'Brother' on increase in first month

USA's rookie skein "Suits" built a little on its "Burn Notice" lead-in on Thursday, obtaining best-since-preem scores in key groups. CBS's summer season staple "Your Government" won its timeslot every evening it broadcast because of its first month, showing demo gains versus. this past year. A number of cable's greatest new dramas demonstrated nice upticks within the rankings throughout the sesh, however the a week ago of This summer was centered by unscripted skeins.The very best 12 ad-supported primetime programs were within the reality genre, based on Nielsen, including a set of top-5 perfs each for NBC's "America's Got Talent" and CBS' "Your Government" -- using the latter winning its timeslot every evening because of its first month and showing demo gains overall versus. this past year.Rookie scripted cable series about the upswing, meanwhile, incorporated USA's "Suits," ABC Family's "Switched at Birth" and TNT's "Falling Skies." Overall for that week of This summer 25-31, Fox brought in grown ups 18-49 having a 1.6 rating/5 share, then Univision (1.4/4) after which ABC, CBS and NBC all tied for third (1.3/4). Fox and CBS tied for first in grown ups 25-54 (1.8/5), and also the Eye managed to get four straight days because the leader as a whole audiences (six million). NBC's two-hour "Talent" was again the week's No. 1 enter in both 18-49 (3.1/9) and total audiences (11.54 million), while Tuesday's edition placed second (2.8/7, 11.54m). For "Brother," its first 11 instances of the summer time have created the show's second consecutive year of gains (including 11% in grown ups 18-34) -- an incredible achievement for any series in the thirteenth edition.Not too hot in the second try was the Eye's Sunday series "Same Title" (1.3/3, 4.23m), which dipped from the already-modest bow from the previous week and held under 1 / 2 of its "Brother" demo lead-in.Elsewhere in broadcast, Fox's demo victory was powered by "Hell's Kitchen," whose Monday and Tuesday segs both came a couple.6 rating in 18-49 contributing to six million total audiences. Also, "MasterChef" was increasing Tuesday (2.5/7, 5.87m).In cable, History's "Pawn Stars" (2.7/8 in 18-49, 7.00m) was easily the very best demo draw -- ranking fifth among all primetime shows on tv for that week -- as well as came probably the most total audiences.About the drama side, USA's "Suits" (1.5/4 in 18-49, 4.44m) continues to look great on Thursday, building a little on its "Burn Notice" lead-in (1.4/4, 5.00m) and accumulating best-since-preem scores in key groups. And something evening earlier saw newbie "Necessary Roughness" (1.3/4, 4.21m) deliver best-since-preem amounts and retaining the majority of its "Royal Pains" lead-in (1.4/4, 4.85m). Among other rookie dramas, ABC Family's "Switched at Birth" (1.3/3, 3.14m) hit a brand new full of its target 12-34 demo (1.9 million audiences) and TNT's "Falling Skies" (1.5/4, 4.31m) and "Franklin and Party" (.9/2, 2.84) published their the second best scores up to now, and MTV's "Teen Wolf" (.8/2, 1.93m) had its best showing yet in the regular Monday timeslot.As well as on the comedy side, "Wilfred" (.9/3, 1.74m) dug up its best amounts since its premiere.Lifetime's "From the Wall" opened up decently Sunday (.5/one in 18-49, 1.78m), airing behind "Drop Dead Diva" (.7/2, 2.09m). Also for that internet a week ago, "Project Runway" came back Thursday (1.1/3, 2.75m), up 8% as a whole audiences versus. its season opener of this past year. Also of note, A&E obtained with "Storage Wars" (1.7/5, 4.38m) and "Gene Simmons' Family Jewels" (1.3/4, 2.97m), using the latter drawing its biggest overall aud up to now using its sixth-season finale.Discovery's "Most harmful Catch" (1.4/4, 3.29m) ended its season strong Tuesday.And National football league Network achieved positive results in the finish from the league's lockout, using its primetime coverage of free agency moves calculating 290,000 audiences -- tripling the net's average for the similar nights last year. Contact Ron Kissell at ron.kissell@variety.com