'Lake Placid 3' Snaps Up 3 Million Viewers

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Syfy Channel's Aug. 21 original movie Lake Placid 3 took a big bite out of Saturday's primetime cable ratings, averaging 3 million total viewers.

The movie, which stars Colin Ferguson (Eureka) as a game warden fighting off killer crocodiles, was the most watched Syfy telecast since an October 2009 episode of Ghost Hunters averaged 3.06 million viewers and the most viewed original film since Lake Placid 2 drew 3.12 million viewers in 2005, based on Live +Same Day data. Lake Placid 3 is the network's fourth most watched Saturday Original Movie ever behind Lake Placid 2, 2004's Dragon Storm (3.03 million) and 2005's Pterodactyl (3.10 million viewers.)

The film, which also starred Yancy Butler (Kick-Ass) and Michael Ironside (Terminator Salvation), averaged 1.3 million adults 25-54 and 935,000 adults 18-49, said the network.

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R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.