via Showtime:
SHOWTIME'S FRESHMAN SERIES CONTINUE TO DELIVER RECORD BREAKING RATINGS FOR THE NETWORK
The Borgias Posts Best Ratings For A New Drama Series In Seven Years
The Borgias SERIES PREMIERE NIGHT
9:00 p.m. 1.06 million viewers
11:00 p.m. 432,000 viewers
Total 1.49 million viewers
Comparisons:
- The Borgias premiere was up 22% from THE TUDORS S1 premiere – 869,000 viewers and 1.27 million viewers for the night.
- The series debut of Shameless on Jan. 9 garnered 982,000 total viewers at 9 p.m. and 1.3 million viewers for the night (at the time was our largest drama premiere in seven years until The Borgias. 7 yrs ago: Dead Like Me with 1.11 million)
