'Game of Thrones' gets record ratings: Biggest audience since 'Sopranos' finale

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http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/04/07/game-of-thrones-premiere-ratings-4/

6.6 Million!!!


We Did It Brehs!!!


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All hail HBO’s Game of Thrones. The fourth-season premiere of the fantasy delivered the show’s biggest audience yet: 6.6 million viewers. That makes Sunday’s ThronesHBO’s most-watched program since The Sopranos’ series finale in 2007. Two replays of the episode drove the show’s full-night tally up to 8.2 million viewers.

By comparison, season 3 opened to 4.4 million viewers and eventually peaked at 5.5 million for the sixth episode (no, the Red Wedding was not a record high, and nor was the finale, which delivered 5.4 million).

Last season Thrones averaged 14.4 million viewers per episode, second only to The Sopranos as HBO’s most-watched series. This year, Thrones might very well overtake the classic mob drama to claim the premium cable network’s all-time crown.

Online viewership was also immense as HBO Go, the pay cabler’s streaming service,crashed during the premiere with many receiving a “fatal error” message, which HBO attributed to “overwhelming demand.”

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For EW’s Game of Thrones season premiere coverage, see our recap, “A Storm of Swords and Swingers,” and our interview with Maisie Williams and showrunners on Arya’s dark twist.

The series premiere of Mike Judge’s new comedy series Silicon Valley had 2 million viewers, HBO’s largest half-hour series debut in nearly five years (since 2009′s Hung). Another 534,000 viewers over two replays brought the night’s total gross audience for the new comedy to 2.5 million viewers. Veep‘s third season premiere launched to 995,000 viewers, about the same as last year’s premiere.

 

[STAN JONES]

good #s for show on premium cable

that silicon valley show was decent too even tho its a rip off of the amazon instant show "Betas"

im surprised the rating were that high.

 

[Piff Perkins]

The show has really gone mainstream. Good look.

 

[Uncle_Ruckus]

The bandwagon got bigger.

I'm a wait till this season is done though and watch that shyt back to back the way God meant it to be seen.

 

[jdubnyce]

The bandwagon got bigger.

I'm a wait till this season is done though and watch that shyt back to back the way God meant it to be seen.

or do like me, and watch every week, then watch back to back over a weekend once the season is done

 

[NV-ME]

and a million nerds were watching wrestlemania. impressive.

 

[Big Blue]

HBO had a free preview weekend, so it's no surprise that the numbers look good.

 

[Ed MOTHEREFFING G]

and a million nerds were watching wrestlemania. impressive.

word, ONLY the coolest kids were watching dundgeons and boobs Game of Thrones

 

[NV-ME]

word, ONLY the coolest kids were watching dundgeons and boobs Game of Thrones

 

[madeyoulook]

might lead to a budget increase and we can finally see bigger battles and better special effects

 

[FlyRy]

good #s for show on premium cable

that silicon valley show was decent too even tho its a rip off of the amazon instant show "Betas"

im surprised the rating were that high.

don't underestimate the mike judge loyalty in the cac community

 

[Malta]

Just imagine, HBO turned down The Walking Dead too

 

[KevCo]

Just imagine, HBO turned down The Walking Dead too

and Breaking Bad If i remember correctly......

nice showing, esp cause this didnt include #'s from people like me without HBO who had to watch on HBOGO

 

[Black Magisterialness]

that is still one of the worst outfits known to man.

 

[HookersandIceCream]

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