Game of Thrones - What's the Space HBO's Trying to Fill?

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A Change.org petition that's calling for a remake of season eight has more than a million signatures. I think it really lit a fire, so to speak, among all those involved in Dragon to know that this is not just another show. This is a make it or break it project and the expectations are going to be sky high. And if it doesn't work, they're never going to hear the end of it.

HBO hopes to win the streaming wars with House of the Dragon, a prequel to Game of Thrones. But GoT’s disastrous finale disappointed viewers, and the prequel is being released as HBO’s parent company, Warner Brothers Discovery, undertakes massive cost-cutting measures. Still: DRAGONS.

This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Tori Dominquez, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.

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