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'Breaking Bad' Finale Crushes Its Own Ratings Record

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The "Breaking Bad" finale exceeded ALL ratings expectations Sunday.

10.3 million tuned in to watch the end of AMC's hit series, according to numbers from Nielsen.

9 million people were anticipated to tune in to see the end of Walter White's run as meth kingpin Heisenberg.

AMC says that number is 300% times the viewership of the season 4 finale which had 1.9 million viewers.

The highest viewership for the series prior to this was 6.6 million viewers who had tuned into the series' penultimate episode.

Over on Showtime, 1.9 million people tuned in to the "Homeland" season 3 premiere.

The "Breaking Bad" finale also beat numbers for ABC, CBS, and, FOX during the 9 p.m. slot.

Family Guy (FOX): 5.3 million viewers
Revenge (ABC): 8 million
The Amazing Race / The Good Wife (CBS): 8.9 million

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Kirsten Acuna was a correspondent on Business Insider's Entertainment team covering TV, movies, and theme parks. She is Businness Insider's resident expert on all things "The Walking Dead." YKirsten covers superheroes and all things Disney (Marvel, Pixar, and live-action remakes). She is a verified film critic on Rotten Tomatoes. Kirsten has previously written for TV Guide and Time Out New York Kids. She joined Business Insider's entertainment team in 2012 as a reporter, helping to build the team from two people. She holds a degree in magazine journalism and minors in both English and child family studies from Syracuse University.Follow her on Twitter @KirstenAcuna.