A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: Rotten Tomatoes Scores Revealed

The Rotten Tomatoes viewers rating has debuted for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. The brand new Sport of Thrones spinoff is predicated on George R.R. Martin’s Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas, with season 1 adapting the primary installment, The Hedge Knight.

Following the January 18 premiere of the primary episode on HBO Max, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms has a “Recent” viewers rating of 77%. That is based mostly on greater than 100 scores and can seemingly fluctuate as extra are added, however the present Popcornmeter rating is the third-lowest for any season within the franchise. Solely Sport of Thrones season 8 at 30% and Home of the Dragon season 2 at 72% are decrease.

After initially debuting with a Tomatometer rating of 82%, critics’ reception to the spinoff has additional improved, and now sits at 88% based mostly on 56 critiques. That is additionally the third-lowest within the franchise, solely forward of Sport of Thrones season 8 and Home of the Dragon season 2, though it’s only 2% away from tying Sport of Thrones and Home of the Dragon‘s season 1 scores.

One of many main causes for this reception is due to how totally different the brand new present is from its predecessors. It’s a lighter, extra comedic, and smaller scale story the place the characters usually are not preventing to say the Iron Throne and rule Westeros. A Targaryen continues to be king and the royal household just isn’t embroiled in civil warfare or having different homes threaten to unseat them from energy.

As a substitute, Dunk (Peter Claffey) is a straightforward hedge knight attempting to make a residing by attempting to combat in a tourney, whereas the younger Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell) turns into his squire. In ScreenRant‘s A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms evaluate, Jordan Williams describes the collection as “an intimately charming and nuanced tackle Westerosi life and politics from an often-ignored perspective.”

As indicated by the Rotten Tomatoes scores, this strategy appeals to nearly all of critics and normal viewers members, however it doesn’t resonate fairly as strongly as most of Sport of Thrones or Home of the Dragon season 1 did. These collection rely closely on political intrigue and big battles that change the destiny of Westeros, which isn’t the story being advised this time.

Whatever the barely much less favorable reception, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is off to a promising begin with its viewership. Solely a day after the premiere, it’s within the primary spot on HBO Max’s prime 10 for the U.S. and 13 different nations and is fifth total globally. As extra time passes and extra episodes are launched, it’s going to seemingly climb even increased worldwide for the reason that solely present outperforming it that’s within the midst of a brand new season is The Pitt.

New A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episodes launch Sundays on HBO and HBO Max at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.

Launch Date

January 18, 2026

Community

HBO

Showrunner

Ira Parker

Administrators

Owen Harris

Writers

George R. R. Martin, Ira Parker

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  Peter Claffey

  Ser Duncan ‘Dunk’ the Tall

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