Burn Notice returns with its season three premiere on Thursday, June 4th at 9pm. It’s a new and one hour earlier time slot. 
We were able to line up a bag of Burn Notice goodies to celebrate its return, so we’re going to have a contest to give it away.
What’s in the bag?
- Branded Burn Notice Bag with:
- Burn Notice Season 1 DVD
- Burn Notice Season 2 DVD
- Burn Notice Frisbee
- Burn Notice Suntan Lotion Pack
- Burn Notice Novel “The Fix”
- Burn Notice Money Clip Tool
What do you have to do to win?
Guess the number of viewers the season premiere episode on June 4 averages on a live plus same day DVR viewing basis and post them in the comments below.
Make your predictions out to two decimal places (ex.: 6.38 million viewers).
A few rules:
- Guesses must be posted prior to 9pm ET on June 4.
- You need to use a real e-mail address you can be reached at in the comments, otherwise we won’t have any way to contact you to get your address so you can be shipped your prize
- Update: The contest is only open to people who live in the United States. We love our international friends, but the promotion is in support of the US premiere and they will not ship the prize package outside of the US.
- We’re going to do this The Price is Right style, whoever comes closest, without going over wins!
- In the event of a tie, whoever posted the guess first wins, so you’ll want to look at the predictions before yours to make sure you’re not making a guess somebody has already made
- You can only make ONE guess!
Sure, it would be nice if I put together a table of all the Live+SD viewer averages for the first two seasons, but it’s summer and I’m sort of slacking. But you can look up the episode dates on Wikipedia, which also has the viewer numbers (out to one decimal place) and then comb our weekly cable numbers if you’re very interested in seeing the results out to two decimal places.
I’m going with 6.38 million, but since I am not eligible to win the prize you can steal my guess. I would’ve kind of liked the money clip tool!
6.57 mln
Stolen. 6.38.
I’m going to go with 6.27 million.
5.51 mln.
Hmm 5.85 million.
5.94
6.83 million
I’m pretty sure I’m not eligible either, but I want to play anyway
I’m going with 7.6 for the premiere and betting they’ll hit double-digits in viewers by season’s end. Now back to your regularly scheduled USA Network marathon…
i say 6.67 million
5.98 million viewers. It’s kind of pathetic on NBC’s part when its own cable channel (USA) can outperform it. How long before Burn Notice is transferred to NBC?
I say… 6.85 million
6.18 million viewers.
I’ll go with 6.73 million.
i’ll be that guy…
6.66 million
6.28
$1.00!! LOL Okay, I had to do it…
Seriously, I’m going to say about 6.91 million
When you’re a spy, trying to guess the BN season 3 premiere numbers is like taking down a third-world warlord. You can’t be sure you can do it the first time. You have survey
Here’s my guess: 5.65 million
8.1
6.51 Million Viewers
I say, 6.49 milliom
5.78 million
My comment got cut off.
When you’re a spy, trying to guess the BN season 3 premiere numbers is like taking down a third-world warlord. You can’t be sure you can do it the first time. You have survey the landscape and notice the numbers others are posting.
6.58
6.53 million
I’ll go with 5.45 million live+SD, given the earlier time slot and the summer time frame. I’d expect Live+7 to climb pretty significantly, though.
I wish I could go with 100 million, because if Jon & Kate can pull 10 million, Burn Notice should pull 10 times that
.
5.82 million
I think I’m not elegible cos I live in Spain, but I’ll give it a try… 6.33 million, just in case you later update the post and I actually can partipate.
5.99 million
I believe it will be 6.6
and the answer is…. 6.21? Time will tell… and yes, I know I am mixing games together.
6.37
6.15 million
7.35
5.91
My gut is telling me 6.12…but I’ve never been very lucky…
I LOVE Bruce Campbell!
I second the comment by @clutz. Having said that, I’m going with 6.14.
I’m guessing 6.9 million.
I’ll go with 7.23
5.60 with a significant bump from the +7
My guess is 4.86 million.
6.37 million
7.15
6.39
6.96 million
5.3 mln
6.24 million
5.76 million.
6.47 million
I’m gonna go with 6.98 million
5.72 million.
Am I eligible?
If so, 6.01.
3×01 – 29.52 mil. viewers.It’s a boring summer
6.01 million
6.47 million viewers
scratch my last guess…it was already taken.
6.48 million viewers
I’ll go with 6.33 million
With all of these records being set on cable this year, I have to say 7.30 million viewers especially since its a season premiere against no real competition on the networks but I will say this too. Its going up what could be the biggest NBA Finals in years and so I might want to take it back under 6 million viewers but the network premiere Casino Royale and Royals Pains will no doubt give it a boost.
Ok, Let’s say 7.13
7.24 mil
My guess is 7.27
5.4 million.
I’ll say 6.89 mil
5.42
6.41
5.82 mill
My Guess is 5.49 Million…Thanks
5.53
5.58 Million.
My guess is 6.9 Million.
I’ll go with an even 7.00
5.79 Million
5.94 Million at 9pm Thursday June 4 2009
I can’t even follow instructions – 6.90
I say 5.39. I have a hunch it may be higher, but a summer audience, new date and new time will keep the numbers down until fans realize it is back.
5.94 is taken so I’ll change to 5.97 Million
i am going with 7.92 million
5.77
I’m going with 7.34 million viewers!
6.46 mil
6.12M
I’ll say 6.02, and if that was taken I’ll say 5.99.
6.42 for me
7.36
5.20
5.80
5.31
7.83 million
I think is could been around 7.5 million people watch that show
I guess 6.73 million
Typo: I meant 6.75 Million
My guess is 5,92m
5.49
8.31
nevermind that was taken so lets do 5.52
6.11 million!
7.42
6.07
7.05
5.12
5.88 million.
Hmmm guess I’ll go with 5.55 million
6.09 million
6.21 million
6.97
6.36
6.16
5.67
I think I will 6.54 million
I am from Macedonia but still my guess
4.98
6.43 million
6.68 million
I’ll say 5.62 million.
6.00 million.
7.29 million
3.81 million
I am not in the USA, but my guess is 5.93 million.
3.98 million viewers
6.13
5.83 million
4.6!
4.68 million
7.21
5.75 million!
6.03 mil
6.12
I would say
6.88 million viewers!
I will go with 6.74, getting hard to find a good number that’s not already taken!
6.32 million viewers.
I will go with 6.55 million.
4.40
5.77
7.05 million
5.38
Heh, didn’t take long for this thread to pass triple digits. 200 posts by midnight tonight?
I live in England but this is a fun game
So… 6.19
Hmm…
7.16 million
Can’t wait till the premier!!
4.5
6.05 million. But I hope it’s higher
7.1 million
*7.14 million
6.56 Million.
Can I still spin the big wheel for fun?
6.79 million
@Scott, it’s not the same without the sound effects!
5.74 million – and it will beat what NBC is airing
7.19 Million
Give it a 5.68 for me.
Okay, I’ll go with 6.34 million.
Boop – boop – boop – boop – b o o p – b o o p – b o o p – b o o p – b o o p…I’m sorry – you got 90 cents, and you need to beat 95 cents – spin again…
…and don’t forget to have your pets spayed or neutered, folks – especially geckos from Geico
not from the us !
but still my guess ( 6.81 ml )
5.56 million
3.48 million
6.08 million.
7.81 Million
I’ll go 5.92 million
Im not eligible but here’s my one 6.10M
6.44 million
Also not eligible but I say 5.14. Hope it’s through the roof but I’ll be conservative.
I’ll lowball, 0.01 million.
Kairk, you’re supposed to wait until half a second before the deadline to do that, or else someone will come in and say 0.02 mil, and knock you out.
Long time lurker, first time poster….
I’ll guess 6.72 million.
7.47 million
6.40
6.34
6.17
6.82
Will this contest be judged “Price is Right” style, where the closest bid without going over will win? Is that why 0.01 and 0.02 are up here? Then I go with 0.025 million
But seriously, I stick with my guess of 5.45 million. I’ll be shocked if they are anywhere below 5 million. I think the weather, and the Stanley Cup, will be factors in achieving somewhere between 5 and 7 million though. I know I’ll have to catch the show via DVR. Thursday June 4th is Game 4 of the finals as I recall.
By the way, I see the tiny Mr. Smiley in the corner of the page is still with you. Glad he made it through the server change
Clutz, see rule #4 above.
7.48
I’ll go with 6.86
6.82
Let’s try 6.35
im gonna say about 6.12
6.30
Canadian, so just doing it for fun.
Again with the geographic discrimination, haven’t these guys heard of a thing called NAFTA, or this global network called the internet, that’s global as in the whole f—— Planet. Get over your xenophobia and embrace the people of earth, the US postal system delivers to other countries, can’t be that costly. I sent a big printer to San Fran once, from Nova Scotia for $24cdn, regular snail mail, took just over a week. Watch my guess be right on too, so some merican can vote 5.55 now I guess since I don’t count.
Mike, it’s not discrimination and there is no conspiracy. It’s just business and money. It’s unfortunate, and it would be nice if TV was sold as a global thing with one, universal licensing agreement (then no worries about geo blocking on sites like Hulu) and worldwide premieres of shows. But, it doesn’t work that way. And while it would be nice, and more convenient if it did work that way, it’s hardly discrimination that it doesn’t. Annoying and inconvenient, perhaps, but discriminatory? No.
The marketing firm that NBC Universal hired to help promote online the season premiere of Burn Notice in the United States, is concerned with and paid to promote the season premiere in the United States. While I wish they were willing to open it up to the world, I hardly fault them or find it discriminatory for not doing so. I’m sorry you feel slighted, but that wasn’t our intent.
8.03 Million
I already guessed earlier, but I just HAD to comment in regard to a previous “poster.” The “user name” BIGWETSLIMYBREAKFASTLINK has to be the absolute BEST user name that I’ve EVER seen. Dude (or Dudette) – whoever you are – YOU ROCK!!
I can see it now – an entire episode of The Office, involving wackier and even more wacky disclaimers, where eventually the head of NBC (the National Biscuit Company) comes onto the set and fires everyone thanks to – you guessed it – another disclaimer…
…at least some of the British comedies that I love I can get to see here in the US, without commercials – thanks to pledge drives on my local PBS station…
…oh, for Mike the Canadian (and all else who’s interested) two trivia questions, read by Moose and Ross:
1 – Name the police show that was never broadcast on over-the-air television in the United Kingdom:
a) Cagney and Lacey
b) Barney Miller
c) Hawaii 5-O
d) Colombo
e) Hill Street Blues
2 – What Canadian show did I just reference in the setup to these trivia question?
The first person who gets both correct shall receive a prize pack worth absolutely nothing, and my heartiest congratulations
I think I’m going to wait til the last minute and underbid or overbid someone
I call 5.41 million
As Jet Li said in a movie once, referring to Chinese, “We like to gamble – not guess.”
6.29 mil. Nobody has that one yet.
So is Drew Carey or Bob Barker going to drop by to announce the winner with Robert?
My guess is 7.93
Why so high you ask? Burn Notice has been promoting the how since the lase episode of season 2.
7.24 mil.
6.30
6.92
5.25
7.31 million
5.32
Jeeez ! Everybody wants this bag !!!
No guesses, so I’ll give the answers now (I have a long shift, and won’t be back until Sunday
):
1) b) Barney Miller has never been broadcast on over the air television in Great Britain – the others all have (too bad for them)
2) The creators of green slime – a show called “You Can’t Do That On Television”
5.81
I am going to go with 7.13 million. There isn’t a lot of new tv going on that night other than “So you think you can dance.” I love this show.
6.04
5.33 million
6.08
6.69 Million and I’ll venture a 3.0 in the demos.
I’m guessing 6.76
5.13 mill.
my guess: 7.14
5.86 million
5.23 million
4.68 million
Wow, looks like all the guesses are taken. Lol.
I think 6.06 is available.
6.44
6.45 million
6.2M
I’m saying… 6.78
5.19 million (you guys shoulda used a demo guess as the tie breaker!
)
TVBill, I actually agree with you. But, we will definitely see the viewer numbers, and there’s a chance we won’t see the 18-49 numbers. We don’t regularly see 18-49 data for cable shows, and although if the premiere goes gangbusters we will likely see the 18-49 data in a press release and stories in the trades, I didn’t want to risk having the winner be determined based on data we don’t regularly have access to.
5.89m
5.91m
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted anything, so here goes: 7.11m
I’m going to go with 5.27…
8.22
I’m sure this show is just going to keep getting hotter and hotter.
5.69
6.52
5.73
6.12
5.70
I am going to guess… 5.87
6.94
I’m going with 8.00 million
7.9 million
5.34
Heh was trying to be sarcastic with out being too serious, I understand, still needed to give a little rub though, until the day there are no borders amongst us…
6.59 Mil
5.40 mil
Ill definitely be watching!!
6.31
I looked through everyone and I don’t believe I saw this number.
6.12
Aha. That makes perfect sense. Thanks, Robert.
(I have the opposite problem. The daily cable ratings I get have ONLY the demo breakdowns, and not viewer numbers.)
Burn Notice premiere: 5.95 million.
5.20 mill
6.66 million
6.28 million
5.96
8.74 million
5.43 mil
7.06 million viewers, Bob…er…Robert.
6.03 million
5.84 million
5.93 mil
7.27 mil
I can’t wait … and I’m an optimist. I say 8.57
5.90 even…since it’s like the only number left within reason.
5.36
My guess is 6.28 million viewers.
Srry guys I’m changing my vote to 6.38 million viewers
caus other peopole said my first. Guess be 4 I did
6.10 million
5.29 mil.
5.92 million
=) Can’t wait for one of my fav shows. Best of luck.
Season 3 Opening to 5.57 million.
6 million
This is what I get for getting to this thread late
Still, I’ll toss out a number I don’t think has been taken yet: 5.02 million.
8 million because that is what JD wants.
From his twitter: @Jeffrey_Donovan 4 days. My goal: 10,000 followers 8 million viewers on Thursday. Help me reach it!!!!
7.23 million
I say 9 million
My guess is 6.71 million… I love this show, but this is being realistic. That is a pretty nifty package there by the way.
5.63 million Live+SD.
6.70 million
4.82 million
5.72
5.64
I’m going to say 5.67 million.
7.4
5.50 Win! Baby Win!
I’m going to guess the premiere will have around 7.49 million viewers.
9.81 million because I refuse to believe more people would watch John & Kate than Burn Notice.
6.61 million.
I’m saying 5.13
5.94 million
jeffery wants 8 million (check twitter) so i will add to his irish luck and say 8.1 million. i like to see micheal smile
!
5.92
5.91
opps my 1st guess was taken …5.91
6.27 million
I’m gonna go with 6.34
6.93 million
6.62 million
I’ll bid 7.01 Million Bob
6.67 million
6.57 mil
5.93 Mil
4.27 million
6.93
9.51 million viewers
6.80 million
Everyone is going high, so I’m gonna guess low.
4.34 million.
Burn Notice is the best show on the planet.. It will premiere with 7.43 million viewers. Thats my best guess!!
7.12
7.39
6.94 viewers
You know how much work it took to find numbers not taken! Oh dear- which of the 6 left in my prediction range should I choose… Going with 6.06 – not quite beating the finale.
My scientifically calculated guess is 5.47 million. The guys from The Big Bang Theory g=helped me with the math.
but apparently not with my typing…
my guess…6.50 million viewers
Following this site for a few months, first time poster.
5.58
5.34.
6.77 million
5.71
I predict with the way that people are getting interested with spy shows that it will hit about 6.92 million.
5.46
5.98
8.09 million
man I am very late and cant keep up w/every guess..6.7811, hope I win and am not a duplicate…on the NBC thing, it is hard to believe that USA could pursue and develope great quirky crime Dramas(obviously America loves crime Dramas, and if they would do research everything is circular, CBS is just an edgier version of what worked for them in the 80’s) If I was NBC I would be looking for edgier versions of Family Comedies, and a new A-Team/Riptide)…but I’m not
I believe the ratings will entail 5.01 million
Ok lets see my guess would be:
7 million viewers
of course it is competeing up against the stanley cup playoffs so I know for me will be going back and fourth.
5.78 million i wish more but its summer and people are playing outside
8.15 Mil~!
My guess is 7.65 million!
4,250,680 I know I am getting technical!
8.15
8.15 million, that is.
8.10
I woill guess 6.99
They were at approx. 7.8 million for the season finale. Although I don’t think the promotions or advertising were up to par for the season premiere of cables top rated original program, I do think there are plenty of people who love the show and folks that have discovered it during the hiatus person, so I would say 8.5 million.
7.02 million
I’ll say 7.1 million. The show has been picking up alot more viewers over the past 2 seasons.
i would say 4.51
Hoping it will do better, but I say 6.4 million.
7.02 million
I say 6.625
i’m going with 7.25 million.
I’m gonna say 6.13 million.
Going with 5.97 million
I’m going with 7.95 million.
6.65M
Didn’t think it would be that hard to get a unique number until I started searching to make sure my guess wasn’t in there. I think this is my 18th choice.
6.26 Million
Well, after scrolling through the guesses, I have no idea. I’ll go with an optimistic 8.11 million.
8.29 million.
I’ll say 5.75m
6.95 million
8.42
8.36 MILLION
I’m goin to have to say 6.73 million
Big bucks, big bucks, no whammies! (oh crap, wrong show)
6.16 M for my guess. I’m gonna start watching this show. Lots of positive buzz.
I feel like I’m lowballing this:
5.42 million
Crap, that was taken. 5.44 million then
6.63
6.30
7.61
6.64 million
8.50 Million
6.123
4.93 million
6.85 Million
6.4 Million