 Project Dawn began broadcasting on 12 August 2011 in the United States . The first telecast at 10 pm was seen by 567 @,@ 000 viewers , while the 11 pm and midnight encores almost doubled viewership , adding 500 @,@ 000 , giving a total of nearly 1 @.@ 1 million viewers . Although Cinemax is available in 16 @.@ 7 million homes at the time of the broadcast , it was the best ratings performance for the network since a broadcast of the film Titanic in 2005 . It was also on @-@ par with the pilot of the Starz series Spartacus : Blood and Sand in 2010 , which also aired on the same timeslot . In the United Kingdom , the series began broadcast on 21 August 2011 . The first episode , airing at 9 pm was seen by a total of 616 @,@ 000 viewers , with an audience share of 2 @.@ 6 per cent . As far as overnight ratings are concerned , it performed better than the first episode of the previous series , which was seen by 398 @,@ 000 , and a 1 @.@ 7 per cent audience share . 
