Monday, September 17, 2012

'Downton Abbey' Season Three Debut on U.K.'s ITV Averages 8.6 Million Live Viewers 1:59 AM PDT 9/17/2012 by Georg Szalai (THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)


LONDON - Downton Abbey returned to British commercial broadcaster ITV1 Sunday night with an average audience of 8.6 million, or 9 million when including people who watched the show with a delay of one hour on catch-up network ITV1+1.


That meant a share of 34.6 percent of people watching TV in Britain at the time, making it the highest-rated ITV drama of the year.

The season three debut of the hit drama, which airs in the 9pm time slot right after Simon Cowell's The X Factor, reached a peak audience of 9.3 million, or 9.6 million when including ITV1+1.


READ MORE: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/downtown-abbey-itv-uk-third-season-debut-ratings-399908


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