For all the billions TV networks lavish on live sports, an AMC series about the undead outdrew NBC’s Sunday Night Football, and an FX program about sideshow freaks topped the Major League Baseball playoffs. The season premiere of the The Walking Dead broke its own record on Oct. 12, drawing the largest audience of any drama in cable TV history. The show attracted 17.3 million total viewers and 11 million in the younger, 18-to-49-year-old demo.
Exclusives
AMC’s The Walking Dead will be part of the MyNetworkTV programming slate starting this fall. MNT plans to air two episodes from past seasons of the popular show one night per week.
It may be too much to say Sunday was the night cable overtook broadcast TV for good — as some media have claimed — but it sure felt that way Monday. It’s not like broadcasters have never competed on Sunday against numbers like the 10.3 million Breaking Bad attracted in its series finale — HBO’s The Sopranos used to log those crowds on a weekly basis. But broadcasters definitely did not anticipate the media hysteria over the Breaking Bad wrapup, to which they had contributed mightily — most recently in the form of a big fat plug on NBC’s highly hyped Saturday Night Live season debut the very night before BB‘s swan song.
AMC’s Breaking Bad, one week after picking up the top Emmy drama prize, capped its meteoric ratings rise Sunday by surging to series highs in its finale — despite facing formidable season premieres on ABC, CBS, Fox and Showtime.
NEW YORK (AP) — AMC is calling Saul Goodman for a spinoff of the network’s drama series “Breaking Bad.” AMC and Sony Pictures Television on Wednesday confirmed the long-discussed spinoff, […]
USA, AMC Seeking Upfront Price Increases
The networks, citing strong shows like Modern Family and The Walking Dead, don’t want to begin talks with last year’s prices.
AMC Gains Nearly 17% In Ad Revenue In 4Q
NEW YORK (AP) – The zombies keep getting stronger. AMC’s hit “The Walking Dead” set a series record Sunday night with 12.3 million viewers. The show was returning from a […]
NEW YORK (AP) — AMC says “Mad Men” will return for its new season on April 7. AMC announced Wednesday that the two-hour premiere kicks off the acclaimed drama series’ […]
