‘House Of The Dragon’ Premiere On HBO Draws Nearly 10 Million Viewers
deadline.comHistory was made at HBO with the debut of House of the Dragon. The Game of Thrones prequel drew 9.986 million viewers across linear and HBO Max platforms in the U.S.
Sunday, the largest audience for any new original series in the history of pay cabler.The premiere also marked the largest series launch on HBO Max across the U.S., Latin America, and EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa), driving what HBO calls an unprecedented level of concurrent streams on the platform.
Typically, Sunday night viewership for a HBO series will represent just 20%-40% of the show’s total gross audience, according to the network.The debut also topped Game Of Thrones‘ 2011 premiere by almost 350% in terms of viewers.
Of course, there was no HBO Max back then and streaming was a minor part of the TV industry. Another bit of trivia: Game of Thrones‘ 82-minute series finale in 2019 burned all HBO records with 19.3 million sets of eyeballs across linear viewing which included the now-extinct HBO Go and HBO Now.The House of the Dragon premiere was also a hit on social media, where fans showed up to celebrate the return to Westeros.
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