Game of Thrones ratings are in. But they went down a tick for the first time, with Sunday night’s premiere slipping a tad. The 9 p.m. airing delivered 2.4 million (compared to last week’s 2.6 million). Most of the difference was picked up during the encore airing, with the night’s total finishing at 3.2 million (compared to last week’s 3.3 million).
Gotta say, I’m surprised, because of all the episodes I’ve seen, this was the one I was certain would post a gain given the story strength of last week’s hour. But there was also plenty of sports competition and the Celebrity Apprentice finale on Sunday, so who knows.
Source: Entertainment Weekly
If anyone is interested, the ratings did actually rise in the UK. Hopefully next week will rise again. To be fair, it looks like most people just shifted to the second airing.
ReplyDeleteHmmm, the ratings next week will be interesting to see, because a lot of people already watched the episode since it was available via HBO GO.
ReplyDeleteRight. Does anyone understand the logic behind that move?
ReplyDeleteMarketing for HBO GO, only thing that makes sense.
ReplyDeleteWith it being Memorial Day next weekend, everyone will be on a three day weekend and be celebrating Sunday night, not really watching tv. I am assuming HBO was using the possible drop in ratings anyway to push their HBO GO, but that is only a guess on my part.
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