Game of Thrones’ ratings tumble with “The Gift”
Game of Thrones hit another season low this past Sunday, as “The Gift” was watched live by around 5.40 million people, netting it a 2.5 rating among adults 18-49. By themselves, those numbers are...
View ArticleGame of Thrones ratings improve significantly with “Hardhome”
For a while now, the real-time ratings for Game of Thrones’ fifth season have been on the decline (even as it sets record after record for piracy). After getting the best ratings of its five-year run...
View Article“Mother’s Mercy” was the highest rated Game of Thrones episode of all time
As it ever was and likely ever shall be, Game of Thrones pulled in strong numbers this past Sunday. Like, really strong. Like, highest-rated episode of all time strong. “Mother’s Mercy,” the show’s...
View ArticleGame of Thrones moves past Breaking Bad on IMDb’s list of top rated shows
Rejoice, Game of Thrones fans! HBO’s flagship series has moved up to number 4, surpassing AMC’s Breaking Bad, on IMDb’s list of the 250 top rated television shows. According to the site, in order to...
View ArticleGame of Thrones is the second most popular show on Reddit for 2018, despite...
This may come as a shock to you, but Game of Thrones is a very popular show. How popular? Despite not airing a new episode since August of 2017, the HBO drama was the second most buzzed about TV show...
View ArticleGame of Thrones was the most popular on-demand show of 2018, despite not...
Just last week, we wrote about how, even though it aired no new episodes in 2018, Game of Thrones was the second-most talked about show of the year on Reddit. But you know what’s even better than...
View ArticleThe Walking Dead is the most pirated show of 2018
For years now, HBO’s Game of Thrones has held the dubious honor of being the most pirated TV show on the planet. In 2018, it was dethroned. According to TorrentFreak, the title of Most Pirated Show has...
View ArticleSurprise! Game of Thrones season 8 premiere breaks viewership records
A whole lotta people watched the eighth and final season premiere of Game of Thrones. Quick, everybody act shocked. To be specific, Entertainment Weekly reports that 17.4 million people tuned in to...
View ArticleGame of Thrones ratings down slightly from premiere, still stupid high
Here’s the sort of bad news: the second episode of Game of Thrones season 8, “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” didn’t have quite as many viewers as last week’s premiere, “Winterfell.” That’s no...
View Article“The Long Night” viewership breaks record for Game of Thrones and HBO
As usual, a lot of people watched the new episode of Game of Thrones this past Sunday. How many? Per Variety, “The Long Night,” which featured the show-stopping Battle of Winterfell, drew 12.02 million...
View Article“The Bells” sets new ratings record for Game of Thrones, HBO
The ratings for the penultimate episode of Game of Thrones are in, and they are large. According to Deadline, 12.5 million people watched “The Bells” in real-time. Those are the highest ratings ever...
View Article“The Iron Throne” was the most watched episode of Game of Thrones ever
Last night, HBO aired the Game of Thrones series finale, “The Iron Throne.” In probably the least surprising news you’ve heard all year — maybe ever — a whole lotta people watched it. To be specific,...
View ArticleGame of Thrones series finale breaks ratings records for Sky
Game of Thrones’ final season had a mixed reception among fans, but that didn’t stop it from shattering ratings records. According to Variety, British telecom giant Sky — which airs Game of Thrones on...
View ArticleMost Game of Thrones fans keeping HBO subscriptions after final season
A lot of people watched the final season of Game of Thrones — 44 million per episode, by HBO’s count. The Hollywood Reporter calculated that it ranked just below Monday Night Football in the Adults...
View ArticleYes, the final season of Game of Thrones was a chaotic mess, and it was glorious
People complained a lot about the final season of Game of Thrones, not just millions of sometimes bitterly angry fans but also quite a few critics. In recent memory, only with Star Wars: The Last Jedi...
View ArticleHis Dark Materials has biggest British TV premiere in five years
Fueled by the popularity of author Philip Pullman’s epic fantasy trilogy, the premiere episode of BBC/HBO’s His Dark Materials TV series nabbed 7.2 million viewers on British TV, the largest number...
View ArticleThe Mandalorian becomes the most in-demand series in the United States
Of all the new shows coming out in 2019, perhaps none came with a better pedigree — or higher expectations — than The Mandalorian. Fans of Star Wars waited with bated breath for the flagship show of...
View ArticleNetflix’s The Witcher in high demand despite middling reviews
It looks like the first season of The Witcher on Netflix is a win with fantasy fans, even if critics have been largely unimpressed with the adventures of Geralt of Rivia and company. Case in point:...
View ArticleGame of Thrones was the highest rated scripted show of 2019
Last year, Game of Thrones ended forever, but it went out with a bang. According to Variety, it was the top-rated scripted show of the year on linear TV (meaning this doesn’t include streaming-only...
View ArticleDisney collected one third of all domestic box office revenue in 2019
Mickey is the mighty, mighty mouse. As reported by Variety, Disney’s 2019 projects trampled box office records by pulling in $11.1 billion worldwide. If you include the films released by 20th Century...
View Article
