Bumper ratings for The Walking Dead finale
The Walking Dead ending its highest-rated season with 15.8m viewers, a record for a TWD finale.
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The Walking Dead finale drew big numbers in the USA, ending its highest-rated season with 15.8m viewers, a record for a TWD finale.
According to preliminary Nielsen estimates, the fiasle averaged an 8.2 rating in adults 18-49 — up about 3% on 2014.
It was the second highest demo rating (tied with its season 4 premiere and behind only the season 5 premiere) and the third largest overall viewership total in the show’s 70-episode history.
Variety notes that Empire, the hottest new show of this season, wrapped earlier this month with a lower demo rating (6.9) but more total viewers (17.62 million). That makes TWD US television season’s No. 1-rated entertainment series in 18-49.
In Australia it pulled 69,000 and 67,000 in two separate screenings, the highest-rated non-sports show on Foxtel yesterday.
It returns to FX in October.
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We have to wait to Rocktober… damn, after the footy season
I’m glad somebody other than me remembers Rocktober.
For me it wasn’t a gripping finale, but I do like where the show is going. It badly needed to evolve past wandering across the country killing zombies and the new character looks interesting, so I’m definately looking forward to Season 6.