--- title: 'Fear the Walking Dead' Premiere Makes Cable Ratings History description: It's the biggest cable series premiere ever canonical: https://time.com/4008969/fear-walking-dead-premiere-ratings/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-24T21:05:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T10:24:12.525Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: 'Fear the Walking Dead' Premiere Makes Cable Ratings History og:description: It's the biggest cable series premiere ever og:url: https://time.com/4008969/fear-walking-dead-premiere-ratings/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0acef5be59aa034/69886024a988caae196b3fba/fear-the-walking-dead.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: fear-the-walking-dead og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Fear the Walking Dead' Premiere Makes Cable Ratings History twitter:description: It's the biggest cable series premiere ever twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0acef5be59aa034/69886024a988caae196b3fba/fear-the-walking-dead.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Fear the Walking Dead_ Premiere Makes Cable Ratings History ## Video: Trailer: Good Morning Los Angeles: Fear the Walking Dead: Series Premiere [Watch (HLS stream): Trailer: Good Morning Los Angeles: Fear the Walking Dead: Series Premiere](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/olPs0zfi.m3u8) (0:15)  _Published 2015-03-30. Trailer: Good Morning Los Angeles: Fear the Walking Dead: Series Premiere_ by [James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly Aug 24, 2015 9:05 PM UTC  Cliff Curtis as Travis, Kim Dickens as Madison, Alycia Debnam Carey as Alicia and Frank Dillane as Nick - Fear the Walking Dead \_ Season 1, Gallery - Photo Credit: Frank Ockenfels 3/AMC Cliff Curtis as Travis, Kim Dickens as Madison, Alycia Debnam Carey as Alicia and Frank Dillane as Nick - Fear the Walking Dead \_ Season 1, Gallery - Photo Credit: Frank Ockenfels 3/AMCAMC by [James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly Aug 24, 2015 9:05 PM UTC AMC has nothing to fear from Sunday night’s ratings. _The Walking Dead_’s companion series got off to a huge start last night. According to AMC, the series premiere of _Fear the Walking Dead_ delivered 10.1 million viewers and an incredible 6.3 rating among adults 18-49. That makes _Fear_ the biggest premiere in cable TV history in both total viewers and key demos. The prequel series tells the story of a Los Angeles family at the beginning of the zombie apocalypse. The flagship _Walking Dead_ series debuted to 5.4 million viewers back in 2010 (which was considered quite high at the time). The show’s ratings have grown every year since, with the most recent fifth season premiering to a record 17.3 million viewers last fall. For more, check out EW’s [recap of _Fear the Walking Dead_](http://www.ew.com/recap/fear-the-walking-dead-series-premiere) and our [interview with showrunner Dave Erickson](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/23/fear-the-walking-dead-premiere-showrunner-dave-erickson-recap). And is “Where’s Nick?” the new “Where’s Carl?” _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/24/fear-walking-dead-ratings) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4008969/fear-walking-dead-premiere-ratings/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4008969/fear-walking-dead-premiere-ratings/"},"headline":"Fear the Walking Dead Premiere Makes Cable Ratings History","datePublished":"2015-08-24T21:05:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:24:12.525Z","description":"It's the biggest cable series premiere ever","url":"https://time.com/4008969/fear-walking-dead-premiere-ratings/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0acef5be59aa034/69886024a988caae196b3fba/fear-the-walking-dead.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0acef5be59aa034/69886024a988caae196b3fba/fear-the-walking-dead.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"fear-the-walking-dead","caption":"fear-the-walking-dead","creditText":"AMC","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4008969/fear-walking-dead-premiere-ratings/","name":"Fear the Walking Dead Premiere Makes Cable Ratings History"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Trailer: Good Morning Los Angeles: Fear the Walking Dead: Series Premiere","description":"Trailer: Good Morning Los Angeles: Fear the Walking Dead: Series Premiere","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/olPs0zfi/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-03-30T11:36:51.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/olPs0zfi.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4008969/fear-walking-dead-premiere-ratings/","duration":"PT15S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4008969/fear-walking-dead-premiere-ratings/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```