{"id":254986,"date":"2016-10-05T05:53:09","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T05:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=254986"},"modified":"2016-10-05T05:53:09","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T05:53:09","slug":"westworld-premiere-draws-3-3m-to-hbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/westworld-premiere-draws-3-3m-to-hbo\/","title":{"rendered":"Westworld premiere draws 3.3m to HBO"},"content":{"rendered":"
Westworld has become HBO’s most-watched series premiere for almost three years, attracting 3.3 million viewers.<\/p>\n
The futuristic epic based on Michael Crichton’s 1973 movie debuted in the US on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n
The figures, reported by Variety, take into account those watching live TV as well as people viewing on HBO’s streaming platforms.<\/p>\n
It makes Westworld HBO’s most successful drama series premiere since True Detective nearly three years ago.<\/p>\n
The crime drama attracted 2.3 million viewers across all platforms when it was first broadcast in January 2014.<\/p>\n
Westworld also beat the 2011 series premiere of the hugely popular Game of Thrones, which attracted 2.2 million TV viewers on the evening it debuted.<\/p>\n
However, the most recent season of Game of Thrones attracted an average of 23.3 million viewers across all platforms, according to data HBO supplied to USA Todayin June.<\/p>\n
The number of viewers who watched Westworld makes the show a success for the pay TV channel, although the figure would be considered low for the same timeslot on a major rival channel.<\/p>\n