House of the Dragon Season 2's Huge Ratings Still Fell Short of Its Series Debut

House of the Dragon is back (with a 3rd season present connected the way, too), and it’s roared onto HBO and Max with the commanding beingness of Vhagar, King’s Landing’s fire-breathing caller bodyguard. But portion the play 2 premiere was a triumph, it came up abbreviated compared to the Game of Thrones prequel’s record-breaking 2022 debut.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, House of the Dragon’s play 2 premiere lured 7.8 cardinal viewers “across each platforms successful the U.S.” Sunday night, which is “about 22 percent beneath the show’s record-setting bid premiere successful August 2022,” which raked successful astir 10 cardinal viewers. (It was, the commercialized notes, “the most-watched bid opener successful HBO’s history.”) On average, each occurrence successful play 1 pulled successful 9 to 9.5 cardinal viewers connected Sunday nights; its 90-day mean for each occurrence successful play 1 was 29 cardinal crossed each platforms. House of the Dragon was the post-Game of Thrones HBO ratings champ until The Last of Us (which averaged much than 30 cardinal viewers per episode).

Still, arsenic some THR and Variety constituent out, House of the Dragon’s numbers are inactive origin for celebration. As THR writes, HBO and Max are claiming “Max had its biggest azygous time globally since its launch;” what’s more, the streamer besides enjoyed a bump connected play 1 House of the Dragons episodes, arsenic fans presumably decided to refresh their memories connected which dastardly and/or scheming Targaryen was which up of the show’s return.

New episodes of House of the Dragon get Sunday nights connected HBO and Max.

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