TNT’s drama “Dallas” kicked off its third season on Monday night with 2.7 million viewers, roughly an 11 percent drop from Season 2’s opening episode, which was watched by 3 million people.
Among key demos, this premiere garnered 1.1 million adults 25-54 and 946,000 adults 18-49, according to Nielsen’s Live + Same Day metric. The total, and the demo numbers match Season 2’s averages (2.7 million viewers, with 951,000 adults 18-49 and 1.1 million adults 25-54).
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The prior season debut pulled in 1.0 million adults 18-49 and 1.2 million adults 25-54.
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The series premiere of “Dallas” earned 6.9 million viewers.
“Dallas” airs Mondays on TNT at 9 p.m. ET/8 c.