{"id":27416,"date":"2016-07-28T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T15:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=27416"},"modified":"2016-07-28T11:38:25","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T16:38:25","slug":"hbo-renews-rocks-ballers-season-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/28\/hbo-renews-rocks-ballers-season-3\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO renews The Rock&#8217;s &#8220;Ballers&#8221; for Season 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2568356828\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/25\/report-ballers-suit-hbo-rock-dismissed-l-court\/\" target=\"_blank\">After being cleared of a lawsuit in Los Angeles court this week,<\/a> &#8220;Ballers&#8221; has been\u00a0renewed for Season 3, airing in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>HBO and &#8220;The Rock&#8221; Dwayne Johnson made the announcement Thursday, adding another project to Rock&#8217;s busy TV\/movie filming schedule.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDwayne Johnson, [creator] Stephen Levinson, [EP] Mark Wahlberg, and the rest of the \u2018Ballers\u2019\u00a0team have once again delivered a winner for our viewers,\u201d said HBO Programming president\u00a0Casey Bloys in a statement. \u201cWe look forward to another great season of \u2018Ballers\u2019\u00a0next year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the current Season 2 run, the first two episodes have been down from Season 1 in TV viewership and total consumption.<\/p>\n<p>The Season 1 premiere in 2015 drew 8.9 million total views across all of HBO&#8217;s platforms, while the Season 2 premiere has grabbed 5.7 million views thus far, <a href=\"http:\/\/deadline.com\/2016\/07\/dwayne-johnson-ballers-renewed-season-3-hbo-1201794212\/\" target=\"_blank\">according to Deadline.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Concerning actual TV viewership, the first two episodes of each season break down:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Season 1, Ep. 1 &#8211; 2.162 million first-run<\/li>\n<li>Season 2, Ep. 1 &#8211; 1.585 million first-run (2.31 million <a href=\"http:\/\/tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com\/2016\/07\/28\/ballers-renewed-for-season-3-on-hbo\/\" target=\"_blank\">with DVR added<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Season 1, Ep. 2 &#8211; 1.846 million first-run<\/li>\n<li>Season 2, Ep. 2 &#8211; 1.278 million <a href=\"http:\/\/tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com\/2016\/07\/26\/sunday-cable-ratings-july-24-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">first-run<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1220366282\"><div id=\"pwtor-1331156676\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor After being cleared of a lawsuit in Los Angeles court this week, &#8220;Ballers&#8221; has been\u00a0renewed for Season 3, airing in 2017. 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