The “Game of Thrones” prequel, “House of the Dragon,” is without doubt one of the buzziest TV occasions since, effectively, “Game of Thrones.” HBO formally renewed the collection for a second season after only one episode of the primary installment aired on Aug. 21, 2022.
Let’s begin with the straightforward numbers: in line with HBO, the “House of the Dragon” premiere was watched by almost 20 million viewers throughout all platforms within the US. That makes it the one greatest premiere for any new unique collection in HBO’s historical past. It additionally introduced within the largest single-night viewers for any HBO episode for the reason that 2019 collection finale of “Game of Thrones,” which had 19.3 million viewers throughout all platforms, in line with The Hollywood Reporter.
Those numbers alone would have most likely been sufficient to justify a second season, however there’s the pop cultural energy, as effectively. The “Game of Thrones” model is huge enterprise for HBO: not simply as a easy TV present but additionally as a chance for an enormous community of tie-in merchandise. There’s loads of materials to mine from “Fire & Blood,” George R.R. Martin’s guide that impressed the collection, and it seems like we’ll be attending to discover extra of these tales very quickly.
“We are past happy with what all the ‘House of the Dragon’ crew has achieved with season one,” Francesca Orsi, government vice chairman of HBO programming, beforehand stated in a press release launched by way of WarnerMedia’s press web site. “Our phenomenal forged and crew undertook an enormous problem and exceeded all expectations, delivering a present that has already established itself as must-see-TV. An enormous thanks to [cocreator and executive producer George R.R. Martin; cocreator, executive producer, and showrunner Ryan Condal; and showrunner and director Miguel Sapochnik] for main us on this journey. We could not be extra excited to proceed bringing to life the epic saga of House Targaryen with season two.”
Exact particulars in regards to the second season haven’t but been introduced. However, HBO Max Content CEO Casey Bloys confirmed to Variety in February that someday in 2024 “is an efficient guess” for when “House of the Dragon” will return, although he did not reveal a precise premiere date.
“My philosophy is an efficient script is primary precedence,” he advised the publication. “I’m not doing it primarily based on desirous to have one a yr, two a yr. I wish to do it primarily based on the scripts that we’re enthusiastic about.”
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