'Breaking Bad' Finale Crushes Its Own Ratings Record
Oct 1, 2013, 00:08 IST
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10.3 million tuned in to watch the end of AMC's hit series, according to numbers from Nielsen.
9 million people were anticipated to tune in to see the end of Walter White's run as meth kingpin Heisenberg.
AMC says that number is 300% times the viewership of the season 4 finale which had 1.9 million viewers.
The highest viewership for the series prior to this was 6.6 million viewers who had tuned into the series' penultimate episode.
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Over on Showtime, 1.9 million people tuned in to the "Homeland" season 3 premiere.
The "Breaking Bad" finale also beat numbers for ABC, CBS, and, FOX during the 9 p.m. slot.
Family Guy (FOX): 5.3 million viewersRevenge (ABC): 8 millionThe Amazing Race / The Good Wife (CBS): 8.9 million