Game of Thrones season 6 screens Mondays at 11am AEST (same time as the US) with a primetime encore at 7.30pm AEST, on Foxtel’s Showcase channel. But given that stand-alone streaming service HBO Now broke usage records on Sunday night, it’s a pretty safe bet that overall viewership for “The Red Woman” will set a single-telecast series record.
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“Game of Thrones” is often hailed as the most densely plotted series on television, requiring an open Wikipedia page and keeping a Westeros diehard on hand to explain who’s related to whom and why everyone’s naked or dead.
Apparently, during the Game of Thrones Season 6 premiere on Sunday, the traffic on PornHub – one of the most visited sites in the USA – was 4 percent lower than the average Sunday. This year’s premiere drew a 1.0 rating and 1.86 million total viewers, compared to a 1.2 with 2.13 million last year.
Some viewers had suggested the much-beloved character could be brought back to life but were left disappointed after he was not revived in the new episode. If you pull out streaming to look at Thrones’ on-air numbers, the 9 p.m. premiere (7.9 million) was down 1 percent from a year ago.
In an interview with the Brighton Argus, Brenock shared how fans targeted him with death threats on social media for months after the dramatic scene aired previous year.
Sky is estimating a viewing uplift of about 70%, meaning the season six premiere could end with a consolidated audience of more than 3.7 million. “And Game of Thrones, like the rest of HBO’s originals roster, sees substantial gains from HBO Go and HBO Now plays – as well as the ample encores on the entire HBO cable suite”.
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Despite problems, the evidence is clear, Game of Thrones is a pretty hot TV show right now…
