Jeffrey Donovan Fans

The second season premiere of USA Network’s Burn Notice burned up the Nielsens.

The series, starring Jeffrey Donovan as a spy who has been given his exit papers in Miami, set series marks in total viewers and key demos with its July 10 airing.

Averaging a 4.02 household rating, Burn Notice pulled in 5.4 million total viewers in the 10 p.m. hour, according to Nielsen Media Research data. Also included in that base were 2.69 million adults 25 to 54 and 2.36 million adults 18 to 49, the show’s top performance against those demos. Burn Notice also played to some 924,000 persons 18 to 34.

The figures represented gains of 35%, 23% and 19% versus total viewers, adults 25 to 54 and adults 18 to 49, respectively, from the series premiere June 28, 2007. Moreover, the July 10 Burn Notice debut rang up amelioration of 33%, 30% and 25% when gauged against the show’s first season averages, according to network officials.

The top show in all of cable on Thursday night, Burn Notice led USA to the top of the medium, relative to viewers 18 to 49 and 25 to 54. The installment trailed only NBC in the 10 p.m. hour in all of TV.

Year to date, Burn Notice ranked as the No.2 original scripted telecast among adults 25 to 54 on cable, trailing only the Monk season finale on Feb. 22, which also produced that show’s best-ever mark with total viewers: 6.88 million.

Source: Multichannel News

From Casey Gillis :

Donovan continues to shine as one of television’s best leading men, especially when he’s doling out his espionage tips and tactics in deadpan voiceovers. And give a raise to whoever cast Campbell as his wisecracking sidekick; that guy never fails to crack me up.

Michael Weston, the MacGyver-esque former spy at the center of USA’s “Burn Notice,” is back tonight with a whole new bag of tricks.

I just can’t say enough great things about this series, which was one of last summer’s best.

And as Michael and company return for a second season tonight at 10 p.m., the show is as good as ever.

In case you didn’t heed my many recommendations to watch the show last year, here’s the deal: Michael (played by the beyond-hot Jeffrey Donovan) is a former spy searching for answers as to why he was black-listed, what those in-the-know call being “burned.”

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From Zap2it.com:

Burn Notice is back, and all is right with the world. Well, not for Michael’s world — he’s consigned to being the ass-kicking errand boy for some mysterious voice on the phone, but it’s right in my world, because Michael’s discomfiture is loads of fun to watch.

Hello, Michael. We need you to eliminate some spoilers.

When last we saw our reluctant antihero, he drove into a semi parked on a bridge between tiny islands of the Florida Keys. And that’s still where he is when we pick back up, and he’s bored out of his mind. Fortunately, some big bangs (first spectacular explosions of the season! Whoo!) notify him that the wait is over. Smoky-voice chick (”Call me Carla”) tells Michael he needs to return something to them — a guy named Jimmy, who was supposed to steal some data for the Powers that Be. Then he tried to escape. That didn’t go over well with Carla and her organization — the kidnapped his family and demand that Michael help Jimmy carry out his task. First order of business: Escape the cops that are responding to the 911 call Jimmy placed before he was nabbed. This leads the first car chase of the season! Wheee!

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I hope everyone enjoys the Burn Notice season premiere tonight! 10/9C on USA, of course and now in High Definition. Can’t wait for that!