Look at the ‘Time’

• Published date: 23 November 2021
• Publication title: Signal

THE newest entry in the hunt for the "next Game of Thrones" has just rolled into town like tumbleweed bowling across an empty road.

That metaphor sounds like a big call, but I stand by it. Yes Game of Thrones (GoT) was a true television phenomenon during its reign, but when was the last time anyone talked about it other than disparagingly?

For such a huge deal of a show we all blanked it from our collective memory as soon as the credits rolled on its final episode, like we were blocking out the blunt trauma of enduring such a dismal series conclusion.

Regular people may not be lining up for another premium drama filled with dragons and disappointment, but GoT’s record-breaking audience numbers ensured it would never slip from the minds of TV execs who weren’t looking for the-next-big-thing, but were instead looking for the same-big-thing-only-different.

HBO, the home of GoT, didn’t even bother with the "different" part. Before GoT had even finished they’d greenlighted House of the Dragon, a prequel series set 200 years before the events of GoT.

We can only presume...