Glades Bears Fruit for A&E

A&E’s premiere of its new original scripted drama, The Glades, scared up the largest audience for a series opener in the network’s 26-year history, delivering 3.55 million total viewers Sunday, July 11, at 10 p.m.

The procedural also drew 1.44 million members of the 25-54 demo, and served up 1.21 million viewers 18-49.

The early returns for The Glades represent a significant improvement over the net’s most recent drama launches. On July 15, 2008, the Benjamin Bratt series The Cleaner bowed to 2.58

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