{"id":1664261,"date":"2022-09-29T10:23:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T14:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1664261"},"modified":"2022-09-29T10:30:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T14:30:40","slug":"house-of-the-dragon-nielsen-premiere-ratings-fare-worse-than-reruns-of-ncis-on-netflix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-of-the-dragon-nielsen-premiere-ratings-fare-worse-than-reruns-of-ncis-on-netflix\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHouse of the Dragon\u201d Nielsen Premiere Ratings Fare Worse Than Reruns of \u201cNCIS\u201d on Netflix"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-of-the-dragon-nielsen-premiere-ratings-fare-worse-than-reruns-of-ncis-on-netflix%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1664261&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Nielsen released their streaming data for the week of August 22nd through August 28th, which includes the premiere for <em>House of the Dragon<\/em> and the numbers do not look good for the <em>Game of Thrones<\/em> prequel.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_182613\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-182613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: House of the Dragon Season 1 Episode 5 \u201cWe Light the Way\u201d (2022), HBO<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>House of the Dragon<\/em> charted as the 6th most watched streaming series or program for the week with 741 million minutes viewed. That was behind Netflix\u2019s <em>Echoes<\/em>, <em>Me Time<\/em>, <em>Stranger Things<\/em>, and <em>NCIS<\/em> as well as HBO Max\u2019s <em>Game of Thrones<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first week the show made the Nielsen Top 10 list despite the show premiering on August 21st and its second episode releasing on August 28th.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_182845\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-182845\" class=\"size-full wp-image-182845\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.05-boundingintocomics-633462ad42dc1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1133\" height=\"721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.05-boundingintocomics-633462ad42dc1.png 1133w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.05-boundingintocomics-633462ad42dc1-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.05-boundingintocomics-633462ad42dc1-768x489-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-182845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nielsen Streaming Ratings for week of August 22-28, 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/09\/27\/house-of-the-dragon-showrunner-ryan-condal-compares-incest-scene-to-back-to-the-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018House Of The Dragon\u2019 Showrunner Ryan Condal Compares Incest Scene To \u2018Back To The Future\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The series did hit the third spot on Nielsen\u2019s Acquired chart behind <em>Game of Thrones<\/em> and <em>NCIS<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Game of Thrones<\/em> had 909 million minutes viewed across a total of 73 episodes while <em>NCIS<\/em> had 770 million minutes viewed across 354 episodes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_182846\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-182846\" class=\"size-full wp-image-182846\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.05-boundingintocomics-633462af38570.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"977\" height=\"689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.05-boundingintocomics-633462af38570.png 977w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.05-boundingintocomics-633462af38570-300x212-1.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.05-boundingintocomics-633462af38570-768x542-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-182846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nielsen Streaming Ratings for Acquired shows for the week of August 22-28, 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>The House of the Dragon<\/em> premiere numbers are significantly behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spoilertv.com\/2020\/11\/weekly-nielsen-streaming-charts-updated.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prime Video\u2019s <\/a><em>Wheel of Time, <\/em>which premiered in November of last year with 1.163 billion minutes viewed albeit it <em>The Wheel of Time<\/em> debuted on the charts with its first three episodes.<\/p>\n<p><em> Wheel of Time<\/em> was the number two most streamed program behind Netflix\u2019s <em>Red Notice<\/em> film for the week ending November 21, 2021.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_182847\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-182847\" class=\"size-full wp-image-182847\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.12-boundingintocomics-63346448a0fa2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"561\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.12-boundingintocomics-63346448a0fa2.png 561w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.12-boundingintocomics-63346448a0fa2-298x300-1.png 298w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.12-boundingintocomics-63346448a0fa2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.12-boundingintocomics-63346448a0fa2-125x125.png 125w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-182847\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nielsen Top 20 Weekly Streaming Chart for the week ending November 21, 2021 via Spoiler TV<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/08\/24\/hbo-says-house-of-the-dragon-premiere-is-largest-audience-for-any-new-original-series-brings-in-tens-of-millions-less-than-game-of-thrones-final-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HBO Says \u2018House Of The Dragon\u2019 Premiere Is \u201cLargest Audience For Any New Original Series,\u201d Brings In Tens Of Millions Less Than Game of Thrones\u2019 Final Season<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These Nielsen ratings call into question the viewership numbers WarnerMedia touted the show having for its premiere. If you recall, <a href=\"https:\/\/pressroom.warnermedia.com\/us\/media-release\/hbo-renews-house-dragon-second-season?language_content_entity=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WarnerMedia announced the show\u2019s renewal<\/a> for a second season towards the end of August.<\/p>\n<p>In that renewal announcement the company originally claimed the premiere \u201cdrew 9.986 million viewers across linear and HBO Max platforms in the U.S. Sunday night, the largest audience for any new original series in the history of HBO.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They went on to detail, \u201cThe premiere also marked the largest series launch on HBO Max across the U.S., LatAm, and EMEA, driving an unprecedented level of concurrent streams on the platform\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_182852\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-182852\" class=\"size-full wp-image-182852\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.50-boundingintocomics-63346d605d912.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.50-boundingintocomics-63346d605d912.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.50-boundingintocomics-63346d605d912-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.50-boundingintocomics-63346d605d912-1340x754-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.50-boundingintocomics-63346d605d912-768x432-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-182852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">House of the Dragon<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The press release also noted that premiere day viewership only constitutes \u201cjust 20%-40% of the show\u2019s total gross audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It has since been updated to claim that the series premiere had \u201cbeen seen by over 20 million viewers across linear, On Demand and HBO Max platforms in the U.S., based on a combination of Nielsen data and first party data.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_182854\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-182854\" class=\"size-full wp-image-182854\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.53-boundingintocomics-63346dea5efe5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.53-boundingintocomics-63346dea5efe5.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.53-boundingintocomics-63346dea5efe5-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.53-boundingintocomics-63346dea5efe5-1340x893-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.53-boundingintocomics-63346dea5efe5-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.53-boundingintocomics-63346dea5efe5-360x240-1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.53-boundingintocomics-63346dea5efe5-600x400-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-182854\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paddy Considine as King Viserys Targaryen and Matt Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen in House of the Dragon<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/08\/24\/fearless-host-jason-whitlock-hbos-house-of-the-dragon-has-a-feminist-grooming-agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fearless Host Jason Whitlock: HBO\u2019s \u2018House Of The Dragon\u2019 Has A \u201cFeminist Grooming Agenda\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A conservative reading of this Nielsen data indicates that on HBO Max the premiere had at most 11.4 million viewers, which is the total number of minutes divided by the episode\u2019s run time of 65 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>And that reading is assuming Nielsen didn\u2019t factor in the second episode at all given <em>House of the Dragon<\/em> did not show up on Nielsen\u2019s chart for the week ending August 21st despite the show premiere on that date. It also does not factor in any minutes the show garnered for the week ending August 21st given those numbers were unavailable since it didn\u2019t chart.<\/p>\n<p>The first assumption can be easily disputed given Nielsen notes in their charts they are tracking two episodes for the week ending August 28th. The second one can be disputed as well given <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/house-of-the-dragon-streaming-rankings-aug-15-21-2022-1235221779\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> did indicate that Nielsen informed them that the first episode was viewed 327 million minutes for the week ending August 21st.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_182580\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-182580\" class=\"size-full wp-image-182580\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.27-04.17-boundingintocomics-633322176b1a8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.27-04.17-boundingintocomics-633322176b1a8.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.27-04.17-boundingintocomics-633322176b1a8-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.27-04.17-boundingintocomics-633322176b1a8-1340x893-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.27-04.17-boundingintocomics-633322176b1a8-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.27-04.17-boundingintocomics-633322176b1a8-360x240-1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.27-04.17-boundingintocomics-633322176b1a8-600x400-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-182580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paddy Considine as King Viserys Targaryen and Milly Alcock as Young Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen in House of the Dragon<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>If The Hollywood Reporter\u2019s number is accurate one could argue the total premiere had 1.068 billion minutes viewed. That would mean the premiere had 16.4 million views.<\/p>\n<p>However, given the show did have 327 million minutes in the first week, one could also argue that the second episode probably had around the same number or maybe even slightly higher given the show did had a 4% increase on cable between episodes one and two. So you\u2019re still left with around 741 million minutes and you are back to 11.4 million viewers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_182573\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-182573\" class=\"size-full wp-image-182573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.27-04.15-boundingintocomics-633321849c927.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.27-04.15-boundingintocomics-633321849c927.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.27-04.15-boundingintocomics-633321849c927-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.27-04.15-boundingintocomics-633321849c927-1340x893-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.27-04.15-boundingintocomics-633321849c927-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.27-04.15-boundingintocomics-633321849c927-360x240-1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.27-04.15-boundingintocomics-633321849c927-600x400-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-182573\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fabien Frankel as Ser Criston Cole and Milly Alcock as Young Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen in House of the Dragon<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you factor in the runtime of the second episode the average viewership for both episodes is around 9.05 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Now, add that to Nielsen\u2019s data for HBO on cable, which clocked in at 2.17 million viewers, and you get around 18.57 million or 11.2 million viewers. So somehow WarnerMedia is claiming that they found another 1.5 or 8.8 million viewers. It doesn\u2019t add up.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_182853\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-182853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-182853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.51-boundingintocomics-63346d680a906.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.51-boundingintocomics-63346d680a906.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.51-boundingintocomics-63346d680a906-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.51-boundingintocomics-63346d680a906-1340x893-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.51-boundingintocomics-63346d680a906-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.51-boundingintocomics-63346d680a906-360x240-1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.51-boundingintocomics-63346d680a906-600x400-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-182853\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paddy Considine as King Viserys Targaryen and Milly Alcock as Young Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen in House of the Dragon<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>But there might be an explanation. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wolfpopper.com\/docs\/WBD%20-%20Complaint.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Collinsville Police Pension Board recently filed a lawsuit<\/a> in the Southern District of New York alleging that \u201cWarnerMedia was improvidently concentrating its investments in streaming and ignoring its other business lines and WarnerMedia had overstated the number of subscribers to HBO Max by as many as 10 million subscribers, by including as subscribers AT&#038;T customers who had received bundled access to HBO Max, but had not signed onto the service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If these allegations are true and WarnerMedia was cooking the books to boost the number of HBO Max subscribers by as many as 10 million, it\u2019s not that hard to imagine that they would attempt to inflate the viewership of <em>House of the Dragon<\/em> as well.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_177597\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-177597\" class=\"size-full wp-image-177597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.22-08.18-boundingintocomics-6303e47fd90d0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.22-08.18-boundingintocomics-6303e47fd90d0.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.22-08.18-boundingintocomics-6303e47fd90d0-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.22-08.18-boundingintocomics-6303e47fd90d0-1340x893-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.22-08.18-boundingintocomics-6303e47fd90d0-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.22-08.18-boundingintocomics-6303e47fd90d0-360x240-1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.22-08.18-boundingintocomics-6303e47fd90d0-600x400-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-177597\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Milly Alcock as Young Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen and Sian Brooke as Queen Aemma Arryn in House of the Dragon<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/08\/25\/report-amazon-studios-will-declare-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-a-victory-regardless-of-actual-viewership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Report: Amazon Studios Will Declare \u2018The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power\u2019 A Victory \u201cRegardless Of Actual Viewership\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And this tactic doesn\u2019t seem to be unheard of when it comes to streaming services. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/amazon-lord-rings-power-billion-dollar-prequel-streaming-hollywood-2022-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A report from Business Insider<\/a> claimed that Amazon Studios and Prime Video \u201cwill find a way, regardless of actual viewership, to sound the trumpets of victory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An alleged former Amazon executive told the outlet in regards to their<em> The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power<\/em> series, \u201cIf it\u2019s not the highest-performing thing Amazon has ever done, it\u2019s a failure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The insider added the caveat, \u201cIf it\u2019s not the highest-performing thing Amazon has ever done, it\u2019s a failure.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_182857\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-182857\" class=\"size-full wp-image-182857\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.56-boundingintocomics-63346ec803e82-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.56-boundingintocomics-63346ec803e82-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.56-boundingintocomics-63346ec803e82-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.56-boundingintocomics-63346ec803e82-1340x561-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.56-boundingintocomics-63346ec803e82-768x322-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.28-03.56-boundingintocomics-63346ec803e82-600x250-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-182857\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joseph Mawle as Adar in The Lord of the Ring: The Rings of Power<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>What do you make of these premiere viewership numbers from Nielsen?<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/09\/27\/house-of-the-dragon-star-olivia-cooke-says-she-was-directed-to-play-queen-alicent-like-a-woman-for-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018House of the Dragon\u2019 Star Olivia Cooke Says She Was Directed To Play Queen Alicent \u201cLike A Woman For Trump\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>**Editor\u2019s Note: This article was updated to include data reported by The Hollywood Reporter pertaining to Nielsen\u2019s data ending the week of August 21**<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nielsen released their streaming data for the week of August 22nd through August 28th, which includes the premiere for House of the Dragon and the numbers do not look 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