{"id":94750,"date":"2017-08-22T09:45:55","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T13:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=94750"},"modified":"2017-08-22T10:07:15","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T14:07:15","slug":"ratings-game-thrones-endures-slight-decline-remains-dominant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2017\/08\/22\/ratings-game-thrones-endures-slight-decline-remains-dominant\/","title":{"rendered":"Ratings: HBO&#8217;s &#8220;Game Of Thrones&#8221; Endures Slight Loss, Remains Dominant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After delivering series high numbers last week, &#8220;Game Of Thrones&#8221; endured slight losses in adults 18-49 and overall viewership this week.<\/p>\n<p>It still delivered <i>one of<\/i> the show&#8217;s best performances on record.<\/p>\n<p>It still convincingly won the night in both columns.  It was downright dominant in the adults 18-49 demographic.<\/p>\n<p>According to live+same-day data posted by Showbuzz, Sunday&#8217;s &#8220;Game Of Thrones&#8221; drew a 4.71 adults 18-49 rating and averaged 10.24 million overall viewers.<\/p>\n<p>The numbers trail the 4.98 adults 18-49 rating and 10.72 million drawn by last week&#8217;s episode, but they do not trail those of any other broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>The adults 18-49 rating ties that of the season premiere for second place in series history.  The viewership figure outright ranks as the #2 tally to date.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Game Of Thrones&#8221; concludes its seventh season this coming Sunday.  Many are expecting series high numbers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; &#8220;Game Of Thrones&#8221; led into &#8220;Ballers,&#8221; which drew a 1.08 and 2.36 million (down from last week&#8217;s 1.21\/2.84 million).<\/p>\n<p>HBO&#8217;s Sunday lineup also included &#8220;Insecure&#8221; (0.66\/1.32 million vs. 0.66\/1.30 million last week) and &#8220;Last Week Tonight&#8221; (0.67\/1.76 million vs. 0.82\/1.93 million last week).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunday&#8217;s &#8220;Game Of Thrones&#8221; did not set a new high &#8211; but did blow away the competition.  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