House of the Dragon was HBO's largest debut ever, with over 10 million US viewers

House of the Dragon was HBO’s largest debut ever, with over 10 million US viewers

Despite technical difficulties for some viewers using Fire TV Sticks, HBO announced that the first episode of its Game of Thrones spinoff House of the Dragon was the network’s biggest premiere of all time, garnering 9.986 million viewers across linear and HBO Max streaming on Sunday night in the United States alone.