Season One of AMC's PREACHER Among Top 10 Cable Drama Series

PREACHER on Sunday ended a first season that solidified the series as a top 10 cable drama and the #2 new cable drama of 2016 among adults 25-54. The initial season of 10 episodes averaged 3.0 million viewers per episode, including 1.7 million adults 25-54. Sunday's finale delivered 3.1 million viewers, including 1.7 million adults 25-54.

The series will return for a second season next year and all 10 episodes of season one are currently available on AMC.com for the next two months as a summer binge for fans who want to relive favorite moments and episodes, catch up in anticipation of season two or just watch from start to finish. Over the course of the season, Preacher episodes were watched 2.4 million times online through AMC.com and other authenticated digital platforms, in addition to the linear viewership.

"When we announced plans for a TV adaptation of the iconic comic book 'Preacher,' the most consistent reaction - often, even, from existing fans - was, 'There's no way to do that story on television.' Thanks to the vision, passion, smarts and guts of Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Sam Catlin and the entire team on this show, we have just concluded a season of television that looks like nothing else I have ever seen on television," said Charlie Collier, president of AMC, SundanceTV and AMC Studios. "Huge thanks and well done to the trio of Dominic Cooper, Ruth Negga and Joseph Gilgun, who are now leading a road trip unlike any other. And, of course, thank you again to our partners at Sony Pictures Television, Tom Cruise, and the creators of 'Preacher,' Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, the latter simply for being so damned crazy in the first place. It is the time of the Preacher, and the story really has just begun."

Key Nielsen Highlights "Preacher" Season One Performance Averages (L+3):

• 3.0 million viewers, up 76% from live/same day
• 1.6 million Adults 18-49, up 94% from live/same day
• 1.7 million Adults 25-54, up 91% from live/same day

Key Nielsen Highlights for the season finale of "Preacher" (L+3)

Episode 109, 9 p.m., Sunday, July 31

• 3.1 million viewers, up 78% from live/same day
• 1.5 million Adults 18-49, up 102% from live/same day
• 1.7 million Adults 25-54, up 101% from live/same day

2016 Drama Rankers

Net	Program	P25-54 (000)
AMC	WALKING DEAD	11,335
HBOM	GAME OF THRONES	6,591
AMC	FEAR THE WALKING DEAD	4,697
FX	ACS: PEOPLE V. OJ SIMPSON	3,734
AMC	BETTER CALL SAUL	2,572
HIST	VIKINGS	2,000
AMC	PREACHER	1,730
STZP	POWER 3	1,702
TNT	RIZZOLI & ISLES	1,509
SHO1	SHAMELESS S6	1,504

Source: Nielsen L+3. 2016 to-date (12/28/2015 - 07/31/2016) Prime 8P-11P, Cable Drama Series, >= 3 t/c, excludes repeats and specials. #2 Launch among A25-54

"Preacher" was developed for television by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg ("This is The End," "Superbad," "Neighbors") and showrunner Sam Catlin ("Breaking Bad").

The series stars Dominic Cooper as Jesse Custer, Joseph Gilgun as Cassidy, Ruth Negga as Tulip, Lucy Griffiths as Emily, W. Earl Brown as Sherriff Root, Anatol Yusef as DeBlanc, Tom Brooke as Fiore, Derek Wilson as Donnie Schenck and Ian Colletti as Eugene/Arseface.

Image courtesy of AMC