The Walking Dead Premiere Shatters Cable Demo Rankings Records, Draws 7.3 Million Total Audiences

Behind-the-moments turmoil did little to decelerate The Walking Dead rankings behemoth, which opened up its second season at 9 PM last evening to staggering amounts: 4.8 million audiences in Grown ups 18-49 4.two million audiences in Grown ups 25-54 7.3 million total audiences for premiere 11 million total audiences for that evening The 18-49 and 25-54 tallies broke fundamental cable’s previous records published through the premiere of USA Network’s The Dead Zone in June 2002 (4. million in 18-49, 4.a million in 25-54). In comparison with Walking Dead‘s highly ranked series premiere this past year (5.two million total audiences, 3.5 million in 18-49), the growing season 2 opener was up an astonishing 38% as a whole audiences, 36% in 18-49 and 35% in 25-54. Using the 9 PM airing and also the 10:30 PM and 12:30 AM encores, the Walking Dead premiere came an overall total of 11 million audiences. The Walking Dead is just one of individuals rare television programs that will reach both a core genre fan in addition to broad audiences simply searching for an excellent, character-based story, stated AMC leader Charlie Collier. The Walking Dead has become probably the most-viewed drama within the good reputation for fundamental cable is staggering, much like our zombies. UPDATE: AMC’s talk show Speaking Dead got off and away to a good start at night time, following a first rerun from the Walking Dead premiere. It averaged 1.two million total audiences, 795,000 grown ups 18-49 and 735,000 grown ups 25-54.