'Justified' premiere lower versus. this past year

FX's Timothy Olyphant starrer "Justified" received 3.a million total audiences because of its season three debut Tuesday evening, lower 11% in the season two premiere of three.5 million. Within the 18-49 demo, the skein came 1.3 million, that was off a hefty 24% (1.7 million). However, both in total audiences as well as in the demo, Tuesday's first episode was up versus season-two earnings -- 16% as a whole audiences and 9% within the 18-49 demo. Olyphant, who plays a U.S. marshal located in Kentucky, toplines the The new sony Television-created skein. Walton Goggins, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter and Natalie Zea are some of the co-stars. Show was produced by Graham Yost and that he professional produces with Fred Golan, Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly, Michael Dinner and Elmore Leonard, whose books the show relies upon. At FX's recent Television Experts Assn. tour session, network leader John Landgraf reiterated the significance of cumulative viewing and noted that the series can receive around three occasions as numerous audiences from the initial weekly telecast. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com