'The Walking Dead' returns to record ratings
Mid-season premiere the AMC zombie drama's most-watched episode
Laurie Holden and "The Walking Dead" returned to its biggest audience ever last night.
Are you a fan of The Walking Dead?
Sign up to get the latest updates instantly.
"The Walking Dead" is adding viewers even more rapidly than it loses executive producers. Last night's mid-season premiere of the AMC zombie drama (starting the final stretch of episodes with Glen Mazzara as showrunner) premiered to 12.3 million viewers, the show's biggest audience ever — bigger than the 10.9 million audience for the season premiere back in the fall.
Of that audience, 7.7 million viewers were in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 year-old demographic, making the hour the highest-rated series episode in basic cable history by that measurement. On average, "The Walking Dead" has been the highest-rated entertainment series in all of television in that demo this season, outrating "Modern Family," "The Big Bang Theory," "NCIS," etc.
When you add up encore viewings on Sunday night, the total viewer number jumps to 16.6 million.
News From Our Partners
-
Beyonce Pregnant Again? Sources Confirm 'Epic' Star Is Carrying Baby No. 2
'Hangover 3' Red Band Trailer: Take a Walk Down a NSFW Memory Lane (VIDEO)
Why 'Man of Steel' Didn't Use 'Superman' in the Title
-
Cannes Film Festival: Cannes 2013, Day Three: Cheers for the young stars of The Selfish Giant, jeers for the new films by Hirokazu Kore-eda and Arnaud Desplechin
Hear This: Destroy This Place shows how press releases can get it right
Watch This: With Beavis And Butt-head Do America, Mike Judge skewered the idiocy of cinematic adventures
-
'Anchorman 2′ Teaser: Stay Classy, Fat Face!
Team Fortress 2′s Robotic Boogaloo Community Update Adds Even More Hats
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D to Launch with L.A. Zoo's Party Animals
-
Can You Guess Which Celebrity Lives in This Mansion?
Macklemore + Ryan Lewis Cover Billboard, Recall the Glory Days of Drugs, Myspace + More
Lady Gaga Wears Sky High Heels to Versace Party [Pic]
-
The Telefile - The Most Heinous Person on Reality TV This Week
The Telefile - Modern Family: The Best Lines of the Night
The Telefile - Fall TV 2013: What's On When
-
What to Watch This Weekend: The Season Finales of Nikita, Doctor Who, The Simpsons, and Family Guy
The Office Series Finale Review: That'll Do, Show. That'll Do.
Syfy Renews Warehouse 13 for a Fifth and Final Season
-
The Future Of Olivia And Fitz, And More Season 3 Scoop
SPOILER ALERT: What's Ahead In 'Nikita' Season 4?
Google Glass Does Porn
-
How Far Will 'Star Trek Into Darkness' Boldly Go At Box Office?
'Star Trek Into Darkness': The Secret Behind The Mystery Villain
'Pacific Rim' Trailer Surfaces: Watch Now!
Comments
Option 1
Comment instantly as a guest GuestOption 2
Option 3
Login or create a HitFix account Login SignupTeklanika
February 11, 2013 at 4:51PM EST Reply to CommentWith ratings like these, you'd think they would be able to keep a showrunner!
Can't help but wonder how many times they can change showrunners and still be a good show. Thie luck is bound to run out.