‘Breaking Bad’ Returns to Huge Numbers

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As AMC’s critically acclaimed drama series Breaking Bad heads into its final episodes, the show is posting the biggest numbers of its run. The first of the final eight episodes attracted 5.9 million viewers making it the most-watched episode in the show’s history. The return of Breaking Bad also generated almost 760,000 Tweets during its premiere airing.

AMC’s new show Low Winter Sun also premiered to decent numbers, and the return of the network’s Hell on Wheels was seen by 2.5 million viewers which is up 2% over season two.

“We are so pleased and gratified by viewer response to a historic four-premiere weekend on AMC,” stated AMC’s president and general manager, Charlie Collier. “For Breaking Bad to continue to deliver record-setting ratings in its fifth and final season is remarkable. Our new series, Low Winter Sun, is off to a strong start, and we have successfully launched another after-show in Talking Bad, which will super-serve Breaking Bad fans all the way through these final episodes.

Saturday, we also launched another night of original programming on AMC with Hell on Wheels, doubling our prime time average on Saturday nights, even before time shifting, and delivering the network’s highest Saturday night rating all year.”