Some 17.4 million Americans watched the first episode of the final season of television's 'Game of Thrones' - a record audience for the medieval fantasy series, says cable channel HBO
The Season 8 premiere of"Game of Thrones" drew a record 17.4 million US television viewers, cable channel HBO says.
Some 17.4 million Americans watched the first episode of the final season of television's "Game of Thrones" - a record audience for the medieval fantasy series, cable channel HBO said on Monday. On social media, Sunday's premiere was also the most-tweeted-about episode of the show ever, with more than 5 million Tweets, and 11 million mentions throughout the course of the weekend, HBO said in a statement.The series set among warring families in the fictional kingdom of Westeros, which began in 2007, has become HBO's biggest hit.
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