JamesG
10-09-2015, 09:55 PM
"Fear the Walking Dead" Clocks Highest-Rated First Season in Cable History
by Lisa de Moraes
October 9, 2015
AMC’s zombie-drama "Fear the Walking Dead" is officially the highest-rated series first season in cable TV history, with total viewers and in key demo, with Live+3 viewing tabulated.
In its six-episode Season 1, "Fear" averaged 11.2 million viewers, 7.3 million adults 18-49 and 7.2 million adults 25-54, tallying three days of time-shifted viewing.
With this success, AMC announced "Fear the Walking Dead" will get the aftershow treatment for the entirety of its second season of 15 episodes in 2016.
"Talking Dead" will follow each "Fear" episode, hosted by Chris Hardwick. For its first season, AMC ran "The Talking Dead" after the premiere and with Sunday’s S1 ender. The premiere companion focused on "The Walking Dead" as a Season 6 preview show; the finale companion show included "Fear" cast members and examined the first season.
That Sunday "Talking Dead" special delivered 2.9 million viewers, 1.8 million adults 18-49, and 2.0 million adults 25-54 in Live+3 ratings.
“When we set out to launch a companion series to the #1 show on television, there were truly many things to fear, beyond ‘Fear’ itself. To see this show stand alone, break through and set records as a unique piece of storytelling is very gratifying and a tribute to great creative talent,” Charlie Collier, president of AMC, SundanceTV and AMC Studios, said today, taking that victory lap.
http://deadline.com/2015/10/fear-the-walking-dead-ratings-record-cable-history-1201571769/
by Lisa de Moraes
October 9, 2015
AMC’s zombie-drama "Fear the Walking Dead" is officially the highest-rated series first season in cable TV history, with total viewers and in key demo, with Live+3 viewing tabulated.
In its six-episode Season 1, "Fear" averaged 11.2 million viewers, 7.3 million adults 18-49 and 7.2 million adults 25-54, tallying three days of time-shifted viewing.
With this success, AMC announced "Fear the Walking Dead" will get the aftershow treatment for the entirety of its second season of 15 episodes in 2016.
"Talking Dead" will follow each "Fear" episode, hosted by Chris Hardwick. For its first season, AMC ran "The Talking Dead" after the premiere and with Sunday’s S1 ender. The premiere companion focused on "The Walking Dead" as a Season 6 preview show; the finale companion show included "Fear" cast members and examined the first season.
That Sunday "Talking Dead" special delivered 2.9 million viewers, 1.8 million adults 18-49, and 2.0 million adults 25-54 in Live+3 ratings.
“When we set out to launch a companion series to the #1 show on television, there were truly many things to fear, beyond ‘Fear’ itself. To see this show stand alone, break through and set records as a unique piece of storytelling is very gratifying and a tribute to great creative talent,” Charlie Collier, president of AMC, SundanceTV and AMC Studios, said today, taking that victory lap.
http://deadline.com/2015/10/fear-the-walking-dead-ratings-record-cable-history-1201571769/