Lost hits big on the Sci Fi Channel

Thanks to Zedman for the info.

New York, NY September 16, 2008 SCI FI Channel's newly acquired hit series Lost scored with audiences last night averaging a 1.0 HH rating and 1.266 million total viewers (P2+) across the 7-11pm stack in Live + Same Day Nielsen data. In addition the telecast delivered 719,000 P25-54s and 658,000 P18-49s.

In 8pm-11pm, SCI FI was the #6 cable entertainment network for P25-54s and ranked #8 for P18-49s.

The 8-11pm prime average of 653,000 P18-49s is the Network's best Monday prime performance with series programming since January 1, 2007.

Compared to the June 2, 2008 Monday stack debut of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the 7-11pm Lost stack is up +42% in P18-49s and +46% in P25-54s

Compared to the full summer 2008 average for Star Trek: The Next Generation Lost's 7-11pm average is up +39% in P18-49s and +29% in P25-54s.

The multiple Emmy Award-winning "Lost" is an action-packed mystery-adventure series set on a tropical island. Plane crash survivors must battle the bizarre island and each other to stay alive. "Lost" stars Naveen Andrews as Sayid, Henry Ian Cusick as Desmond, Emilie de Ravin as Claire, Michael Emerson as Ben, Matthew Fox as Jack, Jorge Garcia as Hurley, Josh Holloway as Sawyer, Daniel Dae Kim as Jin, Yunjin Kim as Sun, Evangeline Lilly as Kate, Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet, Dominic Monaghan as Charlie and Terry O'Quinn as Locke. "Lost" was created by Jeffrey Lieber and J.J. Abrams & Damon Lindelof. "Lost" is from ABC Studios and is executive-produced by Abrams, Lindelof, Bryan Burk, Jack Bender and Carlton Cuse. The series is filmed entirely on location in Hawaii and premiered on ABC in September 2004.

SCI FI Channel is a television network where "what if" is what's on. SCI FI fuels the imagination of viewers with original series and events, blockbuster movies and classic science fiction and fantasy programming, as well as a dynamic Web site (www.scifi.com ) and magazine. Launched in 1992, and currently in 93 million homes, SCI FI Channel is a network of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies.

Source: Futon Critic