More on ABC's "The Muppets" Tuesday Night Ratings

“The Muppets” opens as Tuesday’s No. 1 New Series in Adults 18-49, delivering a 2-Year High for ABC in the Time Period.

Self-starting at 8:00 p.m. without a network lead-in, ABC’s “The Muppets” opened as the season’s No. 2 new show in Adults 18-49 (2.8/10) – behind only Monday’s big “Blindspot” premiere out of “The Voice” – pacing well ahead of its Tuesday series debut competition, with a 75% advantage over Fox’s 2-hour “Scream Queens” (1.6/5 from 8:00-10:00 p.m.) and 56% over CBS’ “Limitless” (1.8/6 from 10:00-11:00 p.m.). It was the 2nd-highest-rated TV show of the night in Adults 18-49 while beating “The Voice” as Tuesday’s No. 1 TV show in Men 18-34 (1.6/8) and Kids 2-11 (2.2/9). ·

“The Muppets” topped ABC’s year-ago comedy debut in the half-hour by 4.0 million viewers and 100% in Adults 18-49 (4.9 million and a 1.4/5 in AD18-49 for “Selfie” on 9/30/14). The new show scored ABC’s best Adult 18-49 rating in the half-hour in nearly 2 years – since 10/15/13. · In Adults 18-49, “The Muppets” was the highest-rated fall comedy debut in 1 year – since ABC’s “black-ish” debuted as the No. 1 new comedy last fall out of “Modern Family” on 9/24/14. In addition among viewers and young adults, “The Muppets” was ABC’s biggest series debut since “How to Get Away with Murder” on 9/25/14.