The Walking Dead Season 2 Premiere Ate Through Previous Basic Cable Drama Ratings
The season 1 premiere of The Walking Dead brought in 2.7 million views on the initial showing with nearly double that with the second. How did the first 2 showings of The Walking Dead season 2 stack up? How about by having 7.3 MILLION TOTAL VIEWERS! This tore through a record that was set almost 10 years ago. Unfortunately it doesn’t let us know what the record was from but regardless, Go The Walking Dead!
I heard a few people complain about slow pacing int he first episode of season 2. However, I have to say that the highway scene was spectacular and the final ‘shot’ was just amazing. I honestly felt they were leading us to another moment at the end of the episode with the 3 characters there, until they showed the deer.
I instantly knew where that was going to lead. At any rate I’m rambling. Season 2 smashed through previous small box ratings and television has once more been happily infected by walkers.
From the press release:
New York – October 17, 2011 – Last night’s season two premiere of AMC’s original series, “The Walking Dead†delivered the strongest telecast for any drama in basic cable history. The season two premiere delivered 4.8 million Adults 18-49 and 4.2 million Adults 25-54 shattering a basic cable record set nearly 10 years ago for a single drama telecast. The program delivered a 4.8 HH rating netting 7.3 million total viewers. These results represent a 36% and 38% increase respectively over season one’s series average on AMC. Season one’s series average delivered the most A18-49 viewers for a drama in basic cable history.
