# How do I find out the ratings for a new show?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 14, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-out-the-ratings-for-a-new-show/727860 "2015-08-14T18:59:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![andrea\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@andrea\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrea_green)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-out-the-ratings-for-a-new-show/727860/1 "2015-08-14T18:59:38Z")

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I’m super curious to learn how well the first episode of a new reality TV show named **Startup U** has been received. Where would a reliable source for this information be found? The show aired on August 11th on ABC Family.

If anyone is curious, ABC also released the first episode of the show publicly/online at [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjco1LWdVJU)

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**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-out-the-ratings-for-a-new-show/727860/2 "2015-08-14T19:32:06Z")

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Looks like it was 81st on the list of [top 100 original cable broadcasts](http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-100-tuesday-cable-originals-8-11-2015.html)for August 11.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-out-the-ratings-for-a-new-show/727860/3 "2015-08-14T19:38:52Z")

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[TV By the Numbers](http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/) is good but it only covers the broadcast networks.

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**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-out-the-ratings-for-a-new-show/727860/4 "2015-08-14T19:48:24Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> [TV By the Numbers](http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/) is good but it only covers the broadcast networks.

Cable listings are on the right side of that page – unfortunately they didn’t go down far enough to include Startup U.