It’s pretty pretty good news for HBO’s Sunday ratings.
First of all, “True Detective” with Jodie Foster jumped in its fourth episode to 720,000 viewers for a season high. These are the people who watched it on HBO, excluding Max, satellite dishes, and tin foil hats.
“North Country” was down the previous week, which seems to be the pattern. The rise of 20 % is interesting because its audience and the Grammys would have been in competition. But it’s all good. Let’s see if they can maintain the numbers with the next episode. To make sure, HBO is putting the show in ice this Sunday so everyone can watch the Super Bowl.
This weekend was also the premiere of the final season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” The Larry David comedy returned down 13.3% in total viewers and off by 37.5% in the key age demo– because those people were watching the Grammys. The total number was 420,000 — down 300,000 from “True Detective.”
The “Curb” numbers are fine, though. That’s about the range of last season’s episodes, and at this point you’re either a fan or not!
