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House of the Dragon: Will a Nearly Two-Year Hiatus Leave Fans Uninterested In a Return to Westeros?

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The first season of the Game of Thrones spinoff House of the Dragon made its debut on HBO and Max in August of 2022, about two and a half years after Game of Thrones wrapped up its groundbreaking run.


Much like the original show, House of the Dragon is based on the A Song of Ice and Fire books by George R.R. Martin.


The show is set hundreds of years before the events of Game of Thrones but takes place hundreds of years before the events of that show.

Olivia Cooke in Season 2


House of the Dragon is set to return for a second season, with the premiere scheduled for June 16 on HBO and Max.


Due in part to last year’s strikes, House of the Dragon is coming off a long layoff of over 18 months since the first season’s finale.

Matt Smith as Daemon on Season 2 - House of the Dragon


The question has been raised of whether the fan excitement is there for that second season, anywhere to the degree of the traditional anticipation for Game of Thrones seasons.


The “other” dragon show


House of the Dragon, in its first season, was a successful show by just about any metric. As reported by Variety at the time, which cited Warner Bros. Discovery, the first season finale of House of the Dragon drew 9.1 million viewers.


That made it HBO’s most-watched season finale since the series finale of Game of Thrones in 2019. But that finale drew 19.8 million viewers, more than twice the audience of the House of the Dragon finale.


Sure, audiences got more fragmented over the course of those two and a half years. But those numbers indicate that House of the Dragon isn’t exactly the cultural juggernaut Game of Thrones was throughout its run.


A Westeros risk

Aemond at Storm's End - House of the Dragon Season 1 Episode 10


When Game of Thrones debuted in 2011, it was seen as a massive risk for HBO. Yes, it was based on a popular series of novels.


However, the fantasy genre was untested at the time as a source for prestige TV. The show was expensive to produce, featured a large cast, and had complex storytelling, and that’s to say nothing of the child endangerment and incest.


The doubters, of course, were proved wrong, and Game of Thrones was the most popular prestige show of its era, straddling the heyday of premium cable and the advent of streaming.


Sure, many fans were ultimately unhappy with the series, especially in its endgame. But there’s no doubt that Game of Thrones is a TV series of significant cultural consequence.

Look Who's Back - House of the Dragon Season 1 Episode 10


With George R.R. Martin having written so many ancillary books about the Thrones universe and HBO actively working on multiple spinoffs for the last several years, it was clear that more visits to Westeros were on the way.


About the House


Based on Fire and Blood, a George R.R. Martin book published during the tail end of Game of Thrones’ run, House of the Dragon mainly concerns palace intrigue involving the Targaryen family.


Set about two centuries before the events of Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon begins during the reign of King Viserys I Targaryen (Patsy Considine.) Like Thrones, it’s mainly about the machinations of those who seek to become king (or queen.)

Working Together - House of the Dragon Season 1 Episode 10


The show moved faster and covered more narrative ground than was usual for Game of Thrones seasons. And the series was recognized: Its first season won the Golden Globe for Best Drama Series, beating out such shows as Better Call Saul and The Crown.


What we know about House of the Dragon Season 2


The second season of Game of Thrones was consumed by the show’s War of Five Kings; it was even adapted from a book called A Clash of Kings.


That seems also to be the case for the second season of House of the Dragon. As noted in our House of the Dragon Season 2 Everything We Know, the new season will focus on the fight between forces loyal to Queen Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) and Queen Alicent (Olivia Cooke.)

Matt Smith on the second season of House of the Dragon


Will fans still follow?


There are a few reasons for skepticism about House of the Dragon in its second season. Once again, the show was popular enough to gain another season but did not appear to capture the zeitgeist as the original series did throughout its run.


It’s possible that bad feelings about how Game of Thrones ended could spill over into fan reactions to the newer show, even though five years will have passed by the time the new episodes arrive. 


And then there’s the matter of the series returning after a long layoff of more than a year. In a series with complex storytelling, will viewers be able to follow the plot machinations or even remember the characters’ names, motivations, and arcs?


Sure, Game of Thrones often took long breaks between seasons. But that was well into the series’ run when viewers knew the characters much better than the House of the Dragon cast.

Ready for Battle - House of the Dragon Season 1 Episode 10


We shall see


The question of how much House of the Dragon’s popularity is affected by its long layoff will be answered this summer when the series returns for its eight-episode second season.


The series will air an episode per week between June 16 and August 4 on Max and HBO.

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