New Cable Series Hope to Rise in Fall

摘要

The highest-rated show on television last fall was on a network that, just eight years ago, had never aired original-series programming. AMC's The Walking Dead averaged a 9.6 Nielsen live-plus-seven rating among adults 18-49 in the fourth quarter of 2013. Last fall's highest rated broadcast series, CBS' The Big Bang Theory, averaged a 7.6-21% less than The Walking Dead, which ended 2013-14 as the No. 1 show on television for the second straight season. "I don't think the 18-49 viewers distinguish between cable and broadcast the way they used to," said AMC president Charlie Collier.