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Big Three-Day Lift For 'Bastard Executioner'

MCN Staff — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 00:15:00 +0000

FX said The Bastard Executioner, the medieval action drama that premiered on Tuesday, Sept. 15, added 71% to its audience from live plus same day to live plus three days viewing. The Live+3 total climbed to 3.61 million total viewers and 1.79 million viewers ages 18-49, which ranks behind only AMC's Better Call Saul (the Breaking Bad prequel) and Fear The Walking Dead (a The Walking Dead companion) for cable series premieres this year to date in terms of total viewers and 18-49s among non-news, sports and other program categories.

FX series typically do well in Live+3 lift. But TBX was second only to Fargo among FX series in terms of the Live+3 bounce. Fargo's audience rose an average 74%. The second season of Fargo will premiere on Monday, Oct. 12. The second TBX episode premieres tomorrow night at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

'Million Dollar Listing NY’ Return Tops Franchise History

Romero Ariana — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 21:30:00 +0000

The season four return of Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing New York was the highest-rated premiere ever for the multi-city franchise, with 1.6 million total viewers tuning in.

The Gotham group of real estate agents generated a 9% uptick from their season 3 premiere, according to Nielsen live+3 data.

In the adults 18-49 demo, the premiere notched a 4% increase to 824,000 viewers from the last season debut.

Million Dollar Listing San Francisco, the newest installment in thefranchise, bows Wednesday, July 8.

‘Sons of Anarchy’ Stands as FX's Most-Viewed Program

Jaclyn Tuman — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 19:30:00 +0000

The final season ride of Sons of Anarchy began with the biggest telecast in FX history.

The biker drama, after drawing 6.2 million total viewers on Sept. 9 for its 10 p.m. premiere on a live+ same-day basis, added some 3 million watchers on a live+3-day gauge to push the total count to 9.25 million. FX said that is most any single telecast has drawn in network history, including live+7 delivery.

Adding in encores, Sons of Anarchy scored 10.62 million viewers, including 6.92 million watchers ages 18-to-49 on a live+3 basis.

Year to date, the show ranks as cable’s number two scripted series, behind The Walking Dead and ahead of Game of Thrones, as seventh-season premier posted more than a 33% gain in viewers over the show's sixth season average, and 11% over last season's debut.

The after-show, follow-up, Anarchy Afterword, featuring host Chris Franjola and guests Kurt Sutter, Charlie Hunnam and Katey Sagal, aired for the first time live in its entirety on FX (from 11:50 p.m.-12:30 a.m) and delivered 3.98 million total viewers and 2.59 million adults 18 to 49, making it the fourth-ranked program of the day in the demo.

Anarchy Afterword dates are:

September 30 (After Episode Four) – Online and FX

October 21 (After Episode Seven) – Online and FX

December 2 (After Episode 12) – Online and FX

December 9 (After Series Finale) – Live on FX