

Ratings
Ratings: AHS Renewed for Season 5, Walking Dead Sets Record With Premiere
Two shows really killing it (no pun intended) in ratings– American Horror Story: Freakshow and The Walking Dead!
Wednesday’s Freakshow premiere drew in 6.1 million viewer, with a 3.1 rating in the 18-49 demographic. Both highs for the franchise.
With 3+ ratings included, the premiere garnered 10 million total viewers, making it the most watched premiere in FX history!
Last year’s Coven premiere debuted to 7.27 million, so this season is already up 38%.
And that’s not even the most exciting part. The success of season 4 prompted FX to renew AHS for a fifth installment due October 2015. Honestly, can you imagine Halloween month without Ryan Murphy’s creepiness?
The always sneaky co-creator told EW he’s already planted clues for next seasons theme, in the first two episodes of Freakshow. Has anyone spotted anything that gives yet?
The Walking Dead is shattering cable ratings.
Aside from blood, gut and gore, the season 5 premiere also drew over 17 million zombie-loving viewers! It was the shows best performance to date.
11 million of those viewers were in the key 18-49 demographic.
Shows have been struggling to keep live viewers, so this is a huge feat for a show.
The zombie-drama even beat NBC’s Sunday Night Football and Fox’s NFL, which usually attracts the widest live audience, for obvious reasons.
The Walking Dead obviously had no problem.
AMC President Charlie Collier issued a celebratory statement writing, The Walking Dead is one of those increasingly rare shows today that can command a live audience not significantly cannibalized by time-shifted viewing,” Collier”
The cable network projects that the episode will exceed 22-million viewers, when DVR viewership is included.
Viewership has risen by a lot since the series first premiered on Halloween four years ago. Back then, the premiere only score 5.3 million viewers, which was still good, and still a record for AMC at the time.
The season 5 premiere brought in almost 2 more million viewers than last years finale.
The episode is ranked as TV’s most popular telecast ever, beating out the previous record holder- Disney Channel’s High School Musical 2.
Ratings
Ratings Tuesday: The Flash Steady, Supernatural Down, Dancing With the Star Finale Season High
NBC
- Marry Me dropped 27% to a 1.1 rating with 3.75 million viewers.
- The Voice fell 15% from last weeks 2.7, hitting a series low of 2.3 with 9.18 million.
- About A Boy slipped 23% from a 1.3 to a 1.0 and 3.10 million.
- Chicago Fire fell by 26% from a 2.1 rating to a 1.6 with 5.96 million.
CBS
- NCIS down 8% to a 2.4 rating with 15.69 million.
- NCIS: New Orleans held steady at a 2.3 drawing in 14.20 million.
- Person of Interest ticked up 6% to a 1.7 and 8.86 million viewers.
ABC
- The Dancing with the Stars finale brought in a season high rating of 2.9– an increase of 16% from last weeks episode and 21% increase from last years finale, with 15.84 million viewers.
FOX
- New Girl lowered 7% to a 1.3 rating with 2.77 million.
- The Mindy Project remained at a 1.1 rating bringing in 2.34 million.
- Masterchef Junior also steady at 1.5 with a 4.04 million.
THE CW
- The Flash held steady at a 1.4 rating with 3.41 million viewers, while Supernatural ticked down 10% to a 0.9 with 2.29 million.
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Ratings
Ratings Monday: The Originals, State of Affairs and Sleepy Hollow Drop

CBS and NBC were both preempted in big markets- New York, Buffalo, New Orleans and Buffalo, so ratings are subject to change.
Live coverage of breaking news from Ferguson, Mo. about the juries decision not to indict Darren Wilson in the deadly shooting of Michael Brown also interrupted many programs in multiple markets.
ABC
- Dancing With the Stars rose 4% from last weeks episode to a 2.4 with 14.80 million. It saw a 9% increase from last falls finale. UPDATE: Dancing lifted a tenth to a 2.5 and 14.87 million.
- Castle scored a 2.0, up by 11% with 10.92 million. UPDATE: Castle adjusted down 3 tenths to a 1.7 and 9.55 million.
NBC
- The Voice dropped a tenth to a 3.0 with 10.18 million. UPDATE: In adjustments, The Voice fell another tenth to a 2.6 and 9.60 million.
- State of Affairs saw a dramatic decline from a 2.2 to a 1.7, falling 23% from it’s premiere. It drew in 6.35 million. UPDATE: State of Affairs slipped two tenths more, with a 1.5 and 5.7 million.
CBS
- Scorpion was up 15% to a 2.3 with 10.20 million. UPDATE: Scorpion fell adjusted down to a 1.9 and 9.28 million.
- NCIS: Los Angeles fell 12% to a 1.5 bringing in 8.67 million.
- 2 Broke Girls lifted 5% to a 2.2 with 8.52 million viewers. UPDATE: 2 Broke Girls saw an adjustment of six-tenths with 1.6 and 6.85 million.
FOX
- Gotham finished solid, holding steady at a 2.3 rating with 6 million viewers.
- Sleepy Hollow’s part 1 of a 2 part finale dropped 13% from a 1.6 to a 1.4 drawing in 4.25 million.
CW
- The Originals fell once again, dropping from a 0.7 to a 0.6 with 1.27 million.
- Jane the Virgin continued at a 0.4 rating with 1.05 million viewers.
Ratings
Ratings Sunday: AMA’s Down, FOX Ratings Plummet
NBC’s ratings are likely to change due to Football coverage.
Also, CBS was delayed in Eastern and Central zones because of delayed NFL football.
Sunday Night Football Cowboys vs. Giants was up 15% to a 7.1 rating with with 19.55 million viewers.
CBS’s NFL Football scored a 7.3 rating with 25.80 million viewers.
Madam Secretary jumped 20% to a 1.8 and 12.57 million.
CSI held steady with a 1.3 rating drawing in 8.50 million viewers.
The Good Wife saw an increase of 8% with a 1.4 rating and 10.14 million.
FOX had a rough Sunday night, with shows showing a decrease in viewers by nearly 30-40%.
Mulaney dropped 22% from a 0.9 to a 0.7 with 1.64 million. Still waiting on that cancellation notice here.
The Simpsons fell a whopping 30% from 3.0 to a 1.6 with 3.49 million viewers.
Bob Burgers dropped 47% from a 1.7 to a 0.9 bringing in 1.92 million.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine also down 32% from a 2.2 to a 1.5 and 3.02 million.
ABC’s annual American Music Awards saw a 16% decreased in viewers from last year, scoring a 3.8 down from 4.5 with 11.55 million viewers.
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