EXCLUSIVE: ABC’s Thursday night drama series is on hiatus until the new year, but the network continues to see returns on fall premieres of 9-1-1, 9-1-1: Nashville And Grey’s Anatomy barely two months ago.
Over 35 days of viewing, all three titles ranked among the top 10 broadcast series in the 18-49 demo, according to Nielsen’s Big Data + Panel report. 9-1-1: Nashvillethe latest addition to the popular 9-1-1 franchise, presents itself as the new number 1 series in the demo.
The first of the series 9-1-1: Nashville garnered 19.29 million cross-platform viewers in 35 days, an increase of 414% from the show’s initial live and same-day audience of 3.75 million. That number includes encores, although excluding them the episode still has a solid total of 10.44 million viewers, which is . Among adults 18-49, the episode has a 2.15 rating.
In fact, excluding recalls, Nashville is on par with its predecessor, the flagship 9-1-1 series, which continues to garner a solid audience nine seasons later.
The season 9 premiere had 10.46 million cross-platform viewers and a 2.17 rating among adults 18-49 after 35 days. This represents a 148% increase from the same day’s audience of 4.22 million. The episode is up from the season 8 finale, which attracted 8.98 million viewers in the same period, although it is down from the previous season’s premiere, which approached 10 million viewers within seven days of broadcast.
Speaking of series that still last several seasons, Grey’s Anatomy There certainly takes the cake. The long-running medical drama returned for season 21 with a debut viewership that, while lower than the previous season’s premiere, is still quite strong, all things considered.
In 35 days, the season 21 premiere episode attracted 7.4 million cross-platform viewers, the best audience since the season 20 premiere, up 184% from 2.61 million live and same-day viewers.
All three dramas return with their midseason premieres on Thursday, January 8.
