Cast member Kelsey Grammer attends the Starz session for ''Boss'' at the Summer Television Critics Association Cable Press Tour in Beverly Hills, California
Cast member Kelsey Grammer attends the Starz session for ''Boss'' at the Summer Television Critics Association Cable Press Tour in Beverly Hills, California July 29, 2011. Reuters

Kelsey Grammer's new Starz series Boss premiered over the weekend to unremarkable numbers, Starz announced Monday.

The series, which stars Grammer as an iron-fisted Chicago mayor who's diagnosed with a degenerative neurological disorder, accumulated 1.72 million total viewers over multiple airings over the weekend, 659,000 of them during its initial airing Friday at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

A not entirely discouraging start, but Boss's premiere numbers fall short compared to other recent Starz premieres.

Both Torchwood: Miracle Day and Camelot, which both premiered in April, posted higher numbers, each racking up 2 million overall viewers over multiple airings on their premiere weekends. Camelot was canceled in June.

Perhaps Grammer shouldn't worry too much, however; Starz has displayed a substantial amount of devotion to the series, renewing it for a second season weeks before this weekend's premiere.