Here we are, Ladies and Sers, survivors of another Game of Thrones season. Phew. The Sunday finale saw the viewership record broken once more, and broken well. It is now time to visualize all the numbers of the season. First off, here is our trusty graph of viewers of the initial airing, updated with the back half […]
Continue reading →The Game of Thrones viewership numbers are still going up, this is truly a record season, as more and more people seem to be catching up. ShowBuzzDaily reports the numbers this week to stand at a record high 10.72 million people who watched the initial airing on Sunday, which is more than half a million over […]
Continue reading →Okay, that was unexpected, but what better Game of Thrones episode to set a new record than last Sunday’s doozy? As if the viewers knew what was coming … “The Spoils of War” original airing was seen by 10.17 million viewers, just breaking the previous record set at 10.11 by the season’s premiere. Thanks to Showbuzz Daily […]
Continue reading →It is Tuesday and the weekly Game of Thrones viewership numbers are in once again, thanks to Zap2It’s TV by the Numbers. The first airing of this week’s episode, “The Queen’s Justice,” was seen by 9.25 million viewers, essentially the same number as last week. Any comparison with another cable show is simply futile at […]
Continue reading →Hey there, everyone! What an awesome start to the new season of Game of Thrones. So much so that the ratings news came out earlier than expected, but we need not have fretted — Luka had it all covered! Yesterday’s post puts the numbers into perspective, so today I’m mostly just adding the visual perspective as well. […]
Continue reading →While promoting his new movie, My Cousin Rachel, Iain Glen naturally also answered a few questions concerning Game of Thrones in an interview with the Irish national broadcaster RTÉ. He dearly hopes Ser Jorah gets to survive until the end of the show (don’t we all?), but also admits that he has no idea about his character’s ultimate […]
Continue reading →A week ago we reported HBO was scouting Sweden, in particular Visby on the island of Gotland as a potential Game of Thrones location. The decision has now been made not to film there. As the local press writes, the major factor was the lack of tax breaks for filming. This does not rule Sweden out […]
Continue reading →In a quieter summer than usual, in terms of Game of Thrones news, Bran actor Isaac Hempstead Wright addresses the very reason for the dearth of production reports – the shift of filming to a later date – and how he feels about the change in this IGN piece: It feels weird, starting so much later, […]
Continue reading →Tuesday is the day for numbers, so let’s keep it that way. HBO has announced that season 6 episodes averaged 25.1 million viewers! Let’s just have the press release speak for itself. GAME OF THRONES highly anticipated sixth season conquered all previous seasons with episodes averaging 25.1 million viewers to-date (linear Plays + DVR + HBO On Demand […]
Continue reading →HBO has just released their plans for season seven of Game of Thrones. It is now official that the episode count for next year stands at seven episodes. The filming is slated for “later this summer.” We already knew that the beginning of the season 7 production will take place later than usual; now the new season is […]
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