Below, we track the series trying to live up to impossible expectations. And while not all of the “next Game of Thrones” series are built around elaborate fantasy worlds, such expansive storytelling is certainly part of the appeal. But as futile as these efforts have seemed, there have still been a lot of hopeful contenders over the years-shows both currently airing and ones in development have garnered hype as the next big thing. The Sisyphean quest to create the “next Game of Thrones” has been ongoing for years, and perhaps has a greater sense of urgency now that Thrones is over and audiences are once again open to a widely shared television experience. Ranking the 101 Best Characters Who Died on ‘Game of Thrones’ Where Are They Now: A Ballad of George R.R. But that’s not going to stop networks and streamers from chasing Westeros’s high.
The series was a legit phenomenon whose success might not be replicable when the premiere aired in 2011, it captured our collective attention just before the television landscape started accelerating toward its present streamercentric, fractured state. This shouldn’t come as a shock: Thrones has long been billed as the last piece of TV monoculture. ( Succession might have if the entire populace worked in digital media.) I have watched and recommended many superior shows in the past year- Succession, Fleabag, Watchmen, and Better Call Saul come to mind-but none of them came close to reaching Thrones’ cultural ubiquity. For six weeks in 2019, my apartment hosted Thrones viewing parties-every single person in my friend group was a big fan of the series.
It’s been a year since our watch of Game of Thrones has ended, and for as underwhelming as the series finale turned out to be, we have not had anything on television like it since.
In honor of the conclusion of the last piece of monoculture, The Ringer will spend all week looking back on Thrones -focusing not just on its final season, but celebrating its entire eight-season run, reminiscing about its host of memorable characters, and pondering where some of them may be one year later. A year ago this week, Tyrion Lannister gave his now-famous speech, Bran became Bran the Broken and the king of Westeros, Jon Snow ventured north, and Game of Thrones came to an end.
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