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[09/12/17 - 01:00 PM]
"American Horror Story: Cult" Premiere Ratings - 9.01 Million Total Viewers to Date Across Linear and Non-Linear Platforms
FX further spins the numbers for Tuesday, September 5.
[via press release from FX]

American Horror Story: Cult Premiere Ratings

9.01 Million Total Viewers To Date Across Linear and Non-Linear Platforms

Seventh Installment of AHS Debuts as The Second Most-Watched Basic Cable Entertainment Program in 2017

LOS ANGELES, September 12, 2017 - American Horror Story: Cult, the groundbreaking and award-winning anthology series from Co-Creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, drew 4.56 million Adults 18-49 and 6.91 million Total Viewers for its premiere telecast (Tuesday, September 5, 10 PM-11:07 PM) on a Live+3 basis. Including two encore telecasts and all non-linear data currently available, AHS: Cult premiered to 9.01 million Total Viewers.

The premiere of AHS: Cult is the second most-watched basic cable entertainment program of 2017 year-to-date in both Adults 18-49 and Total Viewers - behind only The Walking Dead (AMC).

The premiere of AHS: Cult was also more time-shifted than any previous AHS premiere in both Adults 18-49 (+75% Live+Same Day to Live+3) and Total Viewers (+76% Live+Same Day to Live+3).

On the night of its premiere in Live+3, AHS: Cult ranked as the most-watched program on television in Adults 18-49 (4.56 million) and Adults 18-34 (2.56 million), the second most-watched in Adults 25-54 (3.91 million), and the third most-watched in Total Viewers (6.91 million).

American Horror Story: Cult returns to FX tonight, Tuesday, September 12, at 10 PM ET/PT with episode 2 - "Don't Be Afraid of The Dark." Written by Tim Minear; Directed by Liza Johnson

ABOUT FX

FX is the flagship general entertainment basic cable channel of FX Networks, a business unit of 21st Century Fox. FX Networks is comprised of FX, FXM and FXX. Launched in June of 1994, FX is carried in 90 million homes. The diverse schedule features a growing roster of critically-acclaimed and award-winning hit dramas series, including The Americans, The Strain, Taboo, Legion and Snowfall; the critically-acclaimed limited series American Horror Story, Fargo, American Crime Story, FEUD: Bette and Joan and the upcoming Trust; and acclaimed hit comedy series including the award-winning Louie, Baskets, Better Things and Atlanta. FX is the former home of the critically-acclaimed and award-winning hit drama series The Shield, Nip/Tuck, Rescue Me, Damages, Sons of Anarchy and Justified. The network's library of acquired box-office hit movies is unmatched by any ad-supported television network.





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