Game of Thrones season 8 ep 1 draws 17.4 mn viewers across platforms, breaks HBO and series' viewership records
Game of Thrones season 8 premiere topped the 16.1 million who saw the season 7 premiere and the 16.9 million who watched that season’s finale
A Still from Game of Thrones season 8 premiere. Twitter[/caption]The pay channel said the 17.4 million viewers who watched Sunday’s episode either on TV or online represent a season-opening high for the fantasy saga.HBO Now also posted its biggest streaming night ever, the channel said on Monday, 15 April.The episode topped the 16.1 million who saw the seventh-season premiere and the 16.9 million who watched that season’s finale.Reflecting increasing audience fondness for streaming, HBO saw about a 50 percent increase in online viewing compared to last season’s finale. In comparison to the season-seven premiere, the streaming audience nearly doubled.Game of Thrones ultimately averaged 32.8 million viewers per episode last season in cumulative TV and online viewership, HBO said.
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