TV Ratings: 'American Horror Story: Cult' Debut Down From Last Season's Premiere 

TV Ratings: 'American Horror Story: Cult' Debut Down From Last Season's Premiere

The season opener of the FX anthology series dropped 24 percent from the previous year.

's debut episode was down from last season's premiere of the FX anthology series from Ryan Murphy.

On Sept. 5, the show pulled 3.93 million viewers and a 2.02 rating among adults 18 to 49. That number marks a 24 percent drop from the total number of viewers that tuned in to the Sept. 14, 2016, premiere of

Still, the episode was the highest rated in cable and the second-highest-rated original series on TV that night, following NBC's

on Oct. 17, 2012, which only drew 3.85 million viewers. The anthology hit its lowest number of viewers for a premiere with 2011's

It's worth noting that live-plus-same-day numbers no longer hold as much weight as they once did. FX is among the increasing number of networks that wait for delayed viewing metrics that take into account additional viewing days after the debut.

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