House of the Dragon
Streaming Ratings: ‘The Boys,’ ‘House of the Dragon’ Return to Charts
With the start of new seasons, both The Boys and House of the Dragon returned to Nielsen’s streaming charts for the week of June 10-16. Neither one could reach the heights of Bridgerton, however, as the Netflix drama zoomed back to the No. 1 overall spot with the release of season three’s second half. Bridgerton […]
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TV Ratings: ‘House of the Dragon’ Hits Season High With Bloody Battle
A pivotal episode of House of the Dragon drew the show’s biggest first-night audience of its season so far. The episode, “The Red Dragon and the Gold,” portrayed the Battle at Rook’s Rest, a key moment in author George R.R. Martin’s novel Fire & Blood and the larger Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and […]
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How That Brutal ‘House of the Dragon’ Battle Death Played Out in the Book
[This story contains spoilers from season two, episode four of House of the Dragon, “The Red Dragon and the Gold.”] If the Dance of the Dragons wasn’t already officially on, it certainly is now. In its fourth episode, House of the Dragon season two finally went there — “there” meaning, full-on dragon-on-dragon violence, in the much-hyped […]
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‘House of the Dragon’: Ewan Mitchell on That Cliffhanger Dragon Battle and Why “There’s No Going Back”
[This story contains spoilers from season two, episode four of House of the Dragon, “The Red Dragon and the Gold.”] It’s always Aemond, isn’t it? House of the Dragon fans were finally awarded some dragon-to-dragon action Sunday night when, in episode four of season two, titled “The Red Dragon and the Gold,” Ser Criston Cole […]
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George R.R. Martin Reveals the Addition to ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2 That He Calls “Brilliant”
[This story contains spoilers for House of the Dragon season two, episodes one and two.] George R.R. Martin has nothing but high praise for season two of HBO’s House of the Dragon so far, especially a new four-legged character. The author and producer recently took to his personal blog to share his review of the initial episodes […]
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‘House of the Dragon’ Had a Literal Daenerys Targaryen Easter Egg in Episode 3
It’s not often a show’s Easter egg is an actual egg, let alone three of them. But that’s just what HBO’s House of the Dragon had during the second season’s third episode, “The Burning Mill,” on Sunday night. In the scene, Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) sends Rhaena (Phoebe Campbell) off to the Vale, and afterwards […]
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Meet Jamie Kenna, the Actor Who Brought Laughter to a Dark, Harrowing ‘House of the Dragon’ Set
When Jamie Kenna got off the phone with his agent following an audition for season two of House of the Dragon, he was devastated. He hadn’t booked the role. Ser Alfred Broome, who serves as a knight on Queen Rhaenyra’s black council – and, as the British actor describes, is a “Targaryen by employment” – […]
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How ‘House of the Dragon’ Brought That Giant Moment in Westeros History to Life
[This story contains spoilers from House of the Dragon season two, episode two.] It’s not easy to track every character in the Game of Thrones universe, particularly on House of the Dragon. All of these Targaryens running around named Aegon. A couple of them named Jaehaerys (rest in peace to both the late king and […]
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‘House of the Dragon’ Creator on Sansa Stark’s Connection to That Twins Fight Scene
[This story contains spoilers from the second episode of House of the Dragon season two.] The second episode of House of the Dragon season two featured a fan-favorite scene from George R.R. Martin’s book Fire & Blood: The fatal clash of the Cargyll twins, Arryk (Luke Tittensor) and Erryk (Elliot Tittensor), whose identical looks are […]
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Olivia Cooke Recalls “Animalistic” Sex Scene Cut From ‘House of the Dragon’
Olivia Cooke offered a behind-the-scenes tease of a cut sex scene from House of the Dragon‘s season two this week, saying the “messy as fuck” moment didn’t make the final show out of concern that it didn’t further the plot. “It wasn’t beautiful, and that was really fun to do,” Cooke told Elle, also using […]
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TV Ratings: ‘House of the Dragon’ Opens Lower With Season 2 Premiere
Westeros remains a favored destination for HBO viewers. The second season premiere of House of the Dragon brought in 7.8 million viewers across all platforms in the U.S. Sunday night — a strong showing, without a doubt, but about 22 percent below the show’s record-setting series premiere in August 2022. The series premiere drew nearly 10 […]
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‘House of the Dragon’ Star on First Learning About the Season 2 Premiere’s Horrific Ending
[This story contains major spoilers from the season two premiere of House of the Dragon.] The House of the Dragon premiere’s “Blood and Cheese” ending was a shock to everyone in the audience, with a few key exceptions: those who read George R.R. Martin’s source material, those who read about the source material and those […]
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