EXCLUSIVE: Chris Albrecht’s
power play of moving
Power to Sunday night for its third season seems to have paid off. The
Starz drama executive produced by
50 Centand Courtney Kemp pulled in 2.26 million viewers last night with its Season 3 debut. That scores not only the premium cabler’s best original series season debut numbers yet but also becomes the most-watched episode of any Starz original ever.
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The previous season debut high was held by
the April 9 premiere of Season 2 ofOutlander, which drew 1.46 million viewers. Last night’s
Power topped that by 55% in viewers. Based on Diana Gabaldon’s bestselling novels,
Outlander‘s second cycle was just barely ahead of the Season 2 launch of
Power in last year; Sunday’s premiere grew 58% from that 2015 result, and 209% from its Season 1 opener (previously
Starz’s season-debut high with 1.43 million viewers for its first-run airing).
Over the initial 9 PM ET airing and two replays, Sunday’s
Power snared 3.37 million viewers — also the most ever for a Starz original on its opening night.