Ratings hold steady despite tough competition

With the Tony Awards and the pivotal game six of the NBA Finals as competition, Game of Thrones still managed to hold steady at 2.7 million viewers for its initial airing! The overall audience did drop a little with the encore airing slipping a bit from last week. James Hibberd reports:

Despite airing against the Tony Awards and the NBA Finals Game 6, HBO’s Game of Thrones tied its series high in the ratings Sunday night.

Thrones delivered another 2.7 million for its premiere telecast, and was down just a tick overall for the night (3.4 million). Yes, it’s safe to assume that number would likely be slightly higher if not for the added competition.

Winter Is Coming: This is good news. Hopefully with no competition next week we will see a nice increase in numbers. And with Sunday night’s shocking ending and the resulting buzz, I expect a big jump is possible. Enough to overtake Boardwalk Empire‘s season finale (3.3 mil initial/4.2 mil total)? We shall see.

• Published on 06/14/2011 at 9:56 AM CDT
• Last updated on 06/14/2011 at 9:56 AM CDT