‘American Horror Story: Coven’ premiere casts ratings spell for FX

Some kind of powerful witchcraft gripped the ratings for FX’s “American Horror Story: Coven.�

Wednesday’s premiere of FX’s horror miniseries scared up the best numbers yet in the “American Horror Story� franchise, with 5.5 million total viewers tuning in, according to Nielsen.

That was up more than 40% compared with the premiere of “American Horror Story: Asylum,� which drew 3.8 million last year.

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Most impressively, in the key demographic of viewers aged 18 to 34 “AHS� was the No. 1 show on TV during prime time Wednesday, beating everything on the broadcast networks. Among viewers aged 18 to 49 -- the demographic that governs most of the TV business -- “AHS� was No. 2, behind only ABC’s sitcom smash “Modern Family.�

When two later encore showings were included, “AHS� delivered nearly 8 million total viewers for the night.

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