Ever since it's debut two years ago, "The Walking Dead" has been AMC's top rated show, and one of the biggest draws on cable. Every year it's ratings have increased, and with the third season premier two weeks ago came the largest telecast ever on cable with 15.2 million viewers. Additionally, the 5.8 point in the 18-49 years old demo was the biggest this fall across cable and broadcast networks.
To put the 5.8 rating into perspective, no scripted show across the broadcast networks broke a 5 rating during the week that The Walking Dead's third season premiered. The closest show was Modern Family, which scored two ratings of 4.9 and 4.8 that week. Including unscripted television, the only broadcast program to beat The Walking Dead was NBC's Sunday Night Football. Likewise, the only program on cable that scored more viewers in the same week was Monday Night Football on ESPN.
Compared to previous seasons, The Walking Dead is outperforming itself. It's previous high viewership mark was 8.99 million viewers for it's season two finale. The season two premier scored 7.26 million viewers, which means that The Walking Dead has doubled it's viewership year to year, a feat rarely seen in the television industry.
The Walking Dead's Ratings:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Walking_Dead_episodes
Network Top 25:
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Cable Top 25:
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I'm a total Dead Head. I love the show. My girlfriend and I recently discovered it. We had never watched it until August and acquired both seasons. We had a 2 day marathon which resulted in multi-night, nightmares for my girlfriend.
ReplyDeleteI felt bad for her, but enjoyed the show. I was hooked immediately. There is something in the suspense and grotesque horror that sucks you in.
I had no idea that it really is "that", highly rated. I know people watch it, but I had no idea everyone watched it.
Seeing how I have a blog containing all things Hollywood horror I also have already watched marathons of The Walking Dead. I absolutely enjoy this show. Its thrilling and suspenseful in its entirety. I wouldn't doubt that this season had super high ratings. In my blogging community this show got extreme attention. Many reviews were written on it and I couldn't find one to come across my blogging community that was negative. Its an awesome Horror TV series that should definitely be recognized.
ReplyDeleteI love the walking dead but I never knew it's ratings were that high. This is all interesting to me, maybe this is why they decided to have a mid season finale. I just never used to rate WD as highly as some other series out there, like Dexter or Breaking Bad.
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