The ratings for “The Rains of Castamere” are in and it is good news. Despite the week off, the viewer numbers grew from the last episode, coming in at 5.22 million viewers for the 9 PM airing. Another 1.08 million watched the 11 PM encore for a total of 6.3 million on the night.
It looks like HBO’s decision to delay this episode a week and skip airing a new episode on Memorial Day Weekend was a smart one. Last season’s ninth episode, the exciting “Blackwater”, registered a season low in the ratings, whereas this season’s ninth episode was the third highest-rated episode of the series.
Winter Is Coming: All I was hoping for was that we were within striking distance of True Blood‘s series high of 5.53 million viewers and we are. I suspect with the buzz from the Red Wedding, the season finale should top True Blood‘s high-water mark and become the highest rated show on HBO.
http://winteriscoming.net/2013/06/ra...season-finale/
Word of mouth and the media reaction are gonna have next weeks so high