HBO’s Game Of Thrones continues to slay viewers, with Sunday’s episode averaging a record 4.7 million viewers, according to HBO executives.
The April 14 episode of the series outperformed the prior series record of 4.4 million viewers garnered during the March 31 season three premiere. Sunday’s gross audience across two plays for Game Of Thrones was 5.8 million viewers, according to network officials.
Overall, Disney Channel was the most watched network in primetime during the week of April 8 to April 14, according to Nielsen. The tween-targeted network averaged 2.5 million viewers to best USA Network’s 2.1 million watchers in primetime, with History (1.88 million viewers), A&E (1.85 million) and TBS (1.7 million) rounding out the top five most watched networks.
Disney finished in a dead heat with Nickelodeon on a 24-hour basis, with both networks averaging 1.6 million viewers, according to Nielsen.
Most Watched Cable Shows For Week of April 8 to April 14
Date ProgramNetwork Total Viewers
4/10 Duck Dynasty A&E 7.8 million
4/8 WWE Entertainment (9 p.m. to 10 p.m.) USA 4.7 million
4/14 Game Of Thrones HBO 4.7 million
4/8 WWE Entertainment (10 p.m. to 11:07 p.m.) WWE 4.7 million
4/10 Duck Dynasty A&E 4.5 million
4/8 WWE Entertainment (8 p.m. to 9 p.m.) USA 4.4 million
4/12 Masters Golf Tournament (Live) ESPN 4.1 million
4/11 Swamp People History 4.1 million
4/14 Toy Story 3 Disney 3.9 million
4/13 Toy Story Disney 3.7 million
Source: Nielsen
