After the response to the tip of Recreation of Thrones, there have been many questions on whether or not Home of the Dragon would be capable of attain the identical success.
Home of the Dragon Season 1 Episode 10 — the season finale — netted 9.3 million viewers throughout HBO and HBO Max on Sunday, changing into the largest finale night time for an HBO unique for the reason that series-ender of the mothership in 2019.
These numbers are huge and sign that the present is doing effectively.
“We’re so thrilled to see Home of the Dragon catch hearth with Recreation of Thrones followers all over the world, in addition to new viewers who’re discovering the world of Westeros for the primary time,” stated Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO, HBO and HBO Max.
“Congrats to George, Ryan, Miguel and the entire Home of the Dragon staff on an unimaginable first season.”
The sequence debuted on Sunday, August 21, to the biggest viewers for any new unique sequence within the historical past of HBO and one of the best sequence launch on HBO Max throughout the U.S., Latin America, and Europe.
All episodes of the sequence are actually averaging 29 million viewers within the U.S., greater than tripling their common debut night time viewers with sturdy catch-up viewing.
For comparability, that is monitoring carefully behind the typical viewers for Recreation of Thrones Season 7, which averaged 32.8M viewers per episode within the U.S.
A number of initiatives within the Recreation of Thrones universe are in numerous levels of improvement, however we do know that Home of the Dragon has been renewed for Season 2.
Forward of the finale’s official airing on HBO and HBO Max, it was leaked onto torrent web sites.
HBO stated it was “aggressively pulling copies from the web” to permit followers to observe the episode on the similar time on Sunday.
“HBO is aggressively monitoring and pulling these copies from the web,” the corporate stated in a press release.
“We’re upset that this illegal motion has disrupted the viewing expertise for loyal followers of the present, who will get to see a pristine model of the episode when it premieres Sunday.”
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Paul Dailly is the Affiliate Editor for TV Fanatic. Observe him on Twitter.
