May 23, 2013

Beyonce Brings Big Ratings to HBO, OWN

   

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*Beyonce pretty much owned cable TV on Saturday night.

HBO’s documentary “Beyonce: Life Is but a Dream” pulled 1.8 million viewers during its 9 p.m. ET premiere. It’s the largest audience for a HBO doc since Nielsen revised its method of measuring viewership in 2004.

The only other documentary to approach Beyonce’s haul was previous record holder “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts.” The Spike Lee miniseries about the devastation caused to New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina earned 1.7 million viewers in 2006.

“Life Is but a Dream’s” haul pulled three times the ratings of recent first-runs for HBO’s Sunday series “Girls.”

Beyonce’s presence was also felt on OWN. Her one-hour interview on “Oprah’s Next Chapter,” premiering at 8 p.m. Saturday, averaged just above 1.3 million viewers. That topped all of ad-supported cable’s non-sports programs in the targeted women 25-54 demographic in the time period.




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  1. My daughter said her documentary sucked big time and it wasn’t anything that most people knew. She said that it seems like she’s more into JayZ then he is into her…and she’s not convinced she had a baby…she said the whole thing was a waste of time and stupid

  2. Money buy ANYTHING!!!

  3. Fooled ya’ll again didn’t she?

  4. Capricorn_queen says:

    OMG. @ Stephanie, I agree whole heartily with your daughter. I knew they would blow up the ratings. First, they had this documentary on one HBO channel ALLLLL effin day. It was so boring and I told my friend, it appears she is more into Jay-Z than he is into her. Hate to say it, but this chick is in line for a severe breakdown because she believes her own hype. Or the hype that has been created for her. She is under so many people’s control, she really thinks she is in charge of her life. I would love to see the age group that watched this show.

  5. Crrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbsssssssss.

  6. I guess it takes a White racist to “do/say something” against one of Us, for peeps to respect/protect…..”One of Us”, cuz without ” that”?, the shyt just doesn’t exist.

  7. BTW….the pic shown is a HELLA close up shot, so…how did/does her “new nose”, look!? Fkn unbelieeeeeeeve.! SSMGDHATCAN’s!

  8. (Walikng in, listening to all the lovely “crickets/crabs”, & posting this at least 2 1/2 plus fkn hrs., LATER!) “Aaaaaaaaaaaaand?….”scene”. (as a crowd of “TRUE” Black people applauds!) WInk!

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