Game of Thrones finale will be huge – but will it be the biggest ever?

will be the most-watched episode of the series ever. It will be broadcast simultaneously around the world. It will dominate social media and morning-after workplace chatter in multiple languages, on multiple continents. It will be, by any measure, a massive global cultural event.

And that is precisely why its achievement is so remarkable: with hundreds of channels to choose from, more than 500 scripted shows in the US alone, and all those other territories pumping out their own stories too,has proven that it is still somehow possible to create blockbuster event television on a massive scale.Of course, there may never be another show that captures the public imagination in the wayhas, but the big US broadcasters are hoping there will be.

A huge global audience will tune in to see what becomes of Daenerys's ambition to sit upon the Iron Throne.debuted with a record 11.76 million viewers. But the season average is now up to 43 million per episode. It's a long way from the 2.2 million who tuned in for the premiere in April 2011. In Australia this season debuted with 294,000 viewers at 11am on April 15, but is now averaging 1.44 million viewers per episode via Foxtel's set-top boxes, with 667,000 watching on devices such as laptops, tablets and phones via Foxtel Go or Foxtel Now .is also the most pirated show on the planet.

But by virtue of being broadcast to 170 countries at the same time, of being available to watch on a plethora of viewing devices at any time viewers choose, and through its dominance of the media and social media conversation in the hours and days that follow, thefinale will be a global television event the likes of which we have not experienced before.Follow the author on Facebook at

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