Breaking Bad (AMC): Ratings Recap

AMC's 'Breaking Bad' premiered in January 2008 to a 0.6 18-49 rating and 1.41 million viewers. Over the course of its series, it dropped below 1 million viewers only a single time (958,000 in episode 105), and the highest viewership figure occurred for the show's series-finale (10.28 million). During the course of the show's first four seasons, it only reached above a 1.0 rating and over 2 million viewers one time (episode 401). The show's fifth season premiered in 2012 to record numbers, in both 18-49s (1.5) and total viewers (2.93 million); the second-half of the fifth season broke all the records again, premiering to a 2.9 rating and 5.92 million viewers. The show aired a total of 62 episodes over the course of five seasons.

Breaking Bad Season 1 Ratings (2008)
Episode Date	Viewers (millions)	18-49 rating
Jan. 20, 2008	1.411	0.6
Jan. 27, 2008	1.488	0.6
Feb. 10, 2008	1.079	0.4
Feb. 17, 2008	1.086	0.4
Feb. 24, 2008	0.958	0.4
Mar. 2, 2008	1.070	0.5
Mar. 9, 2008	1.498	0.7
Average	1.227	0.52

Breaking Bad Season 2 Ratings (2009)
Episode Date	Viewers (millions)	18-49 rating
Mar. 8, 2009	1.662	0.7
Mar. 15, 2009	1.576	0.6
Mar. 22, 2009	1.129	0.4
Mar. 29, 2009	1.294	0.6
Apr. 5, 2009	1.213	0.4
Apr. 12, 2009	1.407	0.6
Apr. 19, 2009	1.198	0.5
Apr. 26, 2009	1.035	0.4
May 3, 2009	1.271	0.5
May 10, 2009	1.185	0.5
May 17, 2009	1.288	0.6
May 24, 2009	1.190	0.5
May 31, 2009	1.466	0.5
Average	1.301	0.52

Breaking Bad Season 3 Ratings (2010)
Episode Date	Viewers (millions)	18-49 rating
Mar. 21, 2010	1.954	0.9
Mar. 28, 2010	1.545	0.7
Apr. 4, 2010	1.327	0.6
Apr. 11, 2010	1.463	0.6
Apr. 18, 2010	1.613	0.7
Apr. 25, 2010	1.642	0.7
May 2, 2010	1.519	0.6
May 9, 2010	1.780	0.7
May 16, 2010	1.612	0.7
May 23, 2010	1.202	0.5
May 30, 2010	1.323	0.6
Jun. 6, 2010	1.191	0.5
Jun. 13, 2010	1.556	0.7
Average	1.517	0.65

Breaking Bad Season 4 Ratings (2011)
Episode Date	Viewers (millions)	18-49 rating
Jul. 17, 2011	2.576	1.1
Jul. 24, 2011	1.968	0.9
Jul. 31, 2011	1.714	0.7
Aug. 7, 2011	1.834	0.7
Aug. 14, 2011	1.754	0.7
Aug. 21, 2011	1.674	0.7
Aug. 28, 2011	1.913	0.8
Sept. 4, 2011	1.975	0.8
Sept. 11, 2011	1.891	0.9
Sept. 18, 2011	1.798	0.7
Sept. 25, 2011	1.550	0.7
Oct. 2, 2011	1.730	0.8
Oct. 9, 2011	1.897	1.0
Average	1.867	0.81

Breaking Bad Season 5 Ratings (2012-13)
Episode Date	Viewers (millions)	18-49 rating
Jul. 15, 2012	2.931	1.5
Jul. 22, 2012	2.294	1.2
Jul. 29, 2012	2.197	1.1
Aug. 5, 2012	2.287	1.2
Aug. 12, 2012	2.480	1.3
Aug. 19, 2012	2.809	1.3
Aug. 26, 2012	2.979	1.4
Sept. 2, 2012	2.781	1.3
Aug. 11, 2013	5.919	2.9
Aug. 18, 2013	4.771	2.4
Aug. 25, 2013	4.848	2.5
Sept. 1, 2013	4.413	2.2
Sept. 8, 2013	5.110	2.6
Sept. 15, 2013	6.366	3.2
Sept. 22, 2013	6.584	3.4
Sept. 29, 2013	10.280	5.3
Average	4.316	2.18

Source: Nielsen Media Research