Abaddon Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 From WiC, good news:This time around, the weekly overnight figures are brought to us by the TV by the Numbers crew. It is the biggest number of viewers reached so far, and the largest week-to-week increase as well: episode 8 garnered 2.7 million viewers in the initial airing (2.715 to be really precise).To complete the picture, Deadline.com provides the combined number for the night: 3.6 million viewers, or an additional 900,000 for the repeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Godric Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 Wonderful news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spring Bass Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 I have stoped watching the show. Why they think they need to make it a porn show is beyond me.Am so disapointedYou should at least watch Episode 8. There's no nudity in it other than Hodor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Anti-Targ Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 I have stoped watching the show. Why they think they need to make it a porn show is beyond me.Am so disapointedThe sexposition was definitely over the top for my tastes. I hope D&D realise that this degree porn-lite is unlikely to gain viewers and likely to lose some. Perhaps not a large number, but putting anyone off your TV show is surely not a desireable outcome. I was very glad that Eps 7 & 8 were considerably toned down.I hope they moderate the sex so that it's not out of proportion with the violence. I'd say the sex is R18 (according to our rating system) while the violence is R16. I was looking to the show being R16 level on both counts. Drogo's throat ripping stunt might have put the violence level for Ep 8 near the R18 level.OT: really glad to see a significant numbers boost there. Should ensure a good climax to the season and plenty of momentum and interest for next season.I assume the weekly average remains well above 8 million? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horus Ex Machina Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Happy to see this, and it was mildly expected. We've basically gone two weeks without a "new" episode, so alot of anticipation has been built up and this is the first real test since the exposition episodes turned over to the advancement in around S1E6. Good stuff. If we can see 3 million by the end of the season then I see alot of good coming in S2, S3, and so-on.Here's to you Nielson box GoT viewers!Here's another link btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywin's bastard Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 I have stoped watching the show. Why they think they need to make it a porn show is beyond me.Am so disapointedThere's more explicit detail about sex in the book than in the show, plus that HBO has never been part of the double standards towards sex and violence, so I don't really see how it's surprising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser_not_appearing_yet Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Jeez, so many prudes. Gotta be an American thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arya The Assassin Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 From WiC, good news:Wonderful, although I'm not too surprised. The cliffhanger for episode 7 was good and there's been a lot of talk about the fact that GRRM wrote episode 8. It'll be interesting to see if the ratings will continue to increase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
End of Disc One Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 I have stoped watching the show. Why they think they need to make it a porn show is beyond me.Am so disapointedI appreciate you making an account just to tell us this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asha—Not Yara! Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 I agree that the sex scene between the two whores while Littlefinger directs was over the top, but the other portrayals of sex in the series haven't felt like porn to me. I'm glad, with that one poster excepted, it hasn't been enough to turn the majority of people off yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emo Jon Snow Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Jeez, so many prudes. Gotta be an American thing.I'm just surprised so many who read the books are shocked by the level of sex on the show, the books had some very graphic passages as well as explicit details, even down to how many strokes it took. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Analu Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Jeez, so many prudes. Gotta be an American thing.I'm a wee bit embarrassed to be American. But I'm glad the ratings are up. Every week, I see more and more coworkers, friends, family members getting into this show and wanting to discuss it, just from word of mouth. Awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Anti-Targ Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Jeez, so many prudes. Gotta be an American thing.Really you think? I don't think I've seen a single prudish post in any of the various discussion threads on sex/nudity. It's not prudish to find the sexposition scene a bit much while regarding most of the rest of the sex and nudity to be within tolerance. That's merely a taste thing. Next you'll be saying anyone who doesn't watch porn is a prude. Is it just that anyone with a lower tolerance for onscreeen sex or nudity than you is a prude?I just realised something, the only truly explicit sex scenes are the ones with Ros. No other women on the show so far have revealed as much or gone as far: Cersei sex scenes are fully clad (Lena was preggers at the time right?), Danaerys sex scenes are not nearly as revealing nor as long. I've finally figured out why they invented this character specifically for the show! HBO are still playing it safe: I bet they don't ever show an erect schlong or a juiced up post coital one :smileysex: , even though a faithful adaptation of the book would have them. I notice Theon's was limp and dry; gotta like that gritty realism. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IheartTesla Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Oh FFS. This is on an American network depicting a story written by an American author. Never mind the millions of book sales and millions of people watching the show, a few people posting on the internets makes this 'prudery' an American thing. Next thing you know we'll have someone talking about our puritanical roots.As for the ratings, I'm a little bit skeptical of how accurate they truly are, but I'd say the fact that it is at least holding steady (or increasing within the noise) is a good sign. It doesn't matter how accurate the ratings themselves are, what is important is that they are used as a metric by the networks for leveraging rights, setting rates etc etc. So HBO can take those numbers and negotiate with other networks to syndicate out the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahimiron Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 People need to stop it with the ludicrous comparisons to pornography. Petyr's 'work the ass' scene is to pornography as Gregor chopping the horse's head off is to slaughterhouse footage or the knife in Jory's eye is to Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald on live TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valmy Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 I have stoped watching the show. Why they think they need to make it a porn show is beyond me.Am so disapointedIt is on HBO all their shows have scenes like that. If you thought it would not have nudity and sexual situations you only have your own ignorance to blame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Fixit Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Well, I'm no American, but watching TV and just keeping informed on stuff I also got impression that there's some serious sexuality... concerns, let's say, going on in the States. Not saying I am right, just a feeling I have as an outsider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seerow Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Seriously, I have no problem with sex in the series, I expected it coming into it, and I'm still watching the series despite its faults, but I want to make it clear I'm no prude, and am not afraid of sex on screen.No, what bugs me isn't the sex so much as the unnecessary sex. Sex where the plot warrants it is one thing, new added sex scenes just to have a sex scene in the episode, or to 'spice up' a dialogue scene is what annoys me. I'd be much happier if we had less of that, even if (or especially if) that meant spending more time on the actually relevant sex scenes to get HBO's nudity quota in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser_not_appearing_yet Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Really you think? I don't think I've seen a single prudish post in any of the various discussion threads on sex/nudity. It's not prudish to find the sexposition scene a bit much while regarding most of the rest of the sex and nudity to be within tolerance. That's merely a taste thing. Next you'll be saying anyone who doesn't watch porn is a prude. Is it just that anyone with a lower tolerance for onscreeen sex or nudity than you is a prude?I just realised something, the only truly explicit sex scenes are the ones with Ros. No other women on the show so far have revealed as much or gone as far: Cersei sex scenes are fully clad (Lena was preggers at the time right?), Danaerys sex scenes are not nearly as revealing nor as long. I've finally figured out why they invented this character specifically for the show! HBO are still playing it safe: I bet they don't ever show an erect schlong or a juiced up post coital one :smileysex: , even though a faithful adaptation of the book would have them. I notice Theon's was limp and dry; gotta like that gritty realism. :rolleyes:Why is 'sexposition' worse than other forms of exposition? Nudity is fine, so long as the actors are legal. Tyrion beating someone's head in with a shield is far more disturbing.If you want to get technical, ALL sex scenes are 'unnecessary'. But usually they are a nice distraction. Its also cool to see characters doing an everyday task, and its more interesting than eating or morning excercise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Mongoose Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 What's the saying? "Sex doesn't sell"? :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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