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RATINGS RAT RACE: HBO’s ‘Eastbound’ Spikes In Return, ‘Boardwalk’ Dips In Week 2

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday September 28, 2010 @ 11:12am PDTTags: Boardwalk Empire, Bored to Death, Cable TV, Eastbound & Down, HBO Ratings, Ratings, TV, TV Ratings
Nellie Andreeva

In its second airing, HBO’s period mob drama Boardwalk Empire drew 3.3 million viewers, down 31% from its premiere last week. The series, which has already been renewed for a second season, was watched by a combined 4.4 million viewers last night when the 11 PM rerun is factored in. The pilot episode, which was directed by Martin Scorsese has been seen by a total of 11 million viewers so far, including multiple plays on HBO, DVR and On Demand viewing, HBO said.

Following Boardwalk Empire was the second season premiere of off-beat comedy Bored to Death (1.1 million), which fell sharply from its lead-in but was still up 2% from its series premiere. Including the 12AM play, Bored to Death‘s cume audience was 1.5 million.

HBO’s best news of the night came at 10:30 PM where the second season debut of comedy Eastbound & Down averaged 1.7 million viewers, up 150% from the show’s series premiere and up 55% from its lead-in. The show’s total viewership for the night was 2 million.

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘True Blood’ Finale Slightly Up From Last Year, ‘MNF’ Opens Big

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday September 14, 2010 @ 11:41am PDTTags: Cowboys/Redskins NBC Ratings, Entourage, HBO Ratings, Hung, NBC Football, Ratings, Sunday Night Football, True Blood, TV Ratings
Nellie Andreeva

Airing against the big football game on NBC, the third season finale of HBO’s True Blood drew 5.4 million viewers, up 5% from the second season finale and just 60,000 viewers shy of last week’s series high. Another 1.1 million watched vampire drama’s closer at 11:30 PM. Following True Blood, … Read More »

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HBO’s ‘True Blood’ Hits New Series High

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday August 31, 2010 @ 9:49am PDTTags: Cable TV, HBO, HBO Ratings, Ratings, True Blood Ratings, TV Ratings, Vampires
Nellie Andreeva

It may have lost at the Emmys where it was nominated for best drama series, but airing against the awards show on Sunday, HBO’s True Blood hit a new series high, drawing 5.4 million viewers. The vampire drama added another 1.2 million viewers with the 11:30 PM replay. Also on Sunday, … Read More »

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