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Re:Tinker, tailor, soldier, sandbagger: sometimes TV from th... by mason55 on Monday August 28, 2017 @09:41AM (#15116419)
> * It's closest 70's show would probably be Dallas which had 350 million people worldwide watch an episode. That's a well done hook even if they could not show nudes etc.*

You can't compare numbers directly like that. Cable was not invented yet (or at least wasn't common) so there was a choice of about 4 channels.

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Re:Tinker, tailor, soldier, sandbagger: sometimes TV from th... by Retric on Monday August 28, 2017 @10:14AM (#15116635)
On the flip side the US population was only 2/3 as large and no DVR's etc.

Anyway, my point was not to compare numbers which is why I did not show GoT numbers. My point was simply a ridiculous number of people thought it was worth watching.

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