Ghost Lab Solid Ratings
It looks like Ghost Lab had some solid ratings the first two weeks of being on the air. It does have a veteran show Dirty Jobs as a lead-in which certainly helped the show. The second week saw a big jump in ratings from the premiere.
It looks like plenty of folks are liking the show like we do here at Spectral Review.
One of the things we really like is the opening text on the show:
“The following program documents the case studies of Everyday Paranormal. All evidence has been gathered by the Klinge Brothers and their team of investigators. Nothing has been manipulated or manufactured.”
Congrats to Everyday Paranormal on such a good start. Here are the numbers from The Discovery Channel:
New Hit Series GHOST LAB Scares Up Big Numbers
DIRTY JOBS Continues Strong Second Week of Premiere Episodes
On Tuesday, October 13, 2009, premiere episodes of DIRTY JOBS and GHOST LAB helped rank Discovery Channel as the #3 primetime cable network in primetime for Men 25-54 and 18-49. The network also ranked #4 for Persons 25-54 (858K) and 18-49 (872K), and Men 18-34 (308K).
In only its second week, GHOST LAB bested its household numbers from its series premiere last week, going from .79 HH to 1.11 HH, a 41% increase. GHOST LAB also saw a big bump in M18-34 with a whooping 87% increase from last week, +47% for M18-49 and 28% higher P25-54.
DIRTY JOBS continued strong with 1.38 HH and 0.91 in the key P25-54 demo. DIRTY JOBS was the #3 primetime cable telecast for M25-54 delivery (660K) and ranked at #5 for M18-49 (691K). In the 9PM time slot DIRTY JOBS was the #2 cable telecast for M25-54 and M18-49, only coming in behind VH-1’s Hip Hop Honors.
GHOST LAB follows brothers Brad and Barry Klinge as they take their mobile lab on the road to uncover the truth behind Americas most haunted sites. From a music hall where Elvis is believed to have never left the building to Civil War battlefields where the fallen are still heard, Brad and Barry employ the latest technology to research the supernatural and separate fact from fiction.
October 15th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Where did all the nay-sayers and negative people go? No comments now? Nothing to say? I guess when you put up numbers like an 87% increase, you can’t say jack. There is a new sheriff in town…and its name is Ghost Lab. I love it.
October 15th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Well right here bobby brown. I still think that the show blows.
October 15th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
The “other” Bobby here. Was that an 87% increase over last week? I thought it was an okay show this week. They really didn’t get much from Bird Cage though. Having been there a few times, I would think it would be like shooting fish in a barrel if you have full access to yourself like they did. Everytime I was there during the day, there were about 20 people walking around. Kind of felt like they were in a been-there-done-that situation with GhostHunters and Ghost Adventures already there on their shows. I liked that they were at the Boothill Cemetery since the others didn’t go. That place is pretty spooky at night. But the motion detectors at night might not be such a good idea since there are so many animals/rodents running around out there at night. I remember seeing deer and rabbits just a block or so outside the town itself. The cemetery sits on the edge of town also. Just a thought.
Ghost Lab can be entertaining but as far as “turning the paranormal world upside down” that was boasting in the first episode, I’m not seeing it so far. A very watchable show but not the scientific wonder that was talked about. I’m not sure of their future schedule but I hope they don’t go to too many places that the other shows have already milked.
October 19th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Wow. That crap on A&E last night (Extreme Paranormal) just made jello seem smart. Ghost Lab is the supreme being these days. Nothing compares. Ghost Hunters is OK and has its moments (if you get used to Grant and Jason having zero personality), Paranormal State is OK because it is obvious they deal with a different paranormal crowd, and Ghost Adventure(ers) are just run-of-mill tools. Keep it up Ghost Lab. Even the people that hate anything paranormal will like you the best.
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:51 pm
I just saw this post on another website. From what it seems from the pictures, the “shadow man” looks like it is the fence posting from one of the graves. There are day pictures with the Ghost Lab guys standing in front of the posts and night photos to contrast the two different views of night and day.
What do you think?
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:52 pm
http://forums.syfy.com/index.php?s=24e262aaeec27db5a45fad71aeb55c37&showtopic=2338502&st=60&p=6541414&#entry6541414
Forgot to link last post