‘Storage Wars' Draws Nearly 5 Million Viewers For Season Premiere

By R. Thomas Umstead
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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A&E's reality series Storage Wars packed in 4.7 million viewers in its third season premiere Tuesday night, network officials announced Wednesday.

The series'  10 p.m. premiere episode on June 5 was above the 4.5 million viewers the series averaged in its 10 p.m. sophomore season premiere episode last July, said network officials. Tuesday's premiere also drew 2.6 million adults 25-54 and 2.4 million adults 18-49, said the network.

A 10:30 original episode of Storage Wars performed even better, averaging 5 million viewers, slightly below the 10:30 episode of Storage Wars' sophomore season premiere night which drew 5.1 million viewers - the biggest audience ever for the series, the network said.

Tuesday's 10:30 episode also drew 2.7 million adults 25-54 and 2.5 million adults 18-49, said the network.

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.