Game of Thrones finale episode registeres new record of tv audience

HBO said on Monday that more than 19 million U.S. viewers watched the series finale of television’s Game of Thrones a record audience for HBO channel. HBO, a unit of AT&T’s Warner Media, said Sunday’s 19.3 million live television audience and viewers on its HBO GO and HBO NOW apps exceeded the previous high for the fantasy – 18.4 million, for the penultimate episode a week ago.

The finale was also the most-watched single telecast ever on HBO, surpassing the previous record set by crime drama “The Sopranos” in 2002, HBO said.