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32 million, with the season five premiere-"The Wars to Come"- pirated thirteen million instances. Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times in advance of Tyrion grew to become the series's central determine in season two. Observers, which include sequence director David Petrarca and Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes, explained that illegal downloads did not damage the series's prospects it benefited from "excitement" and social commentary, and the significant piracy amount did not drastically translate into dropped subscriptions. Game of Thrones, specifically the 1st six seasons, acquired crucial acclaim, while the series's repeated use of nudity and violence has been criticized. With both equally "transcendent times" and "depressing phases", it was "beloved ample to be criticized by anyone for a thing". At a 2015 Oxford Union panel dialogue, series co-creator David Benioff reported that he was just happy that folks watched the sequence illegally downloaded episodes occasionally intrigued viewers sufficient to acquire a duplicate, primarily in nations around the world exactly where Game of Thrones was not televised. In 2023, Game of Thrones was involved on The Guardian's checklist of worst Tv endings of all time. |
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