{"id":44415,"date":"2015-08-04T09:22:40","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T13:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=44415"},"modified":"2015-08-04T10:37:58","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T14:37:58","slug":"ratings-true-detective-falls-as-finale-approaches-ballers-also-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2015\/08\/04\/ratings-true-detective-falls-as-finale-approaches-ballers-also-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Ratings: HBO&#8217;s &#8220;True Detective&#8221; Declines as Finale Approaches, &#8220;Ballers&#8221; Also Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday&#8217;s &#8220;True Detective&#8221; episode was the least-watched of the second season.<\/p>\n<p>Airing from 9:01-10:05PM, the episode posted a 0.97 adults 18-49 rating with 2.177 million total viewers.  Last week&#8217;s episode, which itself posted season low numbers, managed a 1.02 with 2.340 million.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s episode was the penultimate of the second season.  The extended-length season finale airs next week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ballers,&#8221; which led out of &#8220;True Detective,&#8221; also suffered week-over-week losses.  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