AMC’s new series Rubicon, scored by duotone’s Peter Nashel, became the network’s highest-rated AND most-watched original series premiere EVER, attracting 2 million viewers. For comparison, Mad Men averaged 900,000 viewers and Breaking Bad 1.2 million viewers their first seasons. ”AMC is now three for three with our original series,” said Charlie Collier, president and GM of AMC. Rubicon, which moves to its regular Sunday 9 PM time slot next week, had already been sampled by 4.6 million viewers via the network’s sneak peek on-air as well as on VOD, iTunes, and Hulu.
http://www.deadline.com/2010/08/ratings-rat-race-solid-start-for-rubicon/
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