'Intruders’ Scares Up 1.2 Million Viewers

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BBC America’s thriller Intruders drew 1.22 million (Live +3-day) viewers in its Aug. 23 premiere, said network officials.

The series, based on British novelist Michael Marshall Smith’s The Intruders and produced by BBC Worldwide Productions, earned the network’s biggest premiere during its Supernatural Saturday block of original shows in Live +3-day Nielsen ratings.

Overall the series drew 796,000 total viewers in its initial premiere run and 352,000 adults 25-54, on par with the season one premiere of Orphan Black, said the network.

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R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.