Joe Mallozzi has revealed the US Nielsen ratings for Friday’s second-half premieres of SG-1 and Atlantis in his blog entry today:
The ratings are in for our back half premieres. When all is said and done, SG-1 did a 1.5 and Atlantis a 1.4 – not bad given the six month sabbatical and the fact that the episodes have already aired, oh, everywhere else in the world and online. And especially not bad when one compares them with the numbers for the first run, first time anywhere season premieres.
Joe is referring to the ratings for last summer’s Season 10 and Season 3 premieres, which were 1.4 and 1.5, respectively.
Sci Fi promoted the second-half premieres heavily on its own channel, but not extensively elsewhere that fans could notice.