By no means underestimate the attract of impending loss of life.
To wit, Sunday’s fifth-to-last Game of Thrones — which teed up the large, sure-to-be-bloody Battle of Winterfell — drew an viewers of 10.three million in linear viewership, down simply 13 % from the lonnnnng-awaited season opener.
That linear viewers marks the epic saga’s fourth-largest of all time, trailing additionally Season 7, Episode 5 (which drew 10.7 mil) and that season’s finale (12.1 mil).
Game of Thrones‘ closing season premiere amassed a document 17.four million whole viewers with its first night time of linear and multi-platform viewing. UPDATE: With streaming numbers now folded in, Episode 2 aka “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” delivered 15.9 million viewers, down 9 % from the premiere’s whole haul — and that’s not counting Easter Sunday’s late third airing.
