"Fear the Walking Dead's" premiere ratings are in and "The Walking Dead" companion series was a big hit for AMC.
According to ratings numbers released by the network on Monday, "Fear" drew in 10.1 million live/same day viewers, with 6.3 million in the advertiser-friendly 18-49 demo.
Its big numbers have made "Fear" the No. 1 series premiere in cable history in total viewers, and key demos, per AMC.
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"Thank you and congratulations to Robert Kirkman, Dave Erickson, the brilliant executive producers and the entire cast and crew of ‘Fear the Walking Dead,'" AMC and SundanceTV President Charlie Collier said in a statement. "It is increasingly difficult to evaluate a show's success on night one. However, we are releasing these live/same day ratings because 'Fear the Walking Dead' delivered record-breaking numbers that are all the more special in this era of time-shifted viewing and audience fragmentation. To have a companion series to the #1 show on television driving communal, urgent viewing, social activity and pop cultural relevance of this magnitude is truly differentiating. Of course none of it is possible without the fans, whose passion leads to these remarkable results."
"Fear the Walking Dead," starring Frank Dillane, Cliff Curtis, Kim Dickens and Alycia Debnam-Carey, airs Sundays at 9 PM ET/PT on AMC.
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