Ratings
Report: Ax Men Saws Through the Competition 3/11/08
Premiere of History™’s American Original Series AX MEN Saws Through
Competition Top Cable Series Sunday Night in Key Demos with 1.7 Million
Adult 25-54 and 1.6 Million Adult 18-49 Viewers;
Overall Household Rating of 2.1 3 Million Total Viewers
New York, March 11, 2008 – The series premiere of AX MEN, which
debuted Sunday, March 9th at 10pm ET/PT on History™ chopped down the
rest of cable Sunday night logging 1.7 million Adult 25-54 viewers and 1.6
million Adult 18-49 viewers, making it the number one series on cable for
the evening in those key demos. The Ax Men premiere was also second best
series launch ever for History.
Ax Men landed an overall household rating of 2.1 and garnered three
million total viewers.
Nancy Dubuc, Executive Vice President and General Manager, History,
said. “We couldn’t be more pleased with the premiere of Ax Men. This
is a great start to a series that showcases why the subject of the
American frontier resonates with so many people.”
Source:
History Channel Press Release