The series premiere of the Fox serial-killer drama The Following put up strong numbers on Monday night, beating its time slot predecessor by a whopping 113 percent.
According to Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, The Following scared up 10.4 million viewers and a 3.2 in the adults 18-49 time slot, doubling the deliveries of the previous 9 p.m. Monday placeholder, The Mob Doctor (5.11 million viewers, 1.5 in the demo).
Starring Kevin Bacon as a boozy former FBI agent called in to help track down a remorseless sociopath (James Purefoy), The Following now boasts the second-highest rating for a drama premiere in 2012-13.
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