{"id":7251,"date":"2010-06-22T22:18:10","date_gmt":"2010-06-23T03:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=7251"},"modified":"2010-06-22T22:18:10","modified_gmt":"2010-06-23T03:18:10","slug":"true-blood-ratings-down-considerably-treme-ends-season-quietly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/06\/22\/true-blood-ratings-down-considerably-treme-ends-season-quietly\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;True Blood&#8221; Ratings Down Considerably, &#8220;Treme&#8221; Ends Season Quietly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although it remains a powerhouse performer for HBO (and a standout among all scripted cable series), &#8220;True Blood&#8221; dipped considerably from its season premiere this week.<\/p>\n<p>Episode two of the third season dropped to 4.259 million viewers with a 2.5 adults 18-49 rating, according to a report on Mediaweek.  HBO noted that the 11PM airing added another 1.3 million viewers to the tally.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:left;margin-right:5px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/news\/arrives-the-true-blood\/image\/9068512?term=paquin\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/view4.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/image\/9068512\/arrives-the-true-blood\/arrives-the-true-blood.jpg?size=234&#038;imageId=9068512\" border=\"0\" width=\"234\" title=\"arrives at the True Blood Season Premiere 2010\" height=\"351\" oncontextmenu=\"return false;\" ondrag=\"return false;\" onmousedown=\"return false;\" alt=\"Anna Paquin &amp; Stephen Moyer.arrives at the True Blood Season Premiere 2010.ArcLight Cineramadome.Los Angeles, CA.June 8, 2010.2010 Kathy Hutchins \/ Hutchins Photo.. Photo via Newscom\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/\/JavaScripts\/OTIjs.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As the drop of about 16% is roughly in-line with the pattern from last year, this is by no means a red flag or a sign that &#8220;True Blood&#8221; is anything less than a stellar performer for HBO.  By the same token, as &#8220;Blood&#8221; is now a more established series for HBO, the lofty intra-season growth demonstrated over the second season might not be as plausible.  &#8220;True Blood&#8221; will remain HBO&#8217;s flagship series, but it might finally have identified its apex audience level between last season&#8217;s finale and last week&#8217;s season premiere.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Treme,&#8221; meanwhile, failed to end its first season on a high note.  Down to just 0.931 million viewers with a 0.4 adults 18-49 rating, &#8220;Treme,&#8221; in addition to offering up a low number, disappointed further by losing much of the &#8220;True Blood spike&#8221; it received last week.  The season closer&#8217;s viewership was also well below that of the season premiere, which garnered the eyeballs of 1.4 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Based on its early performance and critical acclaim, &#8220;Treme&#8221; quickly scored a second season renewal, but the battle for HBO will now be figuring out a way to clot the viewership bleed.<\/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":[3],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;True Blood&quot; Ratings Down Considerably, &quot;Treme&quot; Ends Season Quietly<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Although it remains a powerhouse performer for HBO (and a standout among all scripted cable series), &quot;True Blood&quot; dipped considerably from its season\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/06\/22\/true-blood-ratings-down-considerably-treme-ends-season-quietly\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;True Blood&quot; Ratings Down Considerably, &quot;Treme&quot; Ends Season Quietly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Although it remains a powerhouse performer for HBO (and a standout among all scripted cable series), &quot;True Blood&quot; dipped considerably from its season\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/06\/22\/true-blood-ratings-down-considerably-treme-ends-season-quietly\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Headline Planet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-06-23T03:18:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/view4.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/image\/9068512\/arrives-the-true-blood\/arrives-the-true-blood.jpg?size=234&imageId=9068512\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Cantor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cantorpedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@headlineplanet\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/06\/22\/true-blood-ratings-down-considerably-treme-ends-season-quietly\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/06\/22\/true-blood-ratings-down-considerably-treme-ends-season-quietly\/\",\"name\":\"\\\"True Blood\\\" Ratings Down Considerably, \\\"Treme\\\" Ends Season Quietly\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-06-23T03:18:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-06-23T03:18:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\"},\"description\":\"Although it remains a powerhouse performer for HBO (and a standout among all scripted cable series), \\\"True Blood\\\" dipped considerably from its season\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/06\/22\/true-blood-ratings-down-considerably-treme-ends-season-quietly\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/\",\"name\":\"Headline Planet\",\"description\":\"Music News &amp; Charts, TV News &amp; Spoilers\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\",\"name\":\"Brian Cantor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Brian Cantor\"},\"description\":\"Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. 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