Finally some good news for hack-and-backlash-plagued HBO: despite Sunday’s Game of Thrones episode leaking online ahead of its scheduled air, “The Spoils of War” still set an all-time viewership high for the cable network’s flagship series, according to Variety.
Game of Thrones airs Sundays at 9/8c on HBO.
An estimated 10.2 million people tuned in to Season 7’s fourth episode Sunday night, up from 10.1 million viewers for the Season 7 premiere.
The moral of the story is that despite leaks of scripts and full episodes that can spoil viewers ahead of time, people will still tune in for Game of Thrones.