{"id":83385,"date":"2017-03-21T09:41:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T14:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=83385"},"modified":"2017-03-21T09:41:52","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T14:41:52","slug":"ratings-walking-dead-slips-badlands-begins-season-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2017\/03\/21\/ratings-walking-dead-slips-badlands-begins-season-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Ratings: &#8220;The Walking Dead&#8221; Slips, &#8220;Into The Badlands&#8221; Begins Season Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday&#8217;s &#8220;The Walking Dead&#8221; turned away some of the previous week&#8217;s gains in adults 18-49 and total viewership.<\/p>\n<p>It led into the season premiere of &#8220;Into The Badlands,&#8221; which was down from last year&#8217;s &#8220;Walking Dead&#8221;-boosted episodes but stronger than those that aired without such hefty lead-in support.<\/p>\n<p>According to live+same-day data posted by Showbuzz, Sunday&#8217;s &#8220;TWD&#8221; drew a 4.72 adults 18-49 rating and averaged 10.32 million overall viewers.<\/p>\n<p>The numbers trail the 4.88 rating and 10.68 million viewer mark drawn by last week&#8217;s episode but remain ahead of the 4.71 and 10.16 million viewer mark drawn on March 5.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Into The Badlands&#8221; premiered its second season with a 1.42 demo rating and 3.44 million viewership average.<\/p>\n<p>Last year&#8217;s series premiere, which followed a higher-rated edition of &#8220;The Walking Dead,&#8221; drew a much stronger 3.15 adults 18-49 rating and 6.39 million viewership figure.<\/p>\n<p>The season finale, on the other hand, drew a 0.83 rating and 2.16 million viewership sum.  It did not receive lead-in support from &#8220;TWD.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1048],"tags":[671,5333,969],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ratings: &quot;The Walking Dead&quot; Slips, &quot;Into The Badlands&quot; Begins Season Two<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sunday&#039;s &quot;The Walking Dead&quot; turned away some of the previous week&#039;s gains in adults 18-49 and total viewership. It led into the season premiere of &quot;Into\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2017\/03\/21\/ratings-walking-dead-slips-badlands-begins-season-two\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ratings: &quot;The Walking Dead&quot; Slips, &quot;Into The Badlands&quot; Begins Season Two\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sunday&#039;s &quot;The Walking Dead&quot; turned away some of the previous week&#039;s gains in adults 18-49 and total viewership. It led into the season premiere of &quot;Into\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2017\/03\/21\/ratings-walking-dead-slips-badlands-begins-season-two\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Headline Planet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-03-21T14:41:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/The-Walking-Dead-March-19.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"852\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Cantor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cantorpedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@headlineplanet\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2017\/03\/21\/ratings-walking-dead-slips-badlands-begins-season-two\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2017\/03\/21\/ratings-walking-dead-slips-badlands-begins-season-two\/\",\"name\":\"Ratings: \\\"The Walking Dead\\\" Slips, \\\"Into The Badlands\\\" Begins Season Two\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-03-21T14:41:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-03-21T14:41:52+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\"},\"description\":\"Sunday's \\\"The Walking Dead\\\" turned away some of the previous week's gains in adults 18-49 and total viewership. It led into the season premiere of \\\"Into\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2017\/03\/21\/ratings-walking-dead-slips-badlands-begins-season-two\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/\",\"name\":\"Headline Planet\",\"description\":\"Music News &amp; Charts, TV News &amp; Spoilers\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\",\"name\":\"Brian Cantor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Brian Cantor\"},\"description\":\"Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. He has been a leading reporter in the music, movie, television and sporting spaces since 2002. Brian's reporting has been cited by major websites like BuzzFeed, Billboard, the New Yorker and The Fader -- and shared by celebrities like Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj. Contact Brian at brian.cantor[at]headlineplanet.com.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantorpedia\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/author\/cantortainment\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ratings: \"The Walking Dead\" Slips, \"Into The Badlands\" Begins Season Two","description":"Sunday's \"The Walking Dead\" turned away some of the previous week's gains in adults 18-49 and total viewership. It led into the season premiere of \"Into","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2017\/03\/21\/ratings-walking-dead-slips-badlands-begins-season-two\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ratings: \"The Walking Dead\" Slips, \"Into The Badlands\" Begins Season Two","og_description":"Sunday's \"The Walking Dead\" turned away some of the previous week's gains in adults 18-49 and total viewership. It led into the season premiere of \"Into","og_url":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2017\/03\/21\/ratings-walking-dead-slips-badlands-begins-season-two\/","og_site_name":"Headline Planet","article_published_time":"2017-03-21T14:41:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2000,"height":852,"url":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/The-Walking-Dead-March-19.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Brian Cantor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@cantorpedia","twitter_site":"@headlineplanet","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2017\/03\/21\/ratings-walking-dead-slips-badlands-begins-season-two\/","url":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2017\/03\/21\/ratings-walking-dead-slips-badlands-begins-season-two\/","name":"Ratings: \"The Walking Dead\" Slips, \"Into The Badlands\" Begins Season Two","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-03-21T14:41:52+00:00","dateModified":"2017-03-21T14:41:52+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8"},"description":"Sunday's \"The Walking Dead\" turned away some of the previous week's gains in adults 18-49 and total viewership. It led into the season premiere of \"Into","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2017\/03\/21\/ratings-walking-dead-slips-badlands-begins-season-two\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website","url":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/","name":"Headline Planet","description":"Music News &amp; Charts, TV News &amp; Spoilers","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8","name":"Brian Cantor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Brian Cantor"},"description":"Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. He has been a leading reporter in the music, movie, television and sporting spaces since 2002. Brian's reporting has been cited by major websites like BuzzFeed, Billboard, the New Yorker and The Fader -- and shared by celebrities like Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj. Contact Brian at brian.cantor[at]headlineplanet.com.","sameAs":["https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantorpedia"],"url":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/author\/cantortainment\/"}]}},"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83385"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83385"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=83385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}