Ha! Take that!
Oct. 19th, 2004 06:20 pmGuess maybe the two year absence was good for whetting existing fans' appetites and recruiting new ones.
The SCI FI Channel has sent out the following press release with the
ratings for "The Peacekeeper Wars".
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'FARSCAPE' DECLARES 'WAR' ON THE COMPETITION
SCI FI Miniseries Premieres #1
Among P18-49 and P25-54
New York, NY (October 19, 2004) -- The fans have spoken. They frelling love their Farscape. The two-night, four-hour Farscape: The Peacekeeper
Wars (Oct. 17-18 @ 9-11pm ET/PT) premiere averaged a 1.7 HH rating/1,916,000 P2+, *making SCI FI the #1 non-sports cable network for
P25-54 and P18-49 for the time period over the two nights. *
SCI FI trounced its competition among P25-54, outdelivering TNT (24%), TBS (45%) and Spike TV (42%). They fared no better among P18-49, with
SCI FI outperforming TNT (32%), TBS (27%) and Spike TV (35%).
Peacekeeper Wars delivered an aggregate audience of *6,883,000 viewers* over the two nights (4 telecasts of Night One, 3 telecasts of Night Two).
With a 1.5 HH rating/1,735,000 P2+, Night One of Peacekeeper Wars was up 81% in HH ratings and scored triple digit increases in key demos versus
the time period average for October 2003:
. +163% in P25-54
. + 202% in P18-49
Night Two of the mini soared even higher, delivering a 1.9 HH rating/2,097,000 P2+ (Oct. 18 @9-11pm ET/PT). It improved upon the
previous night's premiere by:
. +30% in HH rating
. +25% in P18-49
. +20% in P25-54
*SCI FI Channel* is a television network where "what if" is what's on. SCI FI fuels the imagination of viewers with original series and events,
blockbuster movies and classic science fiction and fantasy programming, as well as a dynamic Web site (www.scifi.com <http://www.scifi.com>) and
magazine. Launched in 1992, and currently in 84 million homes, SCI FI Channel is a network of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media
and entertainment companies.
The SCI FI Channel has sent out the following press release with the
ratings for "The Peacekeeper Wars".
***
'FARSCAPE' DECLARES 'WAR' ON THE COMPETITION
SCI FI Miniseries Premieres #1
Among P18-49 and P25-54
New York, NY (October 19, 2004) -- The fans have spoken. They frelling love their Farscape. The two-night, four-hour Farscape: The Peacekeeper
Wars (Oct. 17-18 @ 9-11pm ET/PT) premiere averaged a 1.7 HH rating/1,916,000 P2+, *making SCI FI the #1 non-sports cable network for
P25-54 and P18-49 for the time period over the two nights. *
SCI FI trounced its competition among P25-54, outdelivering TNT (24%), TBS (45%) and Spike TV (42%). They fared no better among P18-49, with
SCI FI outperforming TNT (32%), TBS (27%) and Spike TV (35%).
Peacekeeper Wars delivered an aggregate audience of *6,883,000 viewers* over the two nights (4 telecasts of Night One, 3 telecasts of Night Two).
With a 1.5 HH rating/1,735,000 P2+, Night One of Peacekeeper Wars was up 81% in HH ratings and scored triple digit increases in key demos versus
the time period average for October 2003:
. +163% in P25-54
. + 202% in P18-49
Night Two of the mini soared even higher, delivering a 1.9 HH rating/2,097,000 P2+ (Oct. 18 @9-11pm ET/PT). It improved upon the
previous night's premiere by:
. +30% in HH rating
. +25% in P18-49
. +20% in P25-54
*SCI FI Channel* is a television network where "what if" is what's on. SCI FI fuels the imagination of viewers with original series and events,
blockbuster movies and classic science fiction and fantasy programming, as well as a dynamic Web site (www.scifi.com <http://www.scifi.com>) and
magazine. Launched in 1992, and currently in 84 million homes, SCI FI Channel is a network of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media
and entertainment companies.