“BATTLESTAR” AND “DRESDEN” LEAD SCI FI TO SUNDAY VICTORY
New York, NY — In the face of the AFC Championship game – the highest-rated program since last year’s Super Bowl — SCI FI delivered a decisive victory on Sunday, January 21, with the series debut of “The Dresden Files” and the midseason premiere of its Peabody Award-winning “Battlestar Galactica.”
With a 1.4 HH rating and 1.7 million viewers P2+, 882,000 viewers P18-49 and one million P25-54s, “The Dresden Files” at 9PM delivered huge double-digit increases over the Channel’s time period average. Viewership skyrocketed +34% in HH ratings, +59% in P18-49s and +44% in P25-54s. The series premiere grew on its lead-in (“Final Destination”) by +84% in P18-49s and +132% in P25-54s. Skewing 51% female, ‘Dresden’ improved the four-week time period average by +86% among women 18-49, and +68% among women 25-54.
Delivering a 1.4 HH rating, 1.8 million viewers P2+, 1.3 million P18-49 and 1.3 million P25-54s, “Battlestar Galactica,” moving to its new Sunday timeslot, was the #1 basic cable entertainment program for the day among P18-49 and P25-54. The series grew +60% in P18-49 and +18% in P25-54 compared to its midseason finale on December 15, 2006. This was SCI FI’s best Sunday at 10PM performance since the June 2003 showing of the blockbuster film “Terminator 2: Judgment Day.”
‘Battlestar’s’ move to Sundays delivered an astounding increase female viewers, with a +68% jump among F18-49 and +31% among F25-54 over the series’ midseason finale on December 15, 2006.
From 9-11PM, the SCI FI Channel ranked #1 in cable for P18-49s with a 1.3 average HH rating and 1.7 million viewers P2+. This is SCI FI’s best P18-49 performance in the Sunday 9-11PM time period since May 2005 when it aired Steven Spielberg’s “Jurassic Park. “
Next week will be more telling for Dresden, I think.
WOW! A 1.4 RATING GOT STARGATE CANCELLED BUT THEY BRAG ABOUT IT FOR THEIR BATTLESOAP CRAPTICA. JOE MURPHY RULES
Managed to get Dresden over here in Korea via “alternate means”. It’s OK so far and I’ll watch it until it gets canceled, but it doesn’t hold a candle to BSG. I can see why they paired the two.
Yes, but it was a 1.4 rating against one of the most watched AFC Championship games in recent history. “SG-1” got those numbers against “Close to Home”.
Dugg!
Yeah, Stargate had no real competition. BSG was up against the highest rated TV program since the last superbowl. And week two ratings shot up above 2 million viewers. Scifi is happy that Sunday is not a no-mans-land anymore.
And besides, Stargate is such a fluffy show riddled with too much crap for the good aspects to outweigh. BSG is critical acclaim gold.