Game of Thrones S5 ratings remain stable with episode three, total views outpace last season 

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numbers revealed today (and last night).

The initial airing of episode three was seen by 6.71 million viewers – which is comparable to last week’s number – and won the night, despite facing NBA playoffs. The repeat at 11 pm added another 0.8 million.

A more impressive (and ultimately more important) number is the one of total viewers. So far, the premiere episode has been seen by 18.1 million people, which is more than a million more than what episode one of the last season achieved in the same period, HBO reports. This means we’re on a good way to break the record of 19.1 million viewers per episode on average from last year. Check out the official press release after the jump.

’ highly anticipated fifth season premiere conquered 18.1 million viewers to-date (Linear Plays + Live+7 DVR + HBO On Demand/HBO GO + HBO NOW). That’s approximately 1.2 million viewers more when compared to last year’s first episode after a similar period of time (16.9 million). GAME OF THRONES ultimately averaged a gross audience of 19.1 million viewers per episode for season 4, becoming the most watched season of an HBO series on record.

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Well, that’s good I guess considering… you know… Obviously would be higher otherwise.

Waiting for these numbers to skyrocket come episode 5!

I think episode 4 will have a bump in live viewers after the ending to episode 3. Episode 5 will probably make it back over 7 million for the first airing. I’m still curious as to how episode 1 had as many live viewers as it did. That could wind up being the high water mark for the entire series, outside of maybe the series finale.

So the sky isn’t falling? David & Dan aren’t ruining the series? That’s a shocker! Lol

My big wonder if…. What is the viewership numbers for US plus the world…..

I don’t think they will ‘skyrocket’. It should have a 300,000-400,000 viewer bump, but I don’t expect it to be back up to the premier number. I am curious to see what the total viewership will be, once all of the platforms are tallied up, including HBO Now. I read where the first week in total viewers was 1.2 million higher than the first week of season 4.

UK viewing figures always take weeks to be issued, but the total for Episode 1 over 7 days – not just live – was 2.63 million. I guess this includes repeat viewings and online streaming

To put in perspective for subscription only channels the next highest was 1.06 million for a live football game( that’s soccer) and the highest for any show was 8.94 million on free to view for a “talent” show

Good. I can’t wait for total number of viewers for E2 and E3.

Perhaps…anyway these are still impressive numbers considering NBA playoffs…

Montreal hockey Game was over by 9:00pm this night, but not last week. Maybe more Canadians were watching!

So percentagewise the increment of the total viewership is much less than that of the premier

I’m guessing many people said fuck cable and switched to HBO Now or Sling TV.

have had something to do with the drop after the premiere. I mean, previous seasons have dropped a little bit following the premiere, but certainly not

I guess we’ll just have to wait and see after episode 5 airs.

I guess we’ll just have to wait and see after episode 5 airs.

Also this season, being the first of the new trilogy, is a bit of a slow burn. Plus Dorne looks run down, not sure why…I was expecting more lavishness

Great news!! I’m sure the season average will outpace Season 4.

So the sky isn’t falling?David & Dan aren’t ruining the series?That’s a shocker!Lol

Ruin? No. But the major illogical plot holes in the new Winterfell and Dornish plot lines are annoying. I guess some people are better at just accepting illogical reasons for characters’ behavior and rolling with it than I am.

Of course, the TV Apologists here at watchersonthewall tend to defend all changes, no matter how embarrassingly bad they are. They are almost has whacky as the nuts over at westeros.org that can’t shut up about “Thug Brienne”.

I went just over 3 weeks without seeing any spoilers for the leaked episodes, but then saw some significant details on episode four last night. So close…

Serves me right for looking at Youtube comments, really, but still I’m bummed. I hate whoever it was that leaked the episodes.

That’s good to hear about the view-count success, though. Episode 3 was great, the season’s gaining some real momentum now.

Chad Brick: Ruin? No. But the major illogical plot holes in the new Winterfell and Dornish plot lines are annoying. I guess some people are better at just accepting illogical reasons for characters’ behavior and rolling with it than I am.

Of course, the TV Apologists here at watchersonthewall tend to defend all changes, no matter how embarrassingly bad they are. They are almost has whacky as the nuts over at westeros.org that can’t shut up about “Thug Brienne”.

They are like those radical jews in gaza and the palestinians from hamas…both annoying as hell

I think people just want to enjoy the entertainment. I understand if some can’t look past some of the inconsistencies. I am bugged by them at times, particularly the shifting size of each army to suit the plot.

I always knew Sansa was going to go back north, kinda glad they left out her circlejerk in the Vale and skipped to the meaty parts. Dorne should have been cut and just make Jaime hand of the king and kill him off in finale, that would have been a tighter season without jumping all over the place. I was hoping for Mereene to be burned down already and have Dany sailing towards westeros, but the show runners are being to nice trying to let GRRM catch up with them. Hardhome episode should be close enough to Winds of Winter territory I hope ehe.

I just dont find the inconsistencies large enough to bother me in any way…In fact, I think they justified it well to work in the show universe. Come on.. “Welcome home Lady Stark, The North Remembers”…. Goosebumps :\'(.. I just wanna see Sansa kill them all =)

The only change I truly *hated* was the pure BS that was Qarth… that was awful.

Because lord knows, if we actually fully enjoy the TV show for its own sake, we

be “apologists”. Can’t possibly be that we just love the show.

Chad Brick: Of course, the TV Apologists here at watchersonthewall tend to defend all changes, no matter how embarrassingly bad they are.

I’m still not sold on some of the changes, but I’ll wait to see where it goes before wringing my hands and passing judgement.

pau: They are like those radical jews in gaza and the palestinians from hamas…both annoying as hell

Oh, by the way, slightly off topic : I hope Dominic Carter will get a Curtan Call ! Granted Janos Slynt was not the most memorable character out there but Dominic was great in the role and present almost from the first !

How do you know the changes are illogical? You’ve seen 3 (maybe 4) episodes of a 10 episode season. I’ll reserve judgement on whether or not the changes make sense to me until I’ve seen the full season and know exactly how the changes effect the overall story and I’d suggest you should do the same. Who knows, maybe you’ll like the changes even better than the original source material? lol

There is nothing wacky about people taking the time out of their day to discuss a show they enjoy. There is certainly something wacky about people watching something and then spending hours bashing it.

As for the illogical plotholes…. Do you know Lord Baelish’s plans fully yet? How do you know the are illogical? Not enough of the story has been told.

Glad to know that the total # of viewers remains high at 18.1 million. It is the most important of the viewership #s.

Love the photo of dear, departed Slynt in this post.

I’m still not sold on some of the changes, but I’ll wait to see where it goes before wringing my hands and passing judgement.

I agree and thanks for saying it before I could. So now everyone here is a TV apologist. Yeah…I don’t think so.

I don’t know about all of you, but my unsullied friends have been voicing their displeasure with the show lately and have been calling it “slow” and “boring”. It seems like interest with the casuals might be declining. We’ll need to wait for the E5 ratings to accurately determine if it’s true or not, though.

The Bastard: My big wonder if…. What is the viewership numbers for US plus the world…..

That would really be interesting to know. Right now some films are doing way more biz outside the USA than in the USA. To point of turning double to triple the USA boxoffice. But finding out World-figures has so far been impossible unless on is talking pirating.

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