hbo HBO's Game of Thrones

[Lannister]

First 14 minutes (without the opening credits) are up,

HERE

[trag3dy]

Looks good! I can't wait. :woot:

[Rappy Veteran]

The first dab of Game of Thrones ratings trivia is in. On Sunday night, HBO aired a 15-minute preview showing the opening scenes of its highly anticipated new series. Here?s how many watched: 720,000.

Is that good? Bad? Tough to say. It?s just a preview, and all the advertising for Thrones is emphasizing the actual premiere on April 17. Plus, plenty of would-be viewers watched the preview online (see it here). I think it?s fair to conclude this is not a giant number indicating the show?s debut will go through the ratings roof. But given its non-promoted and brief nature, nor does it suggest support for the show is soft ? an HBO spokesperson points out the network has never done something like this before.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/04/05/game-of-thrones-ratings-heres-how-many-watched-hbos-preview/

[mudslag]

http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/04/05/game-of-thrones-ratings-heres-how-many-watched-hbos-preview/

It might have helped had they advertised a bit more, didnt even hear about this till now.

[Rappy Veteran]

[Rappy Veteran]

tonight! :woot:

[Elessar]

So I've already planned how I'm going to watch this. Will watch the first episode tonight and then I'll wait impatiently until the first season is released on Blu-ray.

[inferniac]

The book has been amazing, looking forward to this (Y)

[DJD]

Looks amazing!!! :woot:

[ThisSiteHasLostItsCharm]

really looking forward to this one.

[dknm]

If you're not from the US , you get to wait another day .

From the 10 min preview it looks good !

[Wakers]

Really looking forward to this. They must have shelled out a lot to get Sean Bean as a series regular - but then again it'll be hard for the series to go wrong with him in a leading role.

[DJD]

Pretty solid first episode, but i think we won't see this show getting more then one season because the budget for this has to be huge.

[Rappy Veteran]

it was....alright...I would say Camelot is better in terms of olde ye times but its only been first episode

[dknm]

It just aired. The episode was quite surprising - as far as the ending goes...

Looking forward to more :) !

[Ji@nBing]

I found the 1st episode quite boring. The only thing that entertained me were all the titties :rofl: . Things are going to have to pick up fast if they want me to keep watching.

[Rappy Veteran]

I found the 1st episode quite boring. The only thing that entertained me were all the titties :rofl: . Things are going to have to pick up fast if they want me to keep watching.

indeed, especially this cutie!

[ahhell]

I found the 1st episode quite boring. The only thing that entertained me were all the titties :rofl: . Things are going to have to pick up fast if they want me to keep watching.

Gotta love that new trend in tv shows!!

[RichardK]

In case anyone missed it:

"Encores of Thrones, which debuts Sunday at 9 p.m., will be aired back-to-back on HBO at 10:05 p.m. and 11:15 p.m.

In addition, the premiere episode will be shown across six HBO channels simultaneously the next day at 9 p.m. on HBO, HBO2, HBO Signature, HBO Comedy, HBO Zone and HBO Latino. HBO2 will also air encores at 10:05 p.m. and 11:15 p.m."

[Dashel]

Was alright. I'm not going to reread the books till after the first season but don't remember any huge deviations so far. People looking for an action show will be disappointed, no big loss.

After seeing Momoa in action though, I might have to take back my concerns in his role as Conan (though he still looks far too Stygian for the role).

[Routerbad]

Why is everyone hatin' on SoT? :huh:

I have WoT but SoT is a good fantasy in it's own right. I'm enjoying them at least. The show was decent but it needed an HBO or Showtime to do it justice. Too much of the touchy feely without any of the gore, or Kahlan leading a battle in an enemy encampment in the nude.

I forgot the premier for this was last night, I need to watch the encore tonight. Been waiting for this for a while.

[DJD]

Knowing HBO this show will become epic really fast :shifty:

[Rappy Veteran]

Vulture posted the preliminary metered market numbers that? I?d heard, but not seen, for Game of Thrones 9pm airing on HBO. A 1.6 household rating (about 1.9 million homes, not people, viewers will be higher since more than one person per household can watch). That?s 43% lower than the 2.8 preliminary household rating for the premiere of Boardwalk Empire.

not great ratings :wacko:

[Elessar]

I'd venture to guess there were at least 50,000 downloads (illegal), most likely even more than that. Let's just say that I don't have cable and HBO needs to get an Online subscription setup for those of us in a similar situation.

[mattmatik]

I enjoyed the first episode. I've never read the books but a few of my friends have and the way I took it is that it's more of a political intrigue series than just all out action. I don't like to make judgements on a series until 4-5 episodes in - 'Treme' is a great reason why. I was really into it for the first 5 episodes then it just lost me.

Looking forward to the season and hopefully the show doesn't flame out as we go on.