Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-72.209.163.223-20130315003454/@comment-4839682-20130515201223

Prince of Rascia wrote: Ratings are still very high but not even close to what they used to be in the first season and first half of 2nd. Usually second season is not so good as first for many shows so I really hope that they will do a better job in season 3. But writers should not write of characters that people actually care about and give a huge space to new and in some cases unnecessary characters.

Don't look at the hard number, it doesn't mean much by itself. You need to look at them in comparison to other shows on that night, and that time, to get a good picture of how a show is doing.