Airing out of a slightly deflated “True Detective,” the second episode of HBO’s “Ballers” endured hits of 19% in adults 18-49 and 15% in viewership.<\/p>\n
Sunday’s “Ballers” posted a 0.89 adults 18-49 rating with 1.846 million total viewers. Last week’s episode, which launched the series, drew a 1.10 rating with 2.162 million.<\/p>\n
The aforementioned “True Detective” posted a 1.33 adults 18-49 rating with 3.048 million viewers this week. Last week’s season premiere was good for 1.42 with 3.172 million.<\/p>\n
While a drop is a drop, the modest decline is not particularly alarming — most dramas tend to slip from their season premieres.<\/p>\n
— Leading out of “Ballers,” “The Brink” drew a 0.55 adults 18-49 rating with 1.263 million viewers. Last Sunday’s episode posted a 0.66 with 1.598 million viewers.<\/p>\n
— “Last Week Tonight” closed HBO’s Sunday night with a 0.49 rating and 1.241 million viewers. The previous week’s episode scored a 0.55 with 1.365 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1048,437],"tags":[4463,78,3714,4464,1529],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n