Game of Thrones season 6 will conclude this Sunday with ‘The Winds of Winter’ at 9pm on HBO.
The Sunday premiere of “Battle of the Bastards” saw an increase of 6% with 7.3 million viewers, though the crucial factor of that viewership came from HBO Now (which launched in April 2015) and HBO Go streaming subscribers, who collectively accounted for a 70% increase in overall viewership (in addition to another 4% from TV and on demand) since season 5 at about 2.5 million streams.
Based on the best-selling A Song of Fire and Ice series of fantasy novels by George R.R. Martin, the latest episode, titled “Battle of the Bastards,” included a gruesome character death as well as the most epic battle since “Hardhome” in season 5.
The latest word has it that Game of Thrones is not hurting when it comes to viewers leading up to its season finale, and many of those viewers are opting to stream the program online instead of watching it on TV or on demand.