via press release:
‘WAREHOUSE 13′ OPENS ITS DOORS FOR SYFY VIEWERS AS #1 CABLE PROGRAM TUESDAY NIGHT
3.5 Million Tune In For Series Premiere
New York, NY – July 8, 2009 – Warehouse 13, Syfy’s newest original scripted series, made Syfy the #1 most-watched ad-supported cable network in primetime Tuesday night. The two-hour premiere last night (9-11pm) delivered a 2.5 Household rating, 3.5 million total viewers, 1.7 million Adults 25-54 and 1.3 million Adults 18-49. Syfy was the #1 most-watched ad-supported cable network in primetime.
Syfy was the #1 ad-supported cable network in primetime for total viewers and also placed #2 for Adults 25-54 and #3 for Adults 18-49.
Warehouse 13 was the #1 most-watched cable program in Tuesday primetime with over 3.5 million total viewers, beating new episodes of Deadliest Catch, Hawthorne, Saving Grace and Rescue Me.
Among all cable telecasts in primetime on Tuesday, Warehouse 13 was ranked #2 for Adults 25-54 and #4 for Adults 18-49.
Last night’s premiere beat FOX head-to-head in the 9pm hour among Adults 18-49 and Adults 25-54.
Warehouse 13 drew the 3rd-highest total viewership for a Syfy original series, trailing only the series premieres of Stargate Atlantis (4.2 million total viewers on 7/16/04) and Eureka (4.1 million total viewers on 7/18/06). Note that when final DVR viewing is included Warehouse 13 will increase its viewership and may surpass one or both of these premieres.
Warehouse 13 topped Syfy’s last scripted series launch–the October premiere of Sanctuary–by 29% in total viewers, +20% in Adults 18-49 and +15% in Adults 25-54.
Viewers also flocked to Syfy.com, where more than 150,000 people visited the Warehouse 13 site on July 7, making it the best premiere online since Eureka.*
Warehouse 13 follows two Secret Service agents who find themselves abruptly transferred to a massive, top-secret storage facility in windswept South Dakota which houses every strange artifact, mysterious relic, fantastical object and supernatural souvenir ever collected by the U.S. government. The Warehouse’s caretaker Artie (Saul Rubinek) charges Pete (Eddie McClintock) and Myka (Joanne Kelly) with chasing down reports of supernatural and paranormal activity in search of new objects to cache at the Warehouse, as well as helping him to control the warehouse itself. Warehouse 13 airs Tuesdays @ 9pm ET/PT only on Syfy.
The series is produced for Syfy by Universal Cable Productions. It is executive produced by Jack Kenny (The Book of Daniel) who also serves as showrunner. David Simkins (Dresden Files) is executive producer; Jace Alexander (Burn Notice, Rescue Me) is co-executive producer and director of the pilot; and Stephen Surjik (Monk, Burn Notice) is producer/director of the series.
UNIVERSAL CABLE PRODUCTIONS was established to create a sustainable pipeline of quality content and derive the greatest value from it across multiple platforms. The studio will be an industry leader in unique and innovative programming for USA and Syfy, and all cable networks. Syfy is a media destination for imagination-based entertainment. With year round acclaimed original series, events, blockbuster movies, classic science fiction and fantasy programming, a dynamic Web site (www.Syfy.com), and a portfolio of adjacent business (Syfy Ventures), Syfy is a passport to limitless possibilities. Originally launched in 1992 as SCI FI Channel, and currently in 95 million homes, Syfy is a network of NBC Universal, one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies. (Syfy. Imagine greater.)
*Since measurement began in 2006
I TAPED IT AND CANT WAIT TO WATCH IT!!!
#Syfy seems very happy with this. The way they were promoting it, it’s obviously “the big new show” for them.
These are fairly decent ratings for a cable show, correct?
Er @Syfy even. Formerly Craigatscifi, on Twitter.
The program guide was correct when it described the show as Dramatic, Comedy, Occult.
It was not a bad show, over time it could grow on you. It seems to be an adaptation of Friday the Thirteenth the Series. If Chiller has another marathon of that show I will DVR it and watch it again.
The viewer numbers were less than Eureka on the first showing, but it was not over hyped like Eureka was so in my view the next episode may keep or have more return than what happened with Eureka. The site manager might correct my numbers if my memory is wrong.
It was not Science Fiction and is the beginning of the end of science fiction on the channel. Which seems to make Mr Howell and Bonnie Hammer very happy.
It was a good show, like a cross of bones ans x-files with a little of ted turners “the librarian” thrown in
save Sci-fi: I doubt Warehouse 13 is “the beginning of the end of science fiction on the channel”. They’ve been showing wrestling and bad giant animal movies now for years.
since WH13 airs tuesdays at 9 maybe ECW will get a boost in the ratings!!
Too bad the number of commercials killed most audiences.Who needs it.
I have always been a fan of sci-fi and this new show is really good. But I don’t understand why they changed their name. It’s pronounced the same and just because it’s spelled differently they think they can get a new audience. I have to say, my favorite character out of the series is the Caretaker of the warehouse. I don’t know why but the scientists are always my favorite. (ie: Dr. McKay, Samantha Carter, etc…)
I’m really enjoying this show. It has weaknesses, but it also has “good bones.”