non sports related numbers
Opposite NBC’s Sunday Night Football and an NFL overrun-boosted Fox, ABC beat its non-sports competition on Sunday night by 25% in Adults 18-49 (CBS = 1.6/4).
ABC’s season premieres of “Once Upon a Time” (2.6/7) and “Revenge” (2.4/6) opened as Sunday’s top-rated broadcast dramas in Adults 18-49, leading by strong margins over CBS’ season openers of “The Good Wife” (1.5/3) and “The Mentalist” (1.6/4).
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“Once Upon a Time” (8:00-9:00 p.m. – 8.5 million and 2.6/7 in AD18-49)
Building sharply on its lead-in at 8:00 p.m., ABC’s season opener of “Once Upon a Time” was the ?No. 1 entertainment program in the 8 o’clock hour in Adults 18-49, leading season premieres of CBS’ “Amazing Race” (+30% – 2.0/6) and Fox’s NFL-led comedies (+4% – 2.5/7 for “The Simpsons”/”Bob’s Burgers”).
The ABC drama was the No. 1 most social broadcast series of the evening with 136,627 tweets, the highest number ever for the show.
Topping its May finale (+13% – 2.3/7),
“Once Upon a Time” was also up 13% from its Jan-May average for originals in Adults 18-49 (Jan 6-May 12 L+SD originals = 2.3/6).
In Total Viewers and Adults 18-49, “Once Upon a Time” earned its highest numbers since January – since 1/6/13 and 1/13/13, respectively.
NOW IF WE CAN JUST KEEP THE NUMBERS THIS HIGH
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FYI…. OUaT should be ready for syndication this year… that is a BIG MONEY MAKER for Disney.