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The Nielsen company said 17.4 million people watched the Sunday opener to the showB次元官网网址檚 final season, either live on the network at 9 p.m., streamed, through HBOB次元官网网址檚 on-demand service or during two reruns that aired later that night. Nielsen canB次元官网网址檛 account for people who watched more than once.
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HBOB次元官网网址檚 previous high-water mark was last seasonB次元官网网址檚 finale of B次元官网网址淕ame of Thrones,B次元官网网址� making it likely that this new HBO record will be eclipsed when the series ends on May 19.
Nielsen said that 11.8 million people watched the season premiere traditionally, meaning when it first aired on the network at 9 p.m.
The numbers are likely to keep going up; HBO estimates that 32.8 million people watched each episode of the show last season. That includes people who watched weeks after it first aired and repeat viewers.
Viewership for the show is more impressive when you consider that HBO is a service that people have to specifically pay for. It is available in around 35 million households in the United States, or roughly a third of the number of homes that can see CBS, NBC and ABC.
Tiger WoodsB次元官网网址� stirring comeback in the Masters gave CBS its biggest audience for that marquee golf tournament in six years, Nielsen said. SundayB次元官网网址檚 final round, which was moved up several hours due to the threat of bad weather in Georgia, averaged 10.8 million viewers. The broadcastB次元官网网址檚 peak came when Woods won shortly after 2 p.m. ET, with 18.3 million viewers.
CBS easily won the week in prime-time, averaging 7.1 million viewers. ABC had 4.5 million viewers, NBC had 3.7 million, Fox had 2.3 million, Univision had 1.3 million, ION Television had 1.2 million, Telemundo had 1.1 million and the CW had 700,000.
Fox B次元官网网址 Channel was the weekB次元官网网址檚 most popular cable network, averaging 2.38 million viewers in prime time. MSNBC had 1.56 million, HGTV had 1.182 million, USA had 1.177 million and TNT had 1.11 million.
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For the week of April 8-14, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: NCAA MenB次元官网网址檚 Basketball Championship: Virginia vs. Texas Tech, CBS, 19.72 million; B次元官网网址淣CIS,B次元官网网址� CBS, 11.82 million; B次元官网网址淕ame of Thrones,B次元官网网址� HBO, 11.76 million; B次元官网网址�60 Minutes,B次元官网网址� CBS, 8.72 million; B次元官网网址淭he Code,B次元官网网址� CBS, 8.14 million; B次元官网网址淏lue Bloods,B次元官网网址� CBS, 8.09 million; B次元官网网址淭he VoiceB次元官网网址� (Monday), NBC, 7.62 million; B次元官网网址淪urvivor,B次元官网网址� CBS, 7.6 million; B次元官网网址淣CAA Basketball Pre-Game Show,B次元官网网址� CBS, 7.47 million; B次元官网网址淭he VoiceB次元官网网址� (Tuesday), NBC, 7.32 million.
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ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co. CBS is owned by CBS Corp. CW is a joint venture of Warner Bros. Entertainment and CBS Corp. Fox is owned by 21st Century Fox. NBC and Telemundo are owned by Comcast Corp. ION Television is owned by ION Media Networks.
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HBOB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淕ame of ThronesB次元官网网址� lived up to the hype. This past weekendB次元官网网址檚 season premiere stands as the most-watched one-day event in the history of the cable network that began in 1978.
The Nielsen company said 17.4 million people watched the Sunday opener to the showB次元官网网址檚 final season, either live on the network at 9 p.m., streamed, through HBOB次元官网网址檚 on-demand service or during two reruns that aired later that night.
ThereB次元官网网址檚 a good chance that number will be eclipsed next month when the series signs off for good.
Meanwhile, CBS had its biggest audience for the Masters in six years with Tiger WoodsB次元官网网址� stirring comeback.
David Bauder, The Associated Press
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