Westeros returned to HBO this Sunday with the premiere of the series House of the Dragonand the attraction was huge.
House of the Dragon attracted 9.99 million viewers on HBO and HBO Max after it premiered with an episode on Sunday, according to Warner Bros. Discovery. This viewership count includes linear streams and HBO Max streams on opening night.
HBO says so House of the Dragon attracted the largest audience in the history of the pay TV channelincluding content that debuted before the streaming era, as well as HBO shows that have premiered since then on the defunct digital platforms HBO Now and HBO Go, as well as its successor HBO Max.
game of Thrones it has remained HBO’s biggest hit of all time since it ended in 2019and like its prequel series, House of the Dragon it is probably the project that has garnered the most marketing and fanfare from the net since then.
Consequently, the first series Heirs of the dragons passed the first of game of ThronesThat attracted 4.2 million viewers in 2011. And even if it may be unfair to make a comparison House of the Dragon with the successes of its predecessor: game of Thrones was seen by a record 17.9 million people with the premiere of its eighth and final season; there is another more recent HBO series worth including in the conversation.
euphoria, by Sam Levinson, it’s not only HBO’s biggest show of 2022 so far: became the second most watched series on the network of all time after game of Thrones in February thanks to the execution of its second season.
And as the audience increased from start to finish of the season, a rare and impressive feat, its first episode was seen by 2.4 million people, 76% fewer than House of the Dragon.
The origin, fire and blood, by George RR Martin
House of the Dragon It is based on the novel Fire & blood by George RR Martin, 2018. The series is set 200 years before the events of game of Thrones and tells the story of House Targaryen.
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