House Of The Dragon’s Had The Biggest Premiere Of Any TV Show In HBO History

This is great news for HBO, especially since the channel’s parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery, has been in the news for all the wrong reasons lately. After the unceremonious cancellation of the “Batgirl” movie and the continued removal of exclusive series and films from the only place they’re legally available, HBO Max, fans and artists alike have been nervous about what the future holds for this company that seems determined to write off some debt at the expense of great art. If “House of the Dragon” is as big as it looks to be, it’ll almost certainly be a cash cow for the company.

It also makes questions about other potential “Game of Thrones” spin-offs inevitable. At one point, HBO had so many Westeros-set projects in development that they were tough to keep track of, but they eventually scaled back, abandoning a previous prequel pilot and shelving a show about Flea Bottom.

Earlier this year, HBO’s VP of Original Programming Kara Buckley said that the powers-that-be at HBO “don’t feel the need to make another one unless it feels really creatively exciting to us.” I have a feeling this record-breaking viewership could creatively inspire some people.

“House of the Dragon” airs on HBO and HBO Max on Sunday nights.