Lifetime's Steel Magnolias Draws 6.5 Million Viewers
10/8/2012
by Lesley Goldberg


Steel Magnolias has bloomed big for Lifetime.

The telepic, starring Queen Latifah, Phylicia Rashad and Alfre Woodard, collected 6.5 million total viewers, ranking as the female-skewing cable network's third-most-watched telecast ever.



The remake from Latifah and Smash executive producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron posted Lifetime's best delivery since 2006's Life is Not a Fairy Tale: The Fantasia Barrino Story, and the No. 1 cable movie among total viewers since 2007 (excluding miniseries).

The Sony Pictures Television pic averaged 3.2 million adults 25-54, ranking as Lifetime's best demo showing for a movie in 17 years since 1995's Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story and a cable best since 2006.



Among women 25-54, Steel Magnolias stands as Lifetime's most-watched movie in network history, with 2.5 million viewers, a cable best since 2004.

In the advertiser-coveted adults 18-49 demo, its 3 million viewers ranks as a cable best since 2007.

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I heard about this but I didn't know it was going to be on Lifetime. For some reason I was thinking that it was going to be featured release. I really like Queen Latifah, so this might be worth a watch.

I didn't know there was a remake of Steel Magnolis. How long ago did it come on tv? That looks like r&b singers Jill Scott and Keyshia Cole in the picture somebody posted.

It originally aired Oct. 7, 2012.

If it comes to video, i'll check it out. I liked Steel Magnolis with Julia Roberts and Sally Field.