'Bates Motel' opens for business with 3 million viewers

The series premiere ratings for “Bates Motel” starring Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore hit scripted drama highs in key demos for A&E.My first reaction to the new A&E show about Norman and Norma Bates was that it was too much a simpleton's view of their well known, complex story. By now, both Norman and his mother have woven themselves into theTonight at 10pm, A&E debuts their highly anticipated Psycho prequel/reboot Bates Motel starring Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air) and Freddie Highmore (Finding Neverland) as Norma and Norman Bates, respectively.My first reaction to the new A&E show about Norman and Norma Bates was that it was too much a simpleton's view of their well known, complex story. By now, both Norman and his mother have woven themselves into theNot that Bates Motel, A&E's Psycho prequel, would ever be for the squeamish — we all know

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