Game of Thrones is continuing to grow a huge audience.
Game of Thrones is HBO’s most watched series and it’s return for their fourth season last Sunday night, is already breaking previous viewership records.
The 9 p.m. premiere earned 6.6 million viewers. That is up 2.2 million viewers from last season’s 4.4 million premiere. The episode now ranks as HBO’s most watched series since the 2007 series finale of The Sopranos.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the number of viewers increased by another 1.6 million viewers for he 11 p.m. to a total of 8.2 million.
Last year saw Game of Thrones eclipse True Blood as HBO’s biggest series, grossing an average 14.4 million viewers every week thanks to live plays, encores, On Demand and HBO Go views. Speaking of HBO Go, the streaming service crashed for the second time in a month on Sunday night. Interest in Game of Thrones, like the True Detective finale, saw usage surge and temporary crashes on many platforms.
Game of Thrones‘ latest increase can be at least partially chalked up to the series’ success with binge watchers. Game of Thrones‘ first three seasons are available on HBO Go, and the drama also holds the title of TV’s most pirated series. Last season’s episodes notched as many as 5.9 million downloads according to BitTorrent.
The other HBO series did not do nearly as well but they benefited from the Game of Thrones fans. HBO’s new television series Silicon Valley had their biggest half-hour launch with 2 million viewers. While the HBO’s VEEP averaged about 1 million viewers.
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