The first episode of Game of Thrones premiered seven years ago today
by Dan Selcke10 hours ago
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Seven years ago, on April 17, 2011, the first episode of Game of Thrones — “Winter is Coming” — premiered on HBO.
First-time viewers tuned in to the first scene and found themselves watching a party of warmly dressed English people, none of whom would ever appear on the show again,
venture into a snowy forest and be killed by a mysterious blue-eyed frost monster. It was moody, it was grim, and it was enough to hold their interest while they waited to see where this all went.
Now, in April of 2018, everything has changed. Not only did Game of Thrones achieve meteoric success, becoming one of the few shows people make sure to watch as it airs even in an era when DVRs and subscription services make it easy to view TV whenever,
it led to a renaissance in high-quality fantasy and sci-fi on television. Game of Thrones didn’t inspire the source material on
which shows like Outlander, Westworld, and Amazon’s upcoming Lord of the Rings show are based, but networks would never have put those shows on the air had Thrones not been a success.
In very real ways, Game of Thrones has changed television. All in all, it’s done pretty well for a seven-year-old.
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