A total of 2.2 million people watched the opening episode of series six of Game Of Thrones, giving Sky Atlantic its biggest audience ever.
Almost 1.4 million people watched live or recorded and viewed the 2am simulcast with the US on Monday morning.
The 9pm broadcast of The Red Woman was watched by 816,000 people.
The figures for the new season of the fantasy series, based on George RR Martin's books, also beat the performance last year for the first episode of series five which was 1.57 million.
Sky said it expected the overnight audience to increase by around 70% as customers watch the show on demand and through their Sky+ recordings.
The figure does not include people who watched online via Sky Go or through the online streaming service NOW TV.
The episode's ratings also beat BBC2's 9pm programme Horizon: How To Find Love Online (655,000).
The ratings win came after widespread speculation about whether one of the main characters - Jon Snow - was indeed dead, as the end of series five had suggested.
When it appeared the question had been answered, #GameOfThrones became the top trending hashtag on Twitter globally for hours after the airing of the show.
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