The ratings are in for the first week of Beyond the Gates, and so far so good for the fledging soap on CBS: the daytime drama that’s the first to premiere since Passions in 1999 grew to 2.28 million viewers in L+3, up 78 percent from The Talk last year.
CBS says L+3 streaming provided a boost of 13.6 percent over the show’s linear only audience, which was better than The Young and the Restless (10.9%) and The Bold and the Beautiful (12.6%).
L+7-day viewing for the premiere episode averaged 3.0M viewers, higher than the last daytime drama debut, which was Passions on July 5, 1999 (2.96M).
Here are some more stats, courtesy of Nielsen: In its first week on air, Beyond the Gates averaged 5.2m unique viewers (6 mins of viewing).
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