9/25 “Ballers” TV Viewership – Season Finale of The Rock’s HBO show improves; Season 2 down 31 percent overall

Ballers Viewership Tracking

September 25: The Season Finale of The Rock’s “Ballers” show drew the most viewers in one month.

Ballers drew 1.103 million viewers, reports TVBytheNumbers, up 11 percent from last week’s audience.

Overall for the season, Ballers averaged 1.179 million viewers, down 31 percent from an average of 1.699 million viewers last year for Season 1.

The season started with 1.585 million viewers back on July 17, then steadily declined throughout the summer. The only other “peak” during a season of valleys was 1.324 million viewers on August 21 mid-way through Season 2.

Ballers has been picked up for Season 3, which is scheduled to premiere in 2017.

Season 2 Viewership Trend

• July 17: 1.585 million first-run viewers
• July 24: 1.278 million
• July 31: 1.266 million
• Aug. 7: 1.146 million
• Aug. 14: 1.210 million
• Aug. 21: 1.324 million
• Aug. 28: 1.014 million
• Sept. 4: No airing on Labor Day Weekend
• Sept. 11: 867,000 viewers
• Sept. 18: 998,000 viewers
• Sept. 25: 1.103 million