The season premiere of USA’s “Burn Notice” on Thursday garnered 5.39 million viewers overall and a 1.8 rating/6 share among adults 18-49, Daily Variety reports. The numbers mark a 35% increase in overall audience from the program’s series premiere last summer, the newspaper says. The premiere also outperformed new scripted offerings from ABC and CBS in key demos, placing USA second in the 10 o’clock hour in keys demos, the newspaper notes.
—Vlada Gelman