NEW YORK, United States —
HBO announced Friday that the “House of the
Dragon” fantasy drama would return for a second season, after the “Game of
Thrones” prequel debuted to nearly 10 million US viewers.
Set years
earlier in the same universe of George R.R. Martin’s books, “
House of the Dragon” depicts the glory days of the ancestors of popular “Thrones”
characters, such as Daenerys Targaryen.
It is based on
his book, “Fire and Blood”.
HBO’s return to
Westeros, and its prequel show’s addictive blend of scheming dynasties, and
gory violence, has boasted solid numbers and drawn generally warm praise from
critics.
The show’s
premiere drew 9.98 million viewers in the United States, making it “the largest
audience for any new original series in the history of HBO,” the television
network’s owner,
WarnerMedia, said in a statement earlier this week.
“Game of
Thrones” ran for eight seasons between 2011 and 2019, and other spin-offs are
in the works.
Some analysts
noted that that title drew a whopping 17.4 million viewers to the debut of its
final season.
Still, the
“House of the Dragon” premiere represents a success for newly merged Warner
Bros Discovery, which is under intense scrutiny as it tries to navigate the
rapidly changing entertainment landscape dominated by the so-called “streaming
wars.”
On September 2, fierce
competition will arrive in the form of “The Rings of Power,” another
swords-and-dragons-themed epic of the small screen, this time taking place in
J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, and created by retail giant Amazon’s own
streaming platform Prime Video.
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