Few television series have captured the country’s attention and imagination like “Bet on Thrones.” Other shows have already been as complex (like “Lost” or “Westworld”) and צימרים עם בריכה other shows have had rabid yet broad fandoms (think in regards to the “The Sopranos” and “Breaking Bad”). But rare is the show which was both.
Much press has gained to equating no more “Bet on Thrones” and וילות למסיבות no more “Marvel’s Avengers,” because neither has much else it compare to. Both happen to be cultural touchstones throughout the decade, חדרים לפי שעה they are both multifaceted ensemble mysteries waiting being revealed, are both ending nearly simultaneously, are both leaving a legacy of changing the media. And both elicit deep, 0LOFT honest emotion and connection from other fans. Fates of GoT Starks and 0LOFT Avengers Starks alike come like deaths while in the family.
In now of streaming and binging and social media that “Game of Thrones” spent my childhood years in, what does that mean for shows that you follow in the foreseeable future? How has “Game of Thrones” changed the way we watch TV?
The sometime ago world of 2011
When “Bet on Thrones” premiered on April 17, 2011, the media world became a different place. Netflix had only begun streaming video a couple of years prior צימרים בטבריה and was still couple of years from creating its first original series, “House of Cards.” HBO Go (the app for subscribers) was only a year-old and HBO Now (the app for non-subscribers) was 36 months away. Twitter had half a gamers it can today. And the amount of scripted shows on TV was waiting to balloon by 86 percent, from 266 in 2011 to 495 in 2018. On that date, the GoT pilot garnered just 2.22 million viewers, 10 million lower than watch now.