According to eonline.com Fear the Walking Dead, the new AMC drama, has broken ratings record when it premiered last Sunday with a whopping 10 million plus viewers in live and same day viewing. But when it comes to breaking "World Record" the reigning show is Game of Thrones. Surprisingly, it is not because of the the number of fan theories about the status of Jon Snow. The hit HBO TV series has broken into the Guinness World Records 2016 for being the "Largest TV Drama Simulcast", which the show can now add to its other reputation, "Most Pirated TV Program"
Moreover, according to eonline.com, the season five premier of Game of Thrones was broadcast in 173 countries at the same time in an effort to prevent piracy. Having said that, the HBO show overthrew previous record holder, CSI, by only two countries.
The season five premiere of Game of Thrones was broadcast in 173 countries at the same time in an attempt to thwart piracy. GoT dethroned previous record holderCSI by two countries
"So pleased for Game of Thrones to be a part of Guinness World Records. I'm not going to tell my step-brother as he gets the book every year for Christmas," Maisie Williams, the charming face behind Arya Stark who had previously debunked every Jon Snow theory, said in a statement. "I can't wait to see the look on his face!"
There are also other TV shows included in the 2016 Guinness World Records. According to eonline, NBC's The Voice also attained a world record by being the most-tweeted TV series in one minute. The singing show generated 310,000 tweets across the United States in one minute on May 13, 2014 with the "Instant Save".
Other world records include Sandra Bullock for having the highest annual earning for an actress, Brad Pitt as the most bankable Hollywood actor, House of Cards for being the first major series to premiere on the Internet and first web-only series to win an Emmy and The Simpsons for having the longest uninterrupted broadcast of a TV franchise when every episode aired from Aug. 21-Sept. 1, 2014.
