Premiere of MERCY STREET, PBS’ First Original Drama In More than 10 Years, Draws Millions of Viewers On Air, Hundreds of Thousands for Early Digital Premiere Our Coverage Sponsored by Bergen Linen
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BS President and CEO Paula Kerger announced at her Executive Session at the Television Critics’ Association Press Tour that the premiere episode of MERCY STREET garnered a 2.2 rating. The persons 2+ average audience delivery was 3.3 million (Nielsen Live+Same Day Fast National Data). For comparison to other PBS 10:00 pm fast national ratings, MERCY STREET’s household rating is 16 percent higher than SHERLOCK Season 3 “His Last Vow” on MASTERPIECE.
The premiere on Sunday also trended nationally on Twitter for more than two hours.
“I’m thrilled with Sunday night’s audience numbers across PBS member stations,” said Beth Hoppe, Chief Programming Executive and General Manager, General Audience Programming, PBS. "MERCY STREET has been a labor of love from the beginning working with an amazing team of executive producers, directors and actors. I look forward to engaging even more fans over the coming weeks as it’s discovered online through PBS station websites.”
Additionally, PBS made the MERCY STREET premiere available for digital streaming ahead of the January 17th broadcast debut. The early release helped build interest leading up to the broadcast premiere with nearly 200,000 streams from January 14th to 17th, making it the number one digital premiere ever for PBS. The digital premiere included all PBS and station digital platforms such as PBS.org, PBS apps for iOS, Android, FireTV, ROKU, Apple TV, Xbox 360 and Windows 10, as well as through partners including Amazon, iTunes, GooglePlay and Vudu.
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