https://www.theverge.com/hbo/2022/8/22/23317333/hbo-max-house-of-the-dragon-game-of-thrones-biggest-premiere-ever#:~:text=Despite%20glitches%20for%20some%20people,night%20in%20the%20US%20alone.

Despite glitches for some people trying to watch via Fire TV Sticks, HBO announced that the first episode of its Game of Thrones spinoff House of the Dragon (https://www.theverge.com/hbo/2022/8/22/23317333/hbo-max-house-of-the-dragon-game-of-thrones-biggest-premiere-ever) recorded the network (https://decider.com/2022/08/22/house-of-the-dragon-viewership-numbers-hbo-max-largest-series-premiere-ever/)'s biggest premiere of all time (https://www.indiewire.com/2022/08/house-of-the-dragon-premiere-ratings-game-of-thrones-1234754303/), recording 9.986 million viewers across linear and HBO Max streaming on Sunday night in the US alone.