The season undefined attracted a record breaking audience when the first episode aired on Sunday, April 12, 2015.
Season 5 premiere episode breaks record
Season 5 premiere of 'Game of Thrones' drew the fantasy drama’s largest audience to date.
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The fifth season still bagged impressive viewing figures despite the first four episodes leaking before the premiere.
According to a Nielsen estimate, about 8 million people tuned in to the series’ 9/8c broadcast.
That number was up 17 percent from Season 4’s premiere, which had 1.16 million viewers, and clocks in at roughly 800,000 more viewers than any other Thrones episode ever.
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The drama’s previous record breaking episode was Season 4 episode 'Mockingbird', which drew 7.195 million viewers.
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