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‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Finale Hits 9.5 Million Viewers in Three Days, Setting Another Series Record

“Game of Thrones” fans have clearly been enjoying their most recent return to Westeros. Prequel series “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” has been a considerable hit, reaching a high of 9.5 million viewers with its Season 1 finale. That total, counted across the episode’s first three days of availabil

EntertainmentBy Wire ServicesFebruary 26, 20262 min read

Last updated: April 5, 2026, 10:49 AM

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‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Finale Hits 9.5 Million Viewers in Three Days, Setting Another Series Record
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Game of Thrones fans have clearly been enjoying their most recent return to Westeros. Prequel series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms has been a considerable hit, reaching a high of 9.5 million viewers with its Season 1 finale.

That total, counted across the episodes first three days of availability, comes from a combination of Nielsens measurement of viewers who turned in on HBOs cable channel on Sunday night and Warner Bros. Discoverys own data regarding streams on HBO Max. blogherads.adq.push(function () { blogherads .defineSlot( 'medrec', 'gpt-variety-article-mid-article-uid0' ) .setTargeting( 'pos', ["mid-article1","mid-articleX","mid","mid-article"] ) .setTargeting( 'viewable', 'yes' ) .setSubAdUnitPath("ros\/mid-article") .addSize([[300,250],[2,2],[300,251],[2,4],[4,2],[320,480],[620,366]]) .setClsOptimization("minsize") ; });

Titled The Morrow, the finale inched up 2% from the previous series high of 9.2 million viewers set by Episode 5, In the Name of the Mother, which premiered on Feb. 15. Popular on Variety if ( !window.pmc.harmony?.isEventAdScheduledTime() ) { pmcCnx.cmd.push(function() { pmcCnx({ settings: { plugins: { pmcAtlasMG: { iabPlcmt: 2, } } }, playerId: 'fdaee7b3-292f-4a85-89bb-29a56b567de3', playlistId: '073c6e70-0010-4b87-92d0-d891f87f5cd8', }).render("connatix_contextual_player_div"); }); } else { // This should only be get called when page cache is not cleared and it's event time. window.pmc.harmony?.switchToHarmonyPlayer(); }

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