Ratings - Live + same day - House of the Dragon (2022) Discussion

[–] TexasJack (12515) 2 years ago

Is that good or bad?

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[–] MartyDeniro (4119) 2 years ago

It's worse than the original GofT premiere, which would be bad since that had no connection to a prior hit show -- but viewing habits have changed a lot since then. Appointment television isn't what it used to be, and HBO Max isn't part of this tally, which is why HBO released that 10mil viewer number prior to the final national ratings.

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[–] Ed (523) 2 years ago

Or, there are folks like me who are content to wait until most of the season is out, then get a membership and binge watch.

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[–] TexasJack (12515) 2 years ago

Thanks!

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[–] alienzen (1929) 2 years ago

It has a connection to a prior show that had a disastrous finale, so you have to take that into account. If the show had ended differently, there would surely be more hype about a spinoff. It's kind of the difference between Batman Returns coming out as a sequel to Batman, and Batman Begins coming out after Batman and Robin and Batman forever.

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[–] JBran (1586) 2 years ago

Except Batman Forever is amazing, Val Kilmer is the best Batman and it has the greatest soundtrack of all time.

No Batman film has lived up to it since.

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[–] LoveCatsHateDogs (1662) 2 years ago

Batman Forever was meh.

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[–] JBran (1586) 2 years ago

😵

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[–] MartyDeniro (4119) 2 years ago

S01-EP2 .57 (18-49) - 2.264 mil viewers

That's up 7+% in the demo, and up 4+% total viewers.

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[–] Quasimodo (16388) 2 years ago

I would expect episode 3 to continue the upward trend after episode 2 which was much better than episode 1.

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[–] MartyDeniro (4119) 2 years ago

S01-EP3 .37 (18-49) - 1.75 mil viewers

Big drop, but the holiday weekend might be a contributing factor.

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[–] Quasimodo (16388) 2 years ago

But then again what would I know.

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[–] MartyDeniro (4119) 2 years ago

S01-EP4 .41 (18-49) - 1.8 mil viewers

Improvement over last week's big dip, but the ratings have not returned to the level of the first 2 eps.

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[–] MartyDeniro (4119) 2 years ago

S01-EP5 .42 (18-49) - 1.829 mil viewers

Up slightly from the prior episode, but still has not returned to peak levels.

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[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

How does it compare to Rings of Power?

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[–] MartyDeniro (4119) 2 years ago

Rings of Power is streaming only, while we have HBO for HofD. We only have the numbers Amazon gives us until the new Nielsen ratings for streaming are revealed. And despite what some around here have said, it's hard to compare them since there's only been self-reporting for total viewership. The slice I post above is independent of the self-reporting in their press releases. Those are from Nielsen.

https://variety.com/vip/amazons-rings-of-power-ratings-figure-doesnt-reveal-much-1235372858/

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[–] MartyDeniro (4119) 2 years ago

S01-EP6 .45 (18-49) - 1.859 mil viewers

Again, climbing from the prior episode, but still has not returned to peak levels.

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[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

Is this both streaming AND cable?

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[–] MartyDeniro (4119) 2 years ago

No streaming, just cable.

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[–] MartyDeniro (4119) 2 years ago

S01-EP7 .43 (18-49) - 1.883 mil viewers

Mixed bag this week. Slight decrease in the demo, but another slight increase in total viewers.

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[–] Volley (3386) 2 years ago

Yeah I haven't touched cable TV in a decade. It's all about the streaming and watching TV through the Internet. There's no way HBO or anyone is able to count how many people are gathered around a television set either. For all they know I had 20 people gathered at my house to watch Episode 1.

Nevermind those who will only watch once a season or even series is completed.

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