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Tin Man sets new ratings records for Sci Fi

by Jason Hughes, posted Dec 4th 2007 1:04PM

Tin ManAccording to preliminary data, and as reported by Variety, Tin Man appears to have beaten virtually every record the Sci Fi channel has ever seen. It's 6.4 million viewers surpassed the 6.1 million who saw Steven Spielberg's Taken, back in 2002. Demo ratings were equally as strong, where Tin Man unseated 2000's Dune in adults 18-49, and Taken again in adults 25-54.

With reviews coming in either mid-range to downright negative, it'll be interesting to see how these numbers continue through the mini-series' three-night run.

Based on L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Tin Man is a stark, dystopic reimagining of the classic fantasy starring Zooey Deschanel (DG/"Dorothy"), Neal McDonough (Tin Man) and Alan Cummings (Glitch/"Scarecrow"). You can learn more and read the reviews right here on TV Squad: Part One is here, and Part Two right here.

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SadOldMan

Is this crap the reason there was no ECW last night?

December 05 2007 at 8:24 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Bill G

Oops! Tin Man was #3, #1 among scripted shows!

December 04 2007 at 9:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Bill G

In fact Tin Man was the number #1 cable show last week:

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/12/04/top-cable-nov-26-dec-2-nfl-tin-man/2002

December 04 2007 at 8:07 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Oreo

I have seen no less than 100 commercials over every cable station I watch. So this isn't a shock.

December 04 2007 at 2:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Joey Geraci

Still, Scifi always massively hypes their December miniseries, and these kinds of ratings are impressive. Considering that it seems to be the first miniseries to be in the same league as Taken (other than the BSG miniseries, of course), it is encouraging that the ratings are so high.

December 04 2007 at 3:06 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
highcountry

I have been watching this with my grandson... I'm almost 60 and he's 3.... I distract him if something's not age appropriate... love this show !!! It's just plain fun.... Got my daughter watching it last night....

December 04 2007 at 1:40 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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