Premieres: Sunday, March 9 at 9 p.m. (ABC)
Stars: Omar Epps, Devin Kelley, Matt Craven, Frances Fisher, Samaire Armstrong, Sam Hazeldine, Nicholas Gonzalez, Mark Hildreth, Kurtwood Smith, Landon Gimenez
What happens when the people you have mourned and buried suddenly appear on your doorstep as if not a day's gone by? The lives of the people of Arcadia are forever changed when their deceased loved ones return. Based on the novel by Jason Mott.
ABC/Guy D'AlemaResurrection opened in very good shape on ABC. The midseason drama, taking the 9 p.m. hour, averaged a 3.6 rating among adults 18-49 and 13.3 million viewers. That score, a Sunday best for ABC this season, also topped any other broadcast competition for the night, which saw overall adults 18-49 usage drop 14 percent from last week with the start of daylight saving time.
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The heavily marketed show also served as a lead-in for the new Revenge time slot. In its move, Revenge (1.9 adults) was improved six-tenths of a point from its last outing. Once Upon a Time (2.3 adults) also returned to the night after a long hiatus, up four-tenths of a point. ABC took a 2.2 rating among adults 18-49 and 7.9 million viewers for the night.
Full ratings for Cosmos, which aired on a total of 10 networks last night, won’t be in until later on Monday morning — but on Fox, fast national returns have the launch averaging a 2.1 rating with adults 18-49 and 5.8 million viewers.
As for Fox’s cartoons, the new time slot for Bob’s Burgers (0.9 adults) fell six-tenths of a point from its last original. The Simpsons (1.2 and 1.6 adults) saw its two new episodes off from the last original’s 1.7 rating. The network averaged a 1.7 in the key demo and 4.1 million viewers.
After 60 Minutes (1.5 adults), The Amazing Race (1.8 adults) climbed three-tenths of a point for a season best. The Good Wife (1.3 adults) returned from its break down by half a point, and The Mentalist (1.6 adults) fell two-tenths. The network posted a 1.6 rating among adults 18-49 and 9.5 million viewers.
Dateline was the sole original on NBC, averaging a 1.1 rating in the demo.
