BET continues to takeover primetime with Tuesday’s telecasts of new episodes of The Game and LET’S STAY TOGETHER! Returning for a sixth season and marking its 100th episode, The Game premiere delivered more viewers and adults 18-49 compared to all other returning cable sitcom telecasts this season making it the #1 returning sitcom telecast on cable. THE GAME and LET’S STAY TOGETHER are now this season’s top 2 returning sitcom series premieres on cable among total viewers. And, the LET’S STAY TOGETHER season 3 premiere telecast is the #1 sitcom telecast in its time-slot on cable among all viewers and adults 18-49 this season.
The season 6 premiere of THE GAME premiered Tuesday night to a total of 2.5 million viewers during its 10:00 p.m.* premiere. When combined with THE GAME’s 11:30 P.M.* encore episode, it attracted almost 4 million total viewers. And, LET’S STAY TOGETHER 11:00 P.M.* season 3 premiere drew 1.9 million total viewers. When combined with LET’S STAY TOGETHER’ 12:30 A.M.* telecast the season premiere attracted almost 3 million total viewers.
*All Times EST
Source: BET Corporate Research via Nielsen ?LIVE + SAME DAY “FAST NATIONALS” DATA
Source: BET press release, 3/28/13
