House of the Dragon is back (with a third season now on the way in which, too), and it’s roared onto HBO and Max with the commanding presence of Vhagar, King’s Touchdown’s fire-breathing new bodyguard. However whereas the season two premiere was a triumph, it got here up brief in comparison with the Recreation of Thrones prequel’s record-breaking 2022 debut.
In keeping with the Hollywood Reporter, Home of the Dragon’s season two premiere lured 7.8 million viewers “throughout all platforms within the U.S.” Sunday night time, which is “about 22 p.c under the present’s record-setting sequence premiere in August 2022,” which raked in practically 10 million viewers. (It was, the commerce notes, “the most-watched sequence opener in HBO’s historical past.”) On common, every episode in season one pulled in 9 to 9.5 million viewers on Sunday nights; its 90-day common for every episode in season one was 29 million throughout all platforms. Home of the Dragon was the post-Recreation of Thrones HBO scores champ till The Final of Us (which averaged greater than 30 million viewers per episode).
Nonetheless, as each THR and Variety level out, Home of the Dragon’s numbers are nonetheless trigger for celebration. As THR writes, HBO and Max are claiming “Max had its greatest single day globally since its launch;” what’s extra, the streamer additionally loved a bump on season one Home of the Dragons episodes, as followers presumably determined to refresh their reminiscences on which dastardly and/or scheming Targaryen was which forward of the present’s return.
New episodes of Home of the Dragon arrive Sunday nights on HBO and Max.
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