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‘Better Call Saul’ final season premiere episode drives record subscribers for AMC+

5 May, 2022

The sixth and final season premiere episode of “Better Call Saul” drove record subscribers to AMC+, AMC Networks Inc. interim CEO Matt Blank said on its Q1 earnings call Thursday.

“2022 is the biggest year of original programming in AMC Networks’ history and our content continues to break through, including the recent final season premiere of ‘Better Call Saul,‘ which drove record levels of subscriber acquisition for AMC+,” Blank said in the company’s Q1 earnings report.

As for the Season 6 premiere of “Better Call Saul” on AMC, the episode aired April 18 and garnered 1.4 million total viewers, according to Nielsen data. That represents an 11% drop in viewers from the previous season.

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