two weeks of reruns and this is what happens kids, people leave and find something else to watch. This was also the same night as those terrible MTV awards shows so I’m sure that didn’t help. But, SOMEONE has to wake FOX up because the more they do reruns, the less people watch, the less people watch, the more good shows get canceled, the more shows get canceled, well….

This week we’ve got reruns of Simpsons and Family Guy, but new episodes of everything else, so hey. We’ll see.