"Breaking Bad" Hit Another Ratings High Last Night
Despite competing against the Emmys, Sunday Night Football's broadcast of the Bears/Steelers game, and Showtime's Dexterseries finalelast night, Breaking Badmanaged to hit another series high in the ratings last night: According to The Hollywood Reporter, the AMCseries pulled in a record 6.6 million viewers last night, which is about 300,000 more than last week's episode, "Ozymandias."
The breakdown of the ratings was even more impressive. In the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic, the episode pulled in a record 4 Discount Air Jordan.3 million viewers, and in the 25-45 demo, about 3.7 million viewers Cheap 11prosoccercleatsFor some context to show how impressive this is: The penultimate episode in last year's half-season, "Say My Name," only pulled in 2.98 viewers total 2013 Nike Free Running Shoes. Basically, the audience has grown by over 3 million viewers in the past year, and, with the series finale set to air next week, is poised to rise one more time before the show ends.
In addition to topping itself in the ratings, Breaking Badalso took home its first Emmy for best drama series last night, and star Anna Gunn won in the best supporting actress category.
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