‘The Clark Sisters: First Ladies Of Gospel’ Debuts To Blockbuster Ratings with Over 2.7 Million, Marks Highest-Rated Lifetime Movie In Four Years

Posted April 13, 2020

Lifetime‘s highly anticipated ‘‘The Clark Sisters: First Ladies Of Gospel’ Biopic‘ aired on Saturday, and now the ratings are in, and they are much higher than even the network could have expected.

According to the final numbers that came in on Monday, the film has become the highest-rated Lifetime movie in over four years with over 2.7 million viewers according to Nielsen.

via Deadline:

The TV movie, which included lauded performances by Aunjanue Ellis, Angela Birchett, Sheléa Frazier, Kierra Sheard and Raven Goodwin, was the strongest original movie for all television for 2020 across key demos including both broadcast and cable. To add to their winning night, The Clark Sisters was the best ad-supported cable original movie since 2018 in key demos. With the biopic, Lifetime has the boasting rights of having the top three original movies on ad-supported cable in 2020 in key demos, alongside with Stolen By My Mother: The Kamiyah Mobley Story and Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer.

Congratulations to the cast, Lifetime, and of course, the legendary Clark Sisters.

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Hallelujah! The Lifetime Original Movie The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel hit a high note on Saturday night, delivering 2.7 million Total Viewers in L+SD, according to Nielsen Media Research, making it Lifetime’s highest-rated movie since 2016 and the strongest original movie on all of television for 2020 across key demos, including both broadcast and cable. Additionally, The Clark Sisters was the best ad-supported cable original movie since 2018 in key demos, with 1.1 million Adults 25-54, 905,000 Adults 18-49 and 813,000 Women 25-54. With the success of The Clark Sisters, Lifetime now claims the top three original movies on ad-supported cable in 2020 in key demos, along with Stolen By My Mother: The Kamiyah Mobley Story and Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer. On social media, #TheClarkSisters ranked #1 across all TV on April 11 with over 700,000 interactions, according to Nielsen Social. #TheClarkSisters was the top social Lifetime movie over the last year. Lifetime will air an encore presentation of The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel tonight, Monday, April 13 at 8/7c. The movie is also available on VOD.

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