After a torturous 2-year wait, the season 8 premiere of
Game of Thrones was always going to be a major event, and it's now been revealed that a series record 17.4 million viewers tuned in to witness the beginning of the fantasy drama series' final set of storylines. That includes the 11.8 million television viewers who watched at 9 p.m. last night, as well as those who watched two encore presentations and streamed the show with the HBO Go or HBO Now apps.
The previous record for the mega-popular show was set by the season seven finale, which drew in 16.9 million viewers in August of 2017.
Although it had
its share of big moments, "Winterfell" was a relatively quiet installment by
Game of Thrones standards - but based on the promo for next week's ep, it looks like The Long Night will be on our heroes' doorstep a lot sooner than most of us expected.
Tell us, did you tune in for
Game of Thrones last night? If so, what did you think of the final season premiere?
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