HBO's "Newsroom" writes a good story

New HBO drama "The Newsroom" --- coming from Aaron Sorkin of "West Wing" and "Social Network" fame -- started off decently, with some 2.1 million viewers on Sunday.

All that is a pretty good number for debuting on a pay TV service that only gets into around 30% of all U.S TV homes.

Previous big HBO dramas started out around the same or lower levels-- "Games of Thrones" in 2011 hit 2.2 million, "True Blood" took in 1.4 million in 2008; and "Luck", which started up earlier this year, had a 1.1 million number.

Still, HBO's more successful current dramas have risen to around double what "Newsroom"'s first week accomplished. "True Blood" is now at 4.7 million.  "Boardwalk Empire" debuted at 4.8 million in 2010.

 
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