Walking Dead Premiere Tops Fall TV Ratings

The Season 3 premiere of AMC's The Walking Dead delivered the biggest ratings in the adult demo than any other entertainment series this fall (including all broadcast shows), earning its highest rating to date, more than 50% over last season's premiere.

Last night's third season premiere aired to the tune of 10.9 million viewers for its first telecast, with an adult 18-49 demo rating of 5.8. For reference, ABC's Modern Family -- which was previously the highest rated show this fall -- earned a 5.5 rating. Needless to say, for AMC -- a pay cable network -- 5.8 is pretty damn impressive.

Walking Dead Creator Discusses the Season 3 Premiere

Said AMC President Charlie Collier, "Thank you to the fans for making The Walking Dead such a tremendous success. We are honored and humbled that television's largest adult audience resides on AMC. So many people on both sides of the camera worked tirelessly on this project, and I thank and congratulate each of them for their amazing contribution."

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Walking Dead Premiere Tops Fall TV Ratings

The Season 3 premiere of AMC's The Walking Dead delivered the biggest ratings in the adult demo than any other entertainment series this fall (including all broadcast shows), earning its highest rating to date, more than 50% over last season's premiere.

Last night's third season premiere aired to the tune of 10.9 million viewers for its first telecast, with an adult 18-49 demo rating of 5.8. For reference, ABC's Modern Family -- which was previously the highest rated show this fall -- earned a 5.5 rating. Needless to say, for AMC -- a pay cable network -- 5.8 is pretty damn impressive.

IGN Speaks with comic series creator Robert Kirkman

Said AMC President Charlie Collier, "Thank you to the fans for making The Walking Dead such a tremendous success. We are honored and humbled that television's largest adult audience resides on AMC. So many people on both sides of the camera worked tirelessly on this project, and I thank and congratulate each of them for their amazing contribution."

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Arrow Hits Its Mark

Arrow, the CW's new series based on DC Comics' Green Arrow, premiered last night to some superhero-sized ratings (as per CW standards, natch). - via EW.com

Read IGN's Review of the Arrow Pilot!

Arrow's 4 million viewers, and 1.3 rating, might not seem enormous, but it marked the network's most-watched series debut in total viewers since The Vampire Diaries in 2009.  Arrow's premiere also helped give Supernatural its best ratings in two years, with 2.6 million viewers.

On the other side of the dial, ABC's critically-acclaimed new series Nashville trounced NBC's critically-poo poo'd new series Chicago Fire, 9 million viewers to 6.4 million viewers.

Read IGN's Review of the Nashville Pilot here!

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Ranking the Movies of Summer 2012

Was the Summer of Awesome as awesome as we had hoped? Check out our scorecard for the movies released this past season. They're ranked by our critics' review ratings, from the worst to the best. Chime in on the Comments with your picks for the best and worst movies of Summer 2012.

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The Apparition

Released August 24, 2012

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Review score: 3/10. Simply put, it’s not scary at all. It’s a horror movie that does nothing original and doesn’t even manage to scare you in the process.  If you enjoy laughing at bad movies with friends, then sure, have a good time watching it. -- @GreggKatzman

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Piranha 3DD

Released June 1, 2012

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Review score: 4/10. Where the original gave us genuine horror in addition to the slapstick, the sequel infuses so much meta that it's damn near intolerable. Every character is so shallow and so stupid that it's hard to feel anything for them other than irritation. It's almost like you're not even watching a sequel but a Wayans Brothers parody. -- @Max_Nicholson

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The Campaign

Released August 10, 2012

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Review score: 4.5/10. The political lampooning here is witless and dull, serving up the same trite jabs you've seen on SNL for decades. The writing milks the leads' stupidity for all its worth, and then keeps going long after its dead. At a certain point, the film just stops being funny and starts getting preachy. -- @Max_Nicholson

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That's My Boy

Released June 15, 2012

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Review score: 5/10. We were pleasantly surprised when this film turned out to not be terrible, but rather mediocre. It’s a hit or miss comedy where the misses win, percentage-wise. But it certainly has more life to it and actual humor than most of Adam Sandler’s recent output. -- @EricIGN

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Premium Rush

Released August 24, 2012

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Review score: 5/10. Despite Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s valiant efforts, this bike messenger thriller rarely comes to life and overstays its welcome. Ultimately, you’ll feel more satisfied by an actual 90 minute bicycle ride. -- @EricIGN

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