House of the Dragon’ draws nearly 10 million viewers

"House of the Dragon" draws close to 10 million viewers making it the biggest premiere on HBO in history.

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On Sunday night, 9.986 million viewers watched the first episode of House of the Dragon across both linear and HBO Max platforms.

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This is the largest audience for any HBO original series.

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This 10-episode series will be released every week and tells the story of the Targaryen civil conflict

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that occurred about 200 years prior to the events depicted in "Game of Thrones."

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The prequel series has high stakes. The prequel series arrives at a time when David Zaslav, the newly-minted CEO, is trying to cut fat

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The recently merged company has adopted cost-cutting measures, including layoffs and elimination of content from HBO Max.

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Milly Alcock portrays Rhaenyra Targaryen on HBO's "House of the Dragon," which is a prequel series to "Game of Thrones."

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HBO's House of the Dragon had big shoes to fill. It followed in the footsteps of the hugely popular "Game of Thrones".

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