The Walking Dead Is Most Viewed Telecast In Q2 2017
The Walking Dead remains on top of cable by a considerable margin. The Season 7 finale of the [...]
The Walking Dead remains on top of cable by a considerable margin. The Season 7 finale of the popular AMC series landed at the top of Q2's numbers for 2017.
With over 16 million viewers when counting the Live+7 numbers, The Walking Dead sits far ahead of its closest competition which aired four days prior: Fixer Upper and its 5.21 million viewers. Sitting in third place is Fear the Walking Dead's Season 3 premiere which has netted 5.07 million viewers.
The numbers from Q2, coming from Nielsen data, is all good for AMC. The network has the most telecasts in the Top 50 for the quarter with 15 between its The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead, Into the Badlands, and Better Call Saul titles. The Walking Dead managed to dominate the numbers with only one episode airing during the quarter, despite a considerable drop in ratings during a grim seventh season.
Here are the numbers, as originally reported by Variety, spanning from March 27, 2017 through June 25, 2017, included Live +7 blended with Live +3 numbers.
| Top 50 Cable Telecasts for Q2 2017 | |||||
| PROGRAM | DATE | NET | TOTAL VIEWERS | ||
| 1. The Walking Dead | 4/2/2017 | AMC | 16.41m | ||
| 2. Fixer Upper | 3/28/2017 | HGTV | 5.21m | ||
| 3. Fear the Walking Dead | 6/4/2017 | AMC | 5.07m | ||
| 4. Major Crimes | 4/12/2017 | TNT | 5.01m | ||
| 5. Hannity | 4/6/2017 | Fox News | 4.90m | ||
| 6. Major Crimes | 3/29/2017 | TNT | 4.66m | ||
| 7. Fear the Walking Dead | 6/4/2017 | AMC | 4.63m | ||
| 8. Shepard Smith Reporting | 4/6/2017 | Fox News | 4.57m | ||
| 9. Street Outlaws | 3/27/2017 | Discovery | 4.52m | ||
| 10. Into the Badlands | 4/2/2017 | AMC | 4.50m | ||
| 11. WWE Monday Night Raw (9 p.m.) | 4/3/2017 | USA | 4.40m | ||
| 12. Major Crimes | 4/5/2017 | TNT | 4.31m | ||
| 13. Casey Anthony: An American Murder Mystery | 4/9/2017 | ID | 4.25m | ||
| 14. Real Houswives of Atlanta | 5/7/2017 | Bravo | 4.24m | ||
| 14. WWE Monday Night Raw (8 p.m) | 4/3/2017 | USA | 4.24m | ||
| 16. Fear the Walking Dead | 6/11/2017 | AMC | 4.22m | ||
| 17. Better Call Saul | 5/22/2017 | AMC | 4.20m | ||
| 18. Better Call Saul | 5/15/2017 | AMC | 4.18m | ||
| 19. Better Call Saul | 5/8/2017 | AMC | 4.16m | ||
| 20. WWE Monday Night Raw (10 p.m.) | 4/3/2017 | USA | 4.12m | ||
| 21. Love & Hip Hop Atlanta | 3/27/2017 | VH1 | 4.09m | ||
| 22. Better Call Saul | 6/5/2017 | AMC | 4.08m | ||
| 23. Better Call Saul | 4/10/2017 | AMC | 4.06m | ||
| 24. WWE Monday Night Raw (9 p.m.) | 4/10/2017 | USA | 4.05m | ||
| 25. Better Call Saul | 4/24/2017 | AMC | 4.00m | ||
| 26. Love & Hip Hop Atlanta | 4/2/2017 | VH1 | 3.94m | ||
| 27. Better Call Saul | 5/1/2017 | AMC | 3.93m | ||
| 28. The O'Reilly Factor | 4/7/2017 | Fox News | 3.92m | ||
| 29. Real Housewives of Atlanta | 4/23/2017 | Bravo | 3.89m | ||
| 30. Talking Dead | 4/2/2017 | AMC | 3.88m | ||
| 31. WWE Monday Night Raw (9 p.m.) | 3/27/2017 | USA | 3.87m | ||
| 32. BET Awards | 6/25/2017 | BET | 3.83m | ||
| 33. WWE Monday Night Raw (9 p.m.) | 4/17/2017 | USA | 3.82m | ||
| 33. The O'Reilly Factor | 4/4/2017 | Fox News | 3.82m | ||
| 35. Real Housewives of Atlanta | 4/16/2017 | Bravo | 3.81m | ||
| 35. WWE Monday Night Raw (8 p.m.) | 4/10/2017 | USA | 3.81m | ||
| 37. Casey Anthony: An American Murder Mystery | 4/11/2017 | ID | 3.79m | ||
| 38. Love & Hip Hop Atlanta | 4/24/2017 | VH1 | 3.78m | ||
| 38. The O'Reilly Factor | 4/10/2017 | Fox News | 3.78m | ||
| 38. WWE Monday Night Raw (10 p.m.) | 4/10/2017 | USA | 3.78m | ||
| 41. Better Call Saul | 4/17/2017 | AMC | 3.76m | ||
| 41. Real Housewives of Atlanta | 4/30/2017 | Bravo | 3.76m | ||
| 43. Love & Hip Hop Atlanta | 4/3/2017 | VH1 | 3.73m | ||
| 43. The O'Reilly Factor | 4/6/2017 | Fox News | 3.73m | ||
| 45. Real Housewives of Atlanta | 4/9/2017 | Bravo | 3.72m | ||
| 45. Love & Hip Hop Atlanta | 4/10/2017 | VH1 | 3.72m | ||
| 47. WWE Monday Night Raw (8 p.m.) | 4/17/2017 | USA | 3.70m | ||
| 48. The O'Reilly Factor | 4/3/2017 | Fox News | 3.69m | ||
| 48. Love & Hip Hop Atlanta | 6/12/2017 | VH1 | 3.69m | ||
| 50. WWE Monday Night Raw (8 p.m) | 3/27/2017 | USA | 3.68m | ||
Behind AMC's top spot of 15 telecasts in the Top 50 is USA with 10, ahead of Fox News with seven, VH1 with six, Bravo's five, TNT's three, Investigation Discovery's two, and BET, Discovery, and HGTV with one each. Major sporting events are not including in the numbers above.
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