SCI FI's Stargate Atlantis Season Four Ends on Ratings Upswing

Now headed into season five and the landmark 100th episode, SCI FI Channel’s Stargate Atlantis closed out season four in a ratings upswing.

The season four finale "is the best P25-54 performance for Atlantis in Live + Same Day data since 8/18/06, the night of the Stargate SG-1 200th episode," says SCI FI in their press release distributed a few minutes ago.

(Stargate SG-1 led viewers into Atlantis before it was cancelled after a record ten-season run.)

Here’s the full text of the SCI FI release:

Friday’s season finale of Atlantis (note that this includes only same-day DVR playback) delivered a 1.5 HH rating, 2.117 MM P2+, 1.061 MM P18-49s and 1.248 MM P25-54s.

This is the best P25-54 performance for Atlantis in Live + Same Day data since 8/18/06, the night of the Stargate SG-1 200th episode.

For the winter 2008 season 4.5 of Stargate Atlantis the series averaged a 1.5 HH rating, 2.065 MM total viewers, 1.249 MM P25-54s and 1.149 MM P18-49s. Note that this data includes full DVR playback data in the weeks for which it is available. This is an increase vs. Fall 2007 season 4.0 of +15% in HH rating, +18% in P2+, +18% in P25-54s and +18% in P18-49s.

Stargate Atlantis was the #1 cable program in primetime on Friday for P25-54 viewers.