Fact One: The eighth and final
season of HBO’s medieval fantasy series “Game of Thrones,” also the shortest at
only six episodes, was the least positively reviewed installment of the
near-decade-long saga. Fact Two: The reception has actually been so bad that disgruntled
fans have started an online petition to have HBO remake the season without the
original show-runners whom they blame for the poor quality. Fact Three: Despite
the bile being thrown at the swan song of “Game of Thrones” its last season
still managed to break record nomination numbers in this year’s Primetime
Emmys. But what exactly does the network think about these?
According to Entertainment Weekly, HBO gave their two cents to many questions
regarding their recently-concluded series “Game of Thrones,” including their
opinions about the fans’ negative opinions. This happened during a press tour
of the Television Critics’ Association (TCA) in Beverly Hills Wednesday, July
24, where HBO programming head Casey Bloys talking about how the network is
treating the poor audience reception to Season 8, as manifest in the online
petition for a do-over with no involvement from Dave Benioff and D.B. Weiss.
Said petition is now just a few hundred thousand short of becoming an even 2
million signatures.
Bloys remarked that when a TV
show that has been extremely popular with many viewers both for its perceived
quality and length of broadcast is to be concluded, those many people would
have varyingly different ideas on what would be a perfect ending for it. He
also says HBO is not taking the Change.org petition seriously saying, “The
petition shows a lot of enthusiasm and passion for the show, but it wasn’t
something we seriously considered. I can’t imagine another network would.” That
would be understandable considering “Thrones” did extremely well for
nominations at the upcoming 71st Primetime Emmy Awards.
For its last hurrah, “Game of
Thrones” garnered for HBO an unprecedented 32 nominations. The TV Critics’
Association then asked Casey Bloys at how the network chose who among their
cast would be pushed as Primetime Emmy nominees. Only seven lead stars got HBO
support while Gwendoline Christie and Alfie Allen had to submit their own names
for consideration. “It’s a challenge for a series that big if everybody
submitted themselves, everybody could cancel [each other out],” Bloys explains
why they did not go overboard with the Primetime Emmy submissions, letting the
cast do themselves.
“Game of Thrones” Season 8 aired
on HBO from April to May 2019. Petitioners when asked about the Emmy nomination
sweep have pooh-poohed it as merely ATAS considering the actors’ performances
for the whole series run instead of the season alone, and maintains that the
conclusion must be remade. The Primetime Emmys air September 22.
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