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Much press has got to equating no more “Bet on Thrones” and the end of “Marvel’s Avengers,” because neither has much else it compare to. Both happen to be cultural touchstones in the decade, they are multifaceted ensemble mysteries waiting for being revealed, are both ending nearly simultaneously, are both leaving a legacy of changing the media. And both elicit deep, honest emotion and connection from them fans. Fates of GoT Starks and Avengers Starks alike come like deaths while in the family.
In today of streaming and binging and social media that “Bet on Thrones” spent my childhood years in, simply what does that mean for shows צימרים בצפון to adhere to down the road? How has “Bet on Thrones” changed the way you watch TV?
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When “Game of Thrones” premiered on April 17, 2011, the media world was a different place. Netflix had only begun streaming video three years prior and had been two years from creating its first original series, “House of Cards.” HBO Go (the app for subscribers) only agreed to be a year-old and HBO Now (the app for non-subscribers) was several years away. Twitter had half your it does today. And the number of scripted shows on TV was waiting צימרים בצפון to balloon by 86 צימרים בצפון 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.