Game of Thrones finale breaks Pay TV records
737,000 in Overnight viewers, across 2 playouts, smashes its own record.
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The final episode of Game of Thrones season 6 has broken records, pulling the highest Overnight total audience in subscription television history and smashing its own record.
The finale recorded a total audience of 737,000 in total Overnight viewers, across 2 playouts. It drew 382,000 at 11am (on a non-public holiday no less) plus another 355,000 at 7:30pm.
Brian Walsh, Foxtel’s Executive Director of Television, said, “This was an outstanding performance for the Games of Thrones Season 6 finale, which clearly impacted on opposition programming last night and demonstrates the significance of Foxtel and subscription television as a major entertainment provider.”
The final eclipsed the season premiere episode of 727,000 which was the highest ever watched program in Australian Subscription Television history.
S6 has enjoyed a cumulative average audience of 1.2 million viewers per episode, 45 percent higher than S5. Globally the S6 audience is 600 percent or 1 million viewers higher than S1.
The 737,000 Overnight numbers are also due to rise with Timeshifted viewing. The cumulative audience comprises live and encore viewing over the first seven days following the initial premiere broadcast, timeshifted recorded playback, and viewing via Foxtel Anytime.
S6 is now available to purchase legally following its exclusive Foxtel season.
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5 Responses
Absolutely fantastic finale although I do think the season was a bit lacklustre – a bit too much filler before we got down to the real story, so a couple less episodes next year isn’t a bad thing.
I guess it goes to show that piracy has a positive effect
I thought S6 as a whole was brilliant, and the finale.. well wow!!
And they delivered the best finale in their six season run. It was fantastic.
Bring on Season 7, I can’t wait!