‘House of the Dragon’ Viewers Fall Even as Max Hits Record

The HBO series House of the Dragon returned to an audience of 7.8 million total viewers on Sunday night, a 22% decline from last year for one of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.’s marquee shows.

The program, which airs on both the HBO cable channel and the Max streaming service, was the highest-rated HBO series premiere of all time when it debuted last year, drawing about 10 million viewers.