CNBC’s Jay Leno Garage Not Doing Too Well

CNBC’s Jay Leno’s Garage Sees 50% Decline with Season II Premiere

The second seasons of CNBC’s primetime program Jay Leno’s Garage premiered recently and despite all the promotion, including a cameo on The Tonight Show, the premiere episode was down 51 percent in total viewers, averaging just 449,000 compared to the Season 1 premiere which brought in 916,000 total viewers. In the demo – the new season debut saw a massive 43 percent drop from 272,000 to just 154,000 viewers. In addition, the launch failed to beat a repeat of Shark Tank last night that aired in the 9PM/ET timeslot just before Leno’s 10PM/ET premiere.

Last night’s debut also lagged behind the Season I average – which brought in 598,000 total viewers and 226,000 in the demo for season.

The latest numbers show more bad news for CNBC which continues to suffer a hemorrhaging of viewers.

Numbers are below – data from Nielsen Media Research

 

Network	Period	Episode	Program	Time	Days	P2+ AA (000s)	A25-54 AA (000s)
CNBC	10/7/2015	S1 E 1 Premiere	JAY LENOS GARAGE	10:00P -11:00P	__W____	916	272
CNBC	6/15/2016	S2 E 1 Premiere	JAY LENOS GARAGE	10:00P -11:00P	__W____	449	154
				% difference:		-51%	-43%
CNBC	10/7/15-12/2/2015	S1 8 EPISODE AVG.	JAY LENOS GARAGE	10:00P -11:00P	__W____	598	226
CNBC	6/15/2016	S2 E 1 Premiere	JAY LENOS GARAGE	10:00P -11:00P	__W____	449	154
				% difference:		-25%	-32%