HBO's 'Normal Heart' Draws Nearly 1 Million Viewers in First Airing Sunday

The Normal Heart (which airs May 25 on HBO) is the story of a great love. Not just the one between Ned (Mark Ruffalo) and his boyfriend Felix (Matt Bomer), who's dying of AIDS, or the one that finds both men fighting to keep 

“The Normal Heart” premiered Sunday to above-average numbers for an original HBO movie, drawing nearly 1 million viewers for its initial telecast, according to Nielsen estimates. TV PILOTS/DEVELOPMENT SCORECARD: Follow the action during upfront 

Watching Ryan Murphy's HBO adaptation of “The Normal Heart” isn't always easy, but there are reasons you should watch — millions of them, in fact. You should watch the 132-minute film, premiering tonight, because “The 

drew 1.4 million viewers on Sunday. Although The Normal Heart couldn't top the 2.4 million viewers Behind the Candelabra grabbed on the same night last year, it ranks fifth in viewership among the 17 original films that have debuted on HBO since 2010.

If you aren't traveling or lying on a beach somewhere for your Memorial Day weekend, you should know that your TV is calling your name, because HBO's The Normal Heart is finally premiering, not to mention Mad Men's