The zombies of
The Walking Dead stumbled back onto our screens last Sunday night with the midseason premier. The episode broke a record for basic cable by drawing in 8.1 million viewers. The show shattered the record for basic cable that it had set with the actual premier of season 2. The show scored very well with the 18-49 and 25-54 demographics. Overall, with the encores later in the night the show pulled in 10.1 million people.
AMC has already posted the full show online and issued this press release:
Last night, AMC's mid-season premiere of "The Walking Dead" became the strongest telecast for any drama in basic cable history against key demos including 5.4 million adults 18-49 and 4.4 million adults 25-54. These results shatter the previous record, which was held by the series two premiere from October 16th with increases of +12% and +6% respectively. The show delivered 8.1 million viewers for its 9pm premiere and delivered 10.1 million viewers for the night (9pm premiere and 11pm and 12:30 am encores). At 10pm, AMC also premiered its newest unscripted series, "Comic Book Men," executive produced by Kevin Smith (Clerks, Dogma, Chasing Amy), Charlie Corwin's Original Media (LA Ink, Storm Chasers, Swamp People) and Elyse Seiden (Red State). The series delivered 2 million total viewers.
Source: The Nielsen Company, Live+SD, M-Su/8P-11P (telecast level data, originals, series-drama program type, 1993-2/12/12). Strongest telecast among A18-49 and A25-54 AA (000).
While not setting a record, Kevin Smith's new show
Comic Book Men pulled in 2 million viewers.
AMC stated that they were thrilled with the record breaking premier and are glad to see
Comic Book Men off to a strong start.
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