SpotVault - Westworld (HBO) - Spring 2020 Ratings

Westworld

Sundays, 9/8c, HBO

SpotVault - Westworld (HBO) - Spring 2018 Ratings

Cablemetrics: Westworld, The Walking Dead, Shameless, The Royals

These numbers are current through Monday, December 5.

WHAT MATTERS:

• After a big penultimate week spike, Westworld followed it up on finale night by only staying flat week-to-week at a 1.02 demo. (However, it did set new highs in both total viewers and the 18-34 demos.) It still goes down as one of the cable elite, but a long wait for season two begins.

Cablemetrics: Vikings, Westworld, Shooter, Incorporated

These numbers are current through Wednesday, November 30.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Wednesday saw the return of History's resilient Vikings with a 0.71 demo rating. It's technically the second half of season four, but the year-to-year comparisons will be against the first half of season four since it was almost a full year ago (premiering on February 18). By that measure, it's down a relatively decent 13%.

Cablemetrics: The Walking Dead, Westworld, American Horror Story

These numbers are current through Monday, November 14.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Week four saw another small decline for The Walking Dead (5.43), and a worst-yet 20% behind the year-ago fourth episode.

Cablemetrics: Westworld, Shameless, Eyewitness, Falling Water

These numbers are current through Monday, October 17.

WHAT MATTERS:

• It was the only Sunday with no debate and no zombie drama, plus a season low Sunday Night Football, and HBO's Westworld took advantage in a big way by surging to a new high 0.92. Westworld's lead-out comedies Divorce (0.24) and Insecure (0.15) also looked better in their second weeks, and Showtime's Shameless (0.57) also had a big surge to a season high on this tweener Sunday.
• The Walking Dead mothership will be back next week, and it geared up for the new season with a 0.90 for a two-hour recap special on Sunday.

Cablemetrics: Westworld, Divorce, Insecure, American Horror Story

These numbers are current through Tuesday, October 11.

WHAT MATTERS:

• HBO's Westworld was down a tenth to a still solid 0.67 demo in week two. It was a highly irregular week, with no competition from Fear the Walking Dead but also a big presidential debate in its hour. Next week will be its only opportunity with no debate and no Walking Dead franchise in its hour (as The Walking Dead mothership is back on the 25th).

Cablemetrics: Westworld, Shameless, Fear the Walking Dead, American Horror Story

These numbers are current through Monday, October 3.

WHAT MATTERS:

• HBO's much-hyped sci-fi drama Westworld opened to a 0.77 demo rating and just under 2 million total viewers on Sunday night. It didn't skew that young (with half its viewership falling in the 18-49 demo) but it was definitely super-male, with a 0.96 in males 18-49 vs. 0.58 in females 18-49. I've already seen a lot of comparisons to the modest beginnings of Game of Thrones' run back in spring 2011 (just 2.222 million viewers and a 0.9). Clearly, this is a much better start than that when looking at the 2016 environment, but it's also clear that very, very few shows take the kind of trajectory that Thrones has since then. With this start, it's not hard to envision Westworld as either an elite cable drama or a disappointment. (Or both?)

SpotVault - Westworld (HBO) - Fall 2016 Ratings