FX's 'Damages' premiered July 24, 2007 to a 0.9/3 adults 18-49 rating and 3.66 million viewers, and despite rising in the demo in its second week (to 1.0/3), it lost about 600K viewers to 2.93 million. It slowly continued losing viewers throughout its first season, falling as low as 1.16 million, but ended up averaging just under 2 million and was renewed for a second season. The second season premiered in January 2009 to a solid 1.72 million viewers, but fell nearly 1 million viewers in its first two weeks, down to 761,000 by week 3. From then on, it remained fairly stable the rest of the season, averaging about 956,000 viewers and a 0.3 in the demo. A third season premiered in January 2010 and pulled virtually identical numbers as the second season among viewership (down only slightly to 928,000), but lost a bit among adults 18-49 (0.2 in the demo). A fourth and fifth season of the show aired on DirecTV's Audience Network which is not rated by Nielsen.
| Damages Season 1 Ratings (2007) |
| Episode Date | Viewers (millions) | 18-49 rating |
| Jul. 24, 2007 | 3.656 | 0.9/3 |
| Jul. 31, 2007 | 2.933 | 1.0/3 |
| Aug. 7, 2007 | 2.056 | 0.7 |
| Aug. 14, 2007 | 2.121 | 0.7 |
| Aug. 21, 2007 | 2.149 | 0.8/2 |
| Sept. 4, 2007 | 2.139 | 0.8 |
| Sept. 11, 2007 | 2.137 | 0.7 |
| Sept. 18, 2007 | 1.699 | 0.6/2 |
| Sept. 25, 2007 | 1.162 | 0.5/1 |
| Oct. 2, 2007 | 1.363 | 0.4 |
| Oct. 9, 2007 | 1.383 | 0.5 |
| Oct. 16, 2007 | 1.650 | 0.6 |
| Oct. 23, 2007 | 1.694 | 0.6/2 |
| Average | 2.011 | 0.68 |
| Damages Season 2 Ratings (2009) |
| Episode Date | Viewers (millions) | 18-49 rating |
| Jan. 7, 2009 | 1.715 | 0.5/1 |
| Jan. 14, 2009 | 1.135 | 0.5/1 |
| Jan. 21, 2009 | 0.761 | 0.3 |
| Jan. 28, 2009 | 1.027 | 0.4 |
| Feb. 4, 2009 | 0.850 | 0.3/1 |
| Feb. 11, 2009 | 0.941 | 0.4/1 |
| Feb. 18, 2009 | 0.864 | 0.3/1 |
| Feb. 25, 2009 | 0.887 | 0.3/1 |
| Mar. 4, 2009 | 0.974 | 0.3 |
| Mar. 11, 2009 | 0.703 | 0.2/1 |
| Mar. 18, 2009 | 0.632 | 0.2/1 |
| Mar. 25, 2009 | 0.890 | 0.3/1 |
| Apr. 1, 2009 | 1.048 | 0.4/1 |
| Average | 0.956 | 0.34 |
| Damages Season 3 Ratings (2010) |
| Episode Date | Viewers (millions) | 18-49 rating |
| Jan. 25, 2010 | 1.428 | 0.3/1 |
| Feb. 1, 2010 | 1.022 | 0.2/1 |
| Feb. 8, 2010 | 1.075 | 0.2/1 |
| Feb. 15, 2010 | 0.873 | 0.2/1 |
| Feb. 22, 2010 | 0.816 | 0.2/0 |
| Mar. 1, 2010 | 0.965 | 0.3/1 |
| Mar. 8, 2010 | 0.924 | 0.2/1 |
| Mar. 15, 2010 | 0.967 | 0.2/1 |
| Mar. 22, 2010 | 0.925 | 0.2/1 |
| Mar. 29, 2010 | 0.654 | 0.2/0 |
| Apr. 5, 2010 | 0.745 | 0.2/1 |
| Apr. 12, 2010 | 0.760 | 0.2/0 |
| Apr. 19, 2010 | 0.906 | 0.2/0 |
| Average | 0.928 | 0.22 |
Source: Nielsen Media Research
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