'Walking' sets cable ratings record

AMC broke records while using second-season premiere of zombie drama "The Walking Dead" on Sunday evening with 4.8 million audiences in grownups 18-49 and 4.2 million inside the 25-54 demo -- greater than almost every other fundamental cable drama on record. Inside the 18-49 category, it absolutely was television's No. 1 series for your evening, according to Nielsen.The show drenched 7.3 million total audiences for your 9 p.m. airing, drawing a cume of 11 million audiences in the event you count its two quickie repeats that broadcast at 10:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m.More later on... Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com