The “Game of Thrones” Season 8 premiere was watched by 17.4 million viewers Sunday, a new season-premiere high for HBO’s wildly popular series.
Kit Harington as Jon Snow, left, and Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen appear in a scene from “Game of Thrones,” whose eighth season premiered Sunday.
Nielsen data showed that the program — the first of the series’ final six episodes — was seen by 11.8 million viewers who watched on the premium cable network in its 9 p.m. time period and on DVRs. And according to HBO, 5.6 million watched on streaming platforms HBO Go and HBO Now.The total tops the 16.1 million viewers who watched the Season 7 premiere on July 16, 2017.
HBO expects the total audience for Sunday’s episode to grow as more people tune in to on-demand and repeat airings. The seventh season of “Game of Thrones” averaged 32.7 million viewers when all HBO platforms were counted.based on George R.R. Martin's bestselling books , led millions of viewers to sign up for HBO’s young streaming service. The effect was apparent Sunday: The number of viewers who streamed “Game of Thrones” was up 97% from the number who streamed the Season 7 opener nearly two years ago.Entertainment Newsletter
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