Editing Winter Is Coming (section)

===Ratings===
The first episode of ''Game of Thrones'' obtained 2.2 million viewers in its premiere airing, with an additional 2 million viewers in the reruns aired during the same night. The day after the premiere HBO aired the episode six additional times, adding another 1.2 million to the viewer's figures.<ref name="insidetv1">{{Cite web|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/04/19/game-of-thrones-premiere-ratings/|title='Game of Thrones' premiere ratings are in|work=Inside TV|last=Hibberd|first=James|accessdate=May 24, 2011}}</ref> Reruns aired during the following week climbed the total viewership to 6.8 million.<ref name="insidetv2">{{Cite web|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/04/26/game-of-thrones-ratings-for-second-episode/|title='Game of Thrones' ratings steady for second episode|work=Inside TV|last=Hibberd|first=James|accessdate=May 26, 2011}}</ref> On April 18, 2011, the show premiered in United Kingdom and Ireland through [[w:Sky Atlantic|Sky Atlantic]]. The show gathered 750,000 viewers, a ratings record for the network.<ref name="insidetv1"/>