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Game of Thrones -- Most Watched in HBO History
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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#1 - 2014-06-06 13:43:09 UTC
'Game of Thrones' whacks 'The Sopranos' to become HBO's most popular show ever

"With two episodes remaining in the fourth season, Thrones has an average gross audience of 18.4 million viewers across all platforms. That surpasses the previous record set by the 2002 peak season of The Sopranos, which had an average gross audience of 18.2 million viewers per episode."

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Graygor
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2014-06-06 16:04:10 UTC  |  Edited by: Graygor
Whats more shocking from that is that the first episode of the sopranos was 15 years ago. Shocked

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#3 - 2014-06-06 16:26:43 UTC
Never watched Sopranos...

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Devara Biotech
#4 - 2014-06-06 16:30:33 UTC
Don't even know what Sopranos is.

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Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
#5 - 2014-06-06 16:48:02 UTC
It's like game of thrones. Only with the mafia and guns instead of swords and dragons and things.

But families struggling against each other? It's totally got that.
enotsmirb
Eire Engineers
Pandemic Horde
#6 - 2014-06-06 21:36:01 UTC
Then they kill off Tyrion and the rating plumit and the series gets sold to syfi channel.
Marsha Mallow
#7 - 2014-06-06 21:49:04 UTC
Those stats look impressive until you try to work out the total number of HBO viewers.

Eastenders hit 30m viewers in the UK in 1986 according to a this highly reliable source.

Even if they try to resurrect this via GoT I seriously doubt it's sustainable, unless GRRM turns over his ideas to scriptwriters.

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James Amril-Kesh
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Amarr Empire
#8 - 2014-06-07 04:13:38 UTC
Marsha Mallow wrote:
Those stats look impressive until you try to work out the total number of HBO viewers.

No they look impressive because they are impressive - shows on non-subscription channels rarely have this much viewership.

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Sibyyl
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#9 - 2014-06-07 05:49:43 UTC
The Oatmeal: I tried to watch Game of Thrones and this is what happened

HBO is a dinosaur. This way of content delivery should die, and quickly.

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#10 - 2014-06-07 12:40:42 UTC
Marsha Mallow wrote:
Those stats look impressive until you try to work out the total number of HBO viewers.

Eastenders hit 30m viewers in the UK in 1986 according to a this highly reliable source.



...and that's on a broadcast network.

GoT is CABLE subscription, a much smaller pool.


In fact, it's too expensive for me to pay for a full year (around $950). I'd buy the Blu Rays at $60 a year.

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Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
#11 - 2014-06-07 14:16:32 UTC
Sibyyl wrote:
The Oatmeal: I tried to watch Game of Thrones and this is what happened


lol

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Malaclypse Muscaria
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#12 - 2014-06-07 23:21:46 UTC
Sibyyl wrote:
The Oatmeal: I tried to watch Game of Thrones and this is what happened

HBO is a dinosaur. This way of content delivery should die, and quickly.


Reminds me a lot - right down to the same conclusion - of my own recent adventures trying to watch the Daily Show and Colbert from outside the US, now that some pointy-haired boss at Comedy Central has seemingly decided they've had enough of those filthy advertisement dollars coming from people living anywhere else in the world, and started blocking non-American interwebs users from legally watching their shows.
Marsha Mallow
#13 - 2014-06-07 23:34:00 UTC
James Amril-Kesh wrote:
No they look impressive because they are impressive - shows on non-subscription channels rarely have this much viewership.

True, but British viewers have a different perpective to others because of our broadcasting history. Some shows from the 70s and 80s used to attract an enormous market share (mainly because we only had 3-4 channels). Those broadcasts had a much deeper cultural impact than TV now, literally everyone watched them, and talked about them. Even though GoT is hitting a larger audience it's linked to certain demographics, those older shows were cross-demographic.

I see your point though.

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James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#14 - 2014-06-08 00:01:25 UTC
Marsha Mallow wrote:
James Amril-Kesh wrote:
No they look impressive because they are impressive - shows on non-subscription channels rarely have this much viewership.

True, but British viewers have a different perpective to others because of our broadcasting history. Some shows from the 70s and 80s used to attract an enormous market share (mainly because we only had 3-4 channels). Those broadcasts had a much deeper cultural impact than TV now, literally everyone watched them, and talked about them. Even though GoT is hitting a larger audience it's linked to certain demographics, those older shows were cross-demographic.

I see your point though.

Yeah. Don't get me wrong, I love the show and I think it's the best thing on T.V. but I'm not going to pretend it has the same impact as, say, Doctor Who.

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Ila Dace
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#15 - 2014-06-08 02:23:02 UTC
Marsha Mallow wrote:
Those stats look impressive until you try to work out the total number of HBO viewers.

Eastenders hit 30m viewers in the UK in 1986 according to a this highly reliable source.

Even if they try to resurrect this via GoT I seriously doubt it's sustainable, unless GRRM turns over his ideas to scriptwriters.

GRRM already has turned over his ideas to the show's two creators. They know the ending, and they will be proceeding without the novels if necessary.

From what I've seen so far, with the exception of the first book, the show is better anyhow.

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#16 - 2014-06-08 12:37:15 UTC
Ila Dace wrote:

GRRM already has turned over his ideas to the show's two creators. They know the ending, and they will be proceeding without the novels if necessary.



That's amusing, since he doesn't even know the ending. I can find no mention or proof of this anywhere.

There may even be an 8th book.

http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/george_rr_martin_claims_game_of_thrones_could_end_with_movies-2014-03

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Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
#17 - 2014-06-08 15:55:08 UTC
from my understanding GRRM has a "rough" idea where he wants to take the tale. enough so that, in terms of interpretation for the show, the creators could bring it to a conclusion in the event the books are not finished first.

it doesn't matter. i've read all the books that have come out and watch the show both. i'll read any and all further books that come out. i'm a total fangirl and i am completely unashamed of this fact.
jason hill
Red vs Blue Flight Academy
#18 - 2014-06-08 17:42:37 UTC  |  Edited by: jason hill
never seen either ... well Ive seen 1 episode of the sopranos and thought it was shite ....and muddled through 4 episodes of GOT ...and thought it was utter junk .... if I wanted porn then I know where to look .... soft porn doesn't do it for me ,


at least im honest


btw ..I never liked breaking bad ...nor did I like orange is the new black
Ila Dace
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#19 - 2014-06-08 19:23:27 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Ila Dace wrote:

GRRM already has turned over his ideas to the show's two creators. They know the ending, and they will be proceeding without the novels if necessary.



That's amusing, since he doesn't even know the ending. I can find no mention or proof of this anywhere.

There may even be an 8th book.

http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/george_rr_martin_claims_game_of_thrones_could_end_with_movies-2014-03

http://screenrant.com/game-of-thrones-final-season-7-8/
TFA wrote:
Last year we went out to Santa Fe for a week to sit down with him [Martin] and just talk through where things are going, because we don’t know if we are going to catch up and where exactly that would be. If you know the ending, then you can lay the groundwork for it. And so we want to know how everything ends. We want to be able to set things up. So we just sat down with him and literally went through every character.

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#20 - 2014-06-08 19:40:26 UTC
Ila Dace wrote:
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Ila Dace wrote:

GRRM already has turned over his ideas to the show's two creators. They know the ending, and they will be proceeding without the novels if necessary.



That's amusing, since he doesn't even know the ending. I can find no mention or proof of this anywhere.

There may even be an 8th book.

http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/george_rr_martin_claims_game_of_thrones_could_end_with_movies-2014-03

http://screenrant.com/game-of-thrones-final-season-7-8/
TFA wrote:
Last year we went out to Santa Fe for a week to sit down with him [Martin] and just talk through where things are going, because we don’t know if we are going to catch up and where exactly that would be. If you know the ending, then you can lay the groundwork for it. And so we want to know how everything ends. We want to be able to set things up. So we just sat down with him and literally went through every character.


They may know how most characters turn out, and how situations play out. But nowhere does it say they specifically know the ending. Especially since it is not even written.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
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