'Mistresses' Opened Season Two With Its Most-Watched Telecast Ever

Rochelle Aytes and Joseph May.  Photo Credit: ABC/Eric McCandless

Mistresses opened its 2nd season with its most-watched telecast ever, rising 2% over its year-ago debut (4.5 million vs. 4.4 million on 6/3/13). In addition, the show held even with its year-ago debut in Adults 18-49 (1.2/3 on 6/3/13) and was up 9% from its September season finale (1.1/3 on 9/9/13).

During its first season, Mistresses saw big increases via TV playback, jumping 50% from its initially-reported Live + Same Day number to its final Live +7 Day Adult 18-49 rating and making it the 2nd-biggest gainer for any summer broadcast series in 2013 (behind only Rookie Blue).