'Fear the Walking Dead' Breaks Record for Most Watched Series Premiere in Cable History

'Fear the Walking Dead' makes cable history with its very popular series premiere.

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The evil geniuses behind The Walking Dead and its brand new sister series, Fear the Walking Dead, are killing it. With its 90-minute pilot episode, Fear the Walking Dead shattered records and officially had the most watched series premiere in cable history, with a whopping 10.1 million viewers tuning in to watch the start of the zombie apocalypse. Talk about a cult following.

FTWD also scored number 1 in all key demos, TVByTheNumbers reports; the show brought in 6.3 million viewers in 18-to-49 adults, the holy grail of TV demographics. So if there were any doubt over whether audiences would take to FTWD​ the way they did with its predecessor, things are looking pretty good. AMC, for one, is very happy.

From TVByTheNumbers:

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Hope you DVR'd this one. 

[via TVByTheNumbers]

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