Anna Nicole Smith was busting out (and busting records) all over E! Sunday night.
THE ANNA NICOLE SHOW, the new reality series starring the former PLAYBOY pinup turned Texas oil billionaire's widow, notched a 4.1 household rating in its 10 p.m. debut Sunday -- the highest rating ever for the cable network, the best debut for a cable reality series and the second-best debut for an original series on basic cable.
All told, the curiosity factor gave ANNA NICOLE higher premiere ratings than MTV's THE OSBOURNES, which nabbed a 2.8 household rating in its debut, before building up an audience throughout the season. For the record, the highest-rated original-series debut on cable belongs to USA Network's THE DEAD ZONE, which pulled in a 4.7 in June.
The highest ratings, of course, came from Smith's hometown of Houston, where the show notched a whopping 9.7 rating. (As reported by E! Online)
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