“Game of Thrones” keeps breaking records. This week’s episode had 17.8 million viewers on Sunday, setting a new single-night record for the series, beating the previous series high from two weeks ago, HBO said. On television, 12 million people watched the episode on Sunday, narrowly missing the record set by the seventh’s season finale in August 2017, according to Nielsen. HBO also said on Tuesday that the eighth season premiere episode has now been watched by more than 38 million viewers, a staggering figure at a time of declining ratings and fragmented viewing. The most recent season of “Game of Thrones” had an average of 32.8 million viewers.

Source: New York Times April 30, 2019 16:18 UTC