{"id":98489,"date":"2017-10-12T11:10:11","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T15:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=98489"},"modified":"2017-10-12T11:14:09","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T15:14:09","slug":"ratings-cws-riverdale-returns-series-high-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2017\/10\/12\/ratings-cws-riverdale-returns-series-high-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Ratings: The CW&#8217;s &#8220;Riverdale&#8221; Returns With Series High Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first season of The CW&#8217;s &#8220;Riverdale&#8221; generated considerable buzz.<\/p>\n<p>That buzz evidently fueled big interest in the second season.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday&#8217;s second season premiere set new series highs in adults 18-49 and overall viewership.<\/p>\n<p>According to fast national data posted by Showbuzz, the episode drew a 0.8 adults 18-49 rating and averaged 2.31 million overall numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Both numbers easily rank as the best ever posted by a &#8220;Riverdale&#8221; episode.  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