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Ratings: Ted Danson’s ‘Mr Mayor’ Loses One-Quarter of Last Week’s Premiere Audience

We won’t go so far as to say that Ted Danson’s “Mr. Mayor” was voted out of office on Thursday, but the new NBC sitcom did shed a significant number of viewers, about 1.3 million, from last week’s debut. It’s worth pointing out here that two “Mayor” episodes aired last week, with Episode 2 declining from the series premiere. So the losses are less dramatic from Episodes 2 to 3. That said, a rerun of “Mr. Mayor” got a really nice boost as a lead-in to playoff football on Sunday. That could only have helped. ABC topped another Thursday primetime thanks to better performances in Week 2 of its new game shows “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune” and “The Chase.” CBS effectively aired all reruns last night. Also Read: Ratings: NBC's 'Chicago Fire' Blows Away ABC's 'Call Your Mother' Series Premiere ABC was first in ratings with a 0.8 rating/5 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 5.3 million, according to preliminary numbers. At 8 p.m., “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune” scored a 1.1/7 and 7.6 million viewers. “The Chase” at 9 posted a 0.8/5 and 5.3 million viewers. At 10, “The Hustler” closed the...

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