'Justified,' 'White Collar,' 'Southland' take hits

'White Collar'"Justified," "Whitened Collar" and "Southland" all saw year-to-year rankings decreases after securing horns Tuesday evening within the same timeslot.With each one of the dramas debuting their new seasons at 10 p.m., the 3 experienced some viewer erosion. However, with DVR's clearly obtaining a workout, each skein will probably see dramatic increases when live + 7 amounts are totalled.USA Network's "Whitened Collar" did greatest of the trio, drawing 3.two million total audiences. Yet which was lower 15% from last year once the skein required in 3.8 million audiences.Tuesday marked the debut for that other half of season three for "Whitened Collar." Cabler is considering not splitting up seasons of their current and future series due to an growing original programming selection.Show, from Fox Television Galleries, stars Matt Bomer and Tim DeKay and it is professional created by creator Shaun Eastin and Mark Goffman.At Forex, the growing season-three premiere of "Justified" required an 11% hit as a whole audiences. The Timothy Olyphant starrer came 3.a million audiences Tuesday and lost a hefty 24% within the 18-49 demo.The new sony Television-created skein is professional created by creator Graham Yost, Fred Golan, Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly, Michael Dinner and Elmore Leonard, who authored the novel, "Fire within the Hole," where the show relies.Walton Goggins, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter and Natalie Zea are some of the co-stars. TNT's "Southland" seemed to be lower from last year, only by 300,000 audiences. The Warner Bros.-created LAPD cop drama attracted 1.8 million audiences in the to begin three telecasts Tuesday.Show, from professional producers John Wells, Chris Chulack and Jonathan Lisco, features an ensemble which includes Ben McKenzie, Michael Cudlitz and Regina King. Since it released on NBC in '09, "Southland" is a critical hit but hasn't been a large rankings draw. TNT acquired the show following the Peacock gave it the ax.At FX's recent Television Experts Assn. tour session Sunday, network leader John Landgraf reiterated the significance of cumulative viewing totals and noted that the series can ultimately receive around three occasions as numerous audiences because it draws from the initial weekly telecast. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com