Game of Thrones: Season 6 Premiere Nielsen Ratings Drop
Game of Thrones: Season 6 premiere show an interesting trend for the hit HBO series.
Looking at just the Nielsen on-air ratings (compiled by Entertainment Weekly), 7.9 million people tuned into the 9 p.m. airing, which is down 1 percent from Season 5's premiere. The subsequent airings of the premiere on Sunday night also dropped in viewership 4 percent from the previous year.
When looking beyond on-air ratings, though, Season 6 is overall up in viewership from 2015 and broke its previous record. EW reports that ratings are up 9 percent when factoring in streaming services HBO Go and HBO Now in addition to the premiere airing and its two repeats. Looking at the full picture, "The Red Woman" brought in 10.7 million viewers, which is an all-time best for Game of Thrones.
New Civil War Promo Features More Spider-Man
The new promo for Captain America: Civil War showcases more of everybody's favorite web-slinger, Spider-Man.
The 30-second Civil War video — seen below — sees Spider-Man coming face-to-face with the Winter Soldier. And Peter Parker even displays some of his trademark humor in the encounter, mentioning the coolness of Bucky's robotic arm.
Click the image to play the video.
The promo marks the 10-day countdown to Captain America: Civil War's North American debut, which is tracking to earn $175 million domestically opening weekend. The film bows internationally this week.
Nintendo Reportedly Announcing Next Mobile Game Plans Soon
Nintendo will release its earnings for the fiscal year tonight, but the company will also reportedly have more to say about its future.
Sources told Kantan Games CEO Dr. Serkan Toto Nintendo will announce news on its future products, including news on its next mobile game. “I was told that in contrast to the last event, Nintendo will actually announce news on future products and pipeline,” Toto said via twitter. “It was also suggested to me that at least news of Nintendo’s plans for mobile will be presented in more detail. Not sure about NX.”
Sources say Nintendo will discuss its future products at tonight's investors' meeting.
The Night Manager: See Tom Hiddleston Give a Beat Down
With the second episode of The Night Manager airing Tuesday night on AMC, IGN has an exclusive clip from the miniseries.
Check out what happens when Jonathan Pine (Tom Hiddleston) -- in the midst of his quest to take down arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper (Hugh Laurie) -- needs the cooperation of a drug dealer and isn't wary of getting decidedly rough with him.
The Night Manager airs Tuesdays at 9:00pm ET/PT on AMC.
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X-Men Apocalypse Director Hints at Returning Character
Filmmaker Bryan Singer has touched upon whether Wolverine will appear in X-Men: Apocalypse. Potential spoilers ahead.
The final X-Men: Apocalypse trailer teased the adamantium-clawed mutant, possibly pointing to Hugh Jackman showing up as Wolverine in the movie. But Singer wouldn't confirm or deny his inclusion in a recent interview with Empire.
“Make of that what you want,” the X-Men: Apocalypse director said. “I will say, it’s not simple. There’s something more pivotal that occurs with that. It hints to a sequence that again fits within the canon of all six movies, and the birth of a new direction. It’s not insignificant, nor is it simply just a throw-in.”
Daily Deals: Uncharted 4, Gears of War 4, PS Plus, Xbox One Five Game Bundle
Uncharted 4 Arrives in Two Weeks. Get Your Copy for $48.
The Uncharted series arrives at a Thief's End on May 10. That's just two weeks away, and if you want a 20% discount on your copy, you can pre-order with Amazon Prime. If you don't have Prime, you can simply start a free trial and cancel it after the game ships. You won't be charged for Prime and you'll get the discount. All versions of the game are eligible:
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 Gets a Free Trial
You can now play Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 for free — for a time.
EA's family friendly third-person shooter is getting a free trial. Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC players can download the trial through EA Origin and play the full game for 10 hours without charge.
Trial users who purchase the game afterwards can keep their accounts, and all progress made during the limited window.
Those who want to make the most out of their 10 hours might benefit from our Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 wiki. There you'll find tips and tricks to help you progress through the game's many modes and lines of progression.
Aliens Shoes Sell Out In Under 40 Minutes
Reebok's limited-edition Aliens shoes sold out after 38 minutes this morning.
The shoes, which are modeled after those worn by Sigourney Weaver's 'Ripley' in Aliens, were available on Reebok's website for $175 from 9am PT.
Apparently many users had site errors and issues with checkout, too.
@Reebok had the Aliens in my cart since 9am but checkout is looping. Don't wanna lose these cause of your site error pic.twitter.com/j57dobXek7
Game of Thrones Actor on the Wildlings’ Role in Season 6
Full spoilers for Game of Thrones through its Season 6 premiere, "The Red Woman," continue below.
Where do the Wildlings stand in Westeros now that Jon Snow is dead? With the majority of the Night's Watch out for Wildling blood and the Wildlings newly south of the Wall, Tormund Giantsbane is aware that his people don't have many allies.
"His objective has always been to find safety for his people," Kristofer Hivju told me during a recent interview. "In the beginning, the White Walkers were the biggest threat, but now the threat is from all sides. They've never been very popular anywhere. You have the Night's Watch, and then you have things happening in the north. Nobody -- nobody -- has any affection for us. So we came from one place to another horrible place."
The A-Z of the Alien Franchise
This feature was originally published prior to the theatrical release of Prometheus.
A new Alien movie is coming! Alien: Covenant will be released next week, taking another bunch of poor suckers out into space where no one can hear them scream. So we figured this was a great time to once again explore the deepest, darkest corners of the galaxy with our unmissable alphabetical guide to the Alien franchise.
And be sure to read our review of Alien: Covenant once you're done here! Spoilers follow for the series (aside from Covenant)...