HBO Max’s ‘House of the Dragon’ Reaches Record Audience

The House of the Dragon
House of the Dragon airs on HBO Max.

The season finale of HBO Max’s “The House of the Dragon” concluded its first season with 9.3 million viewers Sunday night across all platforms, based on a combination of Nielsen and first-party data.

That marks the biggest finale night for an HBO series since the conclusion of “Game of Thrones” in May 2019.

Based on George R.R. Martin’s “Fire & Blood,” the series, set 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones,” tells the story of House Targaryen.

The series stars Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Fabien Frankel, Sonoya Mizuno, and Rhys Ifans. Additional cast includes Milly Alcock, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Emily Carey, Harry Collett, Ryan Corr, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jefferson Hall, David Horovitch, Wil Johnson, John Macmillan, Graham McTavish, Ewan Mitchell, Theo Nate, Matthew Needham, Bill Paterson, Phia Saban, Gavin Spokes, and Savannah Steyn.

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