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| Gabriel Stokes (Seth Gilliam) in The Walking Dead. Photo by Gene Page/AMC |
AMC's
The Walking Dead ended the first half of its fifth season last night with a mid-season finale that delivered 14.8 million viewers and 9.6 million adults 18-49, up 23% and 24%, respectively, over last season's corresponding episode. The first eight episodes to date versus
The Walking Dead fall season of 2013 are up an average of 12% among all viewers and 13% among adults 18-49.
The Walking Dead is the #1 show in all of television among adults 18-49, including the NFL, which had held top honors since 2007. In eight episodes so far this season,
The Walking Dead has beaten
Sunday Night Football five times in adults 18-49, live/same day, a winning percentage of .625 over pro football. The first eight episodes of
The Walking Dead season five delivered an average of 14.6 million viewers and 9.5 million adults 18-49, outpacing everything else on television this season.
Also last night, the
Talking Dead aftershow delivered the highest-rated mid-season finale in series history, with 6.6 million viewers and 4.2 million adults 18-49. Each week,
Talking Dead features host Chris Hardwick and fans, actors, producers and other TV enthusiasts discussing that night's
The Walking Dead premiere. The mid-season finale featured Robert Kirkman, Emily Kinney (Beth) and Keegan-Michael Key.
