House of the Dragon: The finale broke the ratings
HBO had seen such numbers since Game of Thrones
Millions of subscribers seem to have been anxiously awaiting the finale of House of the Dragon Season 1 , as it became known how many people watched it. As Collider reports , the finale of the popular series was seen by an estimated 9.3 million viewers on Sunday night, and that number includes the HBO cable channel , as well as HBO Max .
The latest episode titled “ The Black Queen ” is HBO ‘s most successful series finale since Game of Thrones ended in 2019, which had set a record with 19.8 million viewers . This means that House of the Dragon also did well and entered all the ratings counters.
A few words about House of the Dragon :
In case you don’t know, this is the first spinoff show of the George RR Martin universe, through which we will be transported 200 years before the events of “A Song of Ice and Fire”, where the House of Targaryen was at its zenith . “Gods. Kings. Fire. Blood” these are the words with which HBO prefaces the series and will take us to the events that lead to the end of this once glorious House and the Targaryen civil war known as the “Dance of Dragons”.
The cast includes: Paddy Considine (The Outsider, Peaky Blinders) who will play King Viserys Targaryen, Emma D’Arcy (Truth Seekers, Hannah) as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, Matt Smith (The Crown, Doctor Who) as Prince Daemon Targaryen, Olivia Cooke as “Alicent Hightower”, Rhys Ifans as “Otto Hightower”, Steve Toussaint as “Lord Colrys Velaryon” aka “Sea Snake”. Joining them are: Sonoya Mizuno (Devs) as Mysaria, Fabien Frankel (The Serpent) as Knight Ser Criston Cole and Eve Best (Nurse Jackie) as “Sea Snake’s” wife.
When is House of the Dragon season 2 due?
According to Variety we have learned that House of the Dragon Season 2 will begin filming in early 2023.
