You Deserve It: Ratings for the 2011-12 TV Season

Here are the ratings for You Deserve It. In this game show, contestants try to win big cash prizes for people who that they believe deserve the money. They purchase a series of clues to help them win the money but each clue costs them an unknown amount of money — perhaps small or perhaps large. The series is hosted by The Bachelor’s Chris Harrison with Brooke Burns as co-host. The first season of You Deserve It typically airs Monday nights at 9pm on the ABC network.

Here are the TV show’s ratings for the 2011-12 season, the best way to tell if You Deserve It is going to be cancelled or renewed for season two. Check out our ABC ratings report card to see how this show’s numbers compare with the others on the network.

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Episode 01-06: Monday, 12/26/11
0.8 in the demo (-27% episode-to-episode change) with 3.64 million; tied for third in the timeslot.
Season average: 1.15 in the demo with 4.61 million.
Demo average rank: #6 of 6 non-scripted TV shows on the network (Fall 2011 – Spring 2012).

Episode 01-05: Monday, 12/19/11
1.1 in the demo (+22% episode-to-episode change) with 4.15 million; fourth in the timeslot.
Season average: 1.22 in the demo with 4.80 million.
Demo average rank: #6 of 6 non-scripted TV shows on the network (Fall 2011 – Spring 2012).

Episode 01-04: Monday, 12/12/11
0.9 in the demo (-10% episode-to-episode change) with 3.38 million; fourth in the timeslot.
Season average: 1.25 in the demo with 4.96 million.
Demo average rank: #6 of 6 non-scripted TV shows on the network (Fall 2011 – Spring 2012).

Episode 01-03: Monday, 12/05/11
1.0 in the demo (-29% episode-to-episode change) with 3.56 million; fourth in the timeslot.
Season average: 1.37 in the demo with 5.49 million.
Demo average rank: #5 of 6 non-scripted TV shows on the network (Fall 2011 – Spring 2012).

Episode 01-02: Monday, 11/28/11
1.4 in the demo (-18% episode-to-episode change) with 4.36 million; fourth in the timeslot.
Season average: 1.55 in the demo with 6.46 million.
Demo average rank: #4 of 6 non-scripted TV shows on the network (Fall 2011 – Spring 2012).

Episode 01-01: Monday, 11/21/11
1.7 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 8.55 million; third in the timeslot.

The new ABC game show had a pretty underwhelming debut, especially considering that it had a huge lead-in from the last performance episode of this season’s Dancing with the Stars. It lost more than half of that huge audience so it seems unlikely that it’ll do very well with a smaller lead-in. It’s currently the third highest rated reality series on the network (just above America’s Funniest Home Videos) but I suspect we’ll see a fairly big drop off in week two and it will fall in the rankings.

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Note: These ratings are collected by the Nielsen company and are the final national numbers. These are different from the fast affiliate numbers which are just estimates of the actual ratings and are reported on by most other outlets. The final nationals are typically released within 24 hours of the programming or, in the case of weekends and holidays, a couple days later.

What do you think? Do you like the You Deserve It TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for a second season?