Tuesday night, 9/24 ratings are in and Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Is a big winner.
In the 8:00 p.m. hour, ABC's series debut of "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." opened a strong No. 1 in the time period with Adults 18-49 (4.6/14), defeating NBC's Tuesday premiere of "The Voice" by 15% (4.0/12) and CBS' season premiere of "NCIS" by 35% (3.4/10), to qualify as TV's highest rated drama debut in nearly 4 years - since 11/3/09. It was also Tuesday's No. 1 TV show in Adults 18-49 (tie) and across all key Men demographics (M18-34/M18-49/M25-54). And despite the strong competition, the self-starting ABC drama gained young adults from its first half-hour to its second half-hour.
On top of its big Live + Same Day numbers, "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." is expected to get a big lift from TV playback, considering its young-skewing audience. Well ahead of its debut this past weekend, the new show surpassed 1 million Facebook fans.
Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. stars Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, J. August Richards, Cobie Smulders, David Conrad
Executive Produced and co-written by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen (Dollhouse, Dr.Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog), Jeffrey Bell (Angel, Alias) and Jeph Loeb (Smallville, Lost, Heroes).
"Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." airs on Tuesdays at at 8/7c. If you missed the first episode you can watch it online now
here.