All told, some 11 million households watch the program each week.
Just in Italy, the show was watched by around 14 million households.
The average American household watched 10.5 channels in 1995, and 15.7 last year.
The special received an 8.0 rating and was watched by about 7.5 million households.
As a result, almost two million households could no longer watch television because they were not prepared for the transition.
Even households with new income are watching their food budgets.
So despite a lower rating, the average number of households watching has risen 5 percent, to 776,000.
But Episode 2 found 540,000 households watching, up by 60 percent from the premiere.
The share of households watching the program was 25, up 19 percent from the average of 21.
The ratings represent the percentage of households watching a particular show.