Trust Off To Slow Ratings Start, Barry & The Terror OK
FXs limited seriesTrust, about the abduction in Italy of John Paul Getty III, launched last Sunday w..
FXs limited seriesTrust, about the abduction in Italy of John Paul Getty III, launched last Sunday with 1.38 million Live+3 viewers, according to Nielsen data released today. That was up +74% from the 797,000, who watched the Simon Beaufoy/Danny Boyle drama in Live+Same Day but way below recent drama/limited premieres on FX. That includes Feud (3.8 million viewers in Live+3), The People v O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (8.3 million), Taboo (3.43 million), Legion (3.27 million) and Snowfall (2.24 million). In FXs target adults 18-49 demographic, Trust drew 422,000 L3 viewers. I cant think of another recent FX drama premiere that has posted L3 18-49 tally under 1 million.
Also Sunday,HBOs new hit man comedy series Barry opened with 1.01 million viewers. That was a tad above the recent Season 2 premiere of Divorce (966,000 in L3) and doubled the viewership for the Season 2 debut of Crashing (591,000), which has been renewed for a third season. Barry followed the Season 5 premiere of Silicon Valley (1.2 million), showing a solid 83% retention.
Once again, AMCs The Walking Dead was the most watched cable program with 9.85 million viewers, up a fraction from the previous weeks 9.76 million. It was followed by the debut of new AMC series The Terror (4.16 million), which held onto 42% of its massive lead-in but still easily topped anything else on cable Sunday night.
