The 8th Series of Doctor Who has broken the record and become the highest rated series of Doctor Who broadcast on BBC America.
The series, broadcast last year and starring Peter Capaldi in the title role, scored an average overall audience of 2.04 million viewers in Live+3 for each episode, showing further growth in the brand in the United States.
The good news continues as Last Christmas received 2.31 million viewers to become the number one non-sports broadcast on all cable in its time period amongst adults aged 25-54. The special had 1.3 million adults aged 25-54 in Live+3 and finished on a total of 2.62 million total viewers in Live+3 with a combination of the the 9pm premiere and the 11:45pm and 2:30am replays.
The audience more than doubles the number pulled in by Matt Smith’s A Christmas Carol in 2010.
In terms of social media, BBC America was the No. 1 network on Twitter and Tumblr, with Last Christmas being the No. 1 non-sports primetime show on both platforms for all of television on Christmas Day. Doctor Who is also one of Twitter’s 10 most-tweeted original dramas for all of cable in 2014.
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