The prequel to Game of Thrones, the Family of Dragons, broke the HBO premiere record, with nearly 10 million viewers in the United States alone.

CTOnews.com August 23 news, yesterday,"Game of Thrones" prequel "Family of Dragons" series first episode launched HBO Max. HBO has announced that the first episode of The Dragon Family has become its most-watched premiere series ever, according to The Verge. In the U.S. alone, the number of people watching the episode on Sunday local time on cable and HBO Max streaming reached 9.986 million.

IGN currently rates the show 8 points. On Douban, Dragon Family scored 8.7 points, lower than the first seven seasons of Game of Thrones.

CTOnews.com has learned that the show, adapted from George R. R. Martin's Fire and Blood, is set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones and tells the story of the Targaryen family, and that the plot will include a Civil War "Blood Dragon Mania." The show stars Paddy Constance, Matt Smith (Doctor Who), Olivia Cook, Emma Darcy, Steve Toussaint (Doctor Who), Eve Best, Sonoya Mizuno, Fabian Frankel and Rhys Evans. Matt Smith, who played Doctor Who, will play a Targaryen prince.

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