‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2 Premiere Hits 7.8 Million Viewers, Down 22% From Series Launch but Bringing Max Its Biggest Streaming Day Ever

House Of The Dragon continues the Targaryen civil war in the show’s second season.Based on George R.R. Martin’s book Fire & Blood, the series serves as a prequel to Game Of Thrones and depicts the fall of House Targaryen through the war known as the Dance Of Dragons.After Miguel Sapochnik departed co-showrunning duties after the first season, the second batch of episodes is solely led by Ryan Condal.

House Of The Dragon season two introduces a bunch of new characters into the Targaryen civil war.Based on the book Fire & Blood by George R.R. Martin, the HBO series serves as a prequel to Game Of Thrones and depicts the fall of House Targaryen.After Miguel Sapochnik departed co-showrunning duties after the first season, the second batch of episodes is solely led by Ryan Condal.

In this week’s episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast host Mike DeAngelo rides his dragon back to Westeros for “House of the Dragon.” The show premiered the first episode of season two on Max this past weekend and follows the internal war within House Targaryen 172 years before the birth of Daenerys Targaryen. The show stars Matt Smith, Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Rhys Ifans, Fabien Frankel, Eve Best, Steve Toussaint, Ewan Mitchell, and more.

The next season of Apple TV+’s The Morning Show will likely premiere long after the 2024 presidential election has ended, and that democratic process only scratches the surface of what real-life events the drama series could respond to with the time it has in production before release.

House of the Dragon is back.

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Selome Hailu Right after the Tony Awards, “The Gilded Age” has added four previous winners and nominees to its Season 3 cast: Phylicia Rashad, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jordan Donica and Victoria Clark. Rashad will recur as Mrs. Elizabeth Kirkland.

Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon is up and running – but what happened to Jaehaerys and Jaehaera in last night’s big premiere?The first episode of season two aired on HBO in the US on June 17, with UK viewers able to watch concurrently via Sky Atlantic and streaming service NOW.Last month, a trailer for the second season was released, which built upon the tension that highlighted season one’s end, when Alicent (Olivia Cooke) and Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) conspired to put Alicent’s son Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney) on the throne after King Viserys (Paddy Considine) snuffed it.Viserys had originally designated daughter Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) as his heir – but a death-bed change-of-mind (conveniently only heard by Alicent) changed all that. Cue a Targaryen civil war, otherwise known as the ‘Dance Of The Dragons’ by readers of George R.R.

Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon returns to HBO this week, but how many episodes will there be?Last month, a trailer for the second season of the show was released, which built upon the tension that highlighted season one’s end, as Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney) and Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) butt heads to claim the Iron Throne, kickstarting a Targaryen civil war, otherwise known as the Dance of the Dragons.The trailer sees The Blacks, led by Rhaenyra and Daemon (Matt Smith), plan an invasion of King’s Landing to claim the Iron Throne from the Greens, led by Aegon. Over the course of the intense trailer, we get several glimpses of the bloody and fiery war to come, along with a trip to The Wall.Watch that trailer below:The second season was renewed five days after the premiere of season one, in August 2022.

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains major spoilers from the Season 2 premiere of HBO’s “House of the Dragon.” After closing Season 1 with the swift and shocking death of a child — Rhaenyra Targaryen’s (Emma D’Arcy) son Lucerys Velaryon — “House of the Dragon” opened its second with a series of grief-driven choices and insidious plans that led to the most gruesome murder of another child: Jaehaerys Targaryen, the grandson of Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke). The toddler Jaehaerys, the son of King Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney) and Queen Helaena (Phia Saban), is killed in his bed by two men nicknamed “Blood and Cheese,” one a hulking former member of the City Watch and the other the royal rat catcher.

Fire and Blood,” the nearly 800-page tome by George R.R. Martin, has already been renewed for a third season ahead of the Season 2 premiere, so fear not: when the season wraps up in August, know that will be more on the way (it’s just a matter of when). Below, we’ve compiled everything you need to know about “House of the Dragon” Season 2, from when new episodes premiere to how you can watch them for free.

Jordan Moreau Send a raven and mount your dragon because the Targaryens are back. “House of the Dragon,” the spinoff of HBO’s fantasy mega hit “Game of Thrones,” is returning for Season 2 on Sunday, June 16. It’s all-out war for the white-haired Targaryens, as Westeros is engulfed in the Dance of Dragons — a bloody civil war from the pages of George R.

returns for Season 2 on Sunday, June 16 (9 p.m. on HBO and streaming on Max).

Alison Herman TV Critic The first season of “House of the Dragon,” HBO’s prequel to “Game of Thrones” and the first spinoff in network history, was widely considered a success. But it was also, in essence, 10 hours of set-up, speeding through decades of context to take audiences to the brink of the Westerosi civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons.

House Of The Dragon will return for a third season, HBO Max has confirmed.Last night (June 13), the streamer took to social media to announce that the hit Game Of Thrones prequel series House Of The Dragon has been renewed for a third season. It comes ahead of season two’s premiere this weekend (June 16).The Dance of the Dragons continues.#HouseOfTheDragon has been renewed for Season 3 on @StreamOnMax.

And in a shock to no one, Deadline reports that more “House Of The Dragon” is on the way, with HBO greenlighting Season 3 ahead of Season 2’s premiere on Sunday. “Game Of Thrones” fans knew such an announcement was imminent.

Ahead of Sunday’s Season 2 premiere, HBO has confirmed it has renewed House of the Dragon for a third season.

House of the Dragon has been renewed for a third season ahead of the season two premiere!

Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon returns to HBO this week, but when can fans watch it?Last month, a trailer for the second season of the show was released, which built upon the tension from the end of season one, with Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney) and Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) butting heads to claim the Iron Throne. It kickstarts a Targaryen civil war, otherwise known as the Dance of the Dragons.The trailer sees The Blacks, led by Rhaenyra and Daemon (Matt Smith), plan an invasion of King’s Landing to claim the Iron Throne from the Greens, led by Aegon.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Matt Smith is being praised online for gently course-correcting a red carpet interview in which a reporter misgendered his “House of the Dragon” co-star Emma D’Arcy. Smith and D’Arcy star on the “Game of Thrones” prequel series as Daemon and Rhaenyra Targaryen, respectively.