AMC's Big TV Ratings Night: 'Better Call Saul' and 'Walking Dead' Set Nielsen Records

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Better Call Saul, the long-awaited prequel spinoff to AMC’s Breaking Bad, set a ratings record on Sunday as the m0st-watched series premiere in cable history in a key demographic, while The Walking Dead mid-season premiere continued its ratings dominance as the most-watched regularly scheduled show of 2015.
In the 10 pm time slot, Better Call Saul drew 4.4 million adults in the 18-49 demographic and 4.0 million adults 25-54 demographic, a record for a cable premiere according to AMC. The second episode of BCS aired on Monday night, the show’s regular time slot, as the network hopes to open another night of original programming. Breaking Bad, like The Walking Dead and Mad Men, was broadast on Sunday.
The previous record for a cable debut in this demographic was held by Deadwood, which drew 3.7 million viewers among the 18-49s when it debuted on March 21, 2004. The all time record for a cable debut is held by The Closer which drew 7.03 million viewers. Breaking Bad started very slowly when
In perhaps most relevant comparison, Better Call Saul performed much better than the last AMC premiere broadcast after The Walking Dead. In February 2011, Hell on Wheels attracted only 2.39 million viewers in the 18-49 demo.
The Walking Dead’s Episode 509 delivered 15.6 million total viewers and 10.1 million adults 18-49. Only the post Super Bowl episode of NBC’s The Blacklist drew more viewers among scripted shoes. The Walking Dead remains the #1 show in all of television among adults 18-49, and the network expects that the episode will top 20 million viewers once time-shifted viewings are added in.
Talking Dead, the recap/talk show hosted by Chris Hardwick that airs after The Walking Dead, continues to be a sleeper hit for the network. The show delivered 2.8 mllion viewers and 1.9 million adults in the 18-49 demographic. The low-budget show, which normally follows immediately after The Walking Dead, aired instead at 11:15 after Better Call Saul. The mid-season premiere featured Chad L. Coleman, who plays Tyreese, and executive producer Greg Nicotero, who also directed Sunday’s episode
 

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