Overall, the network didn't fare much better, losing 38% of its audience in 2020 compared to 2019. The massive drop in viewers is attributed to Game of Thrones, which broadcast its eighth and final season in 2019, ending. The drop in viewing figures reveals just how important Game of Thrones was for HBO, bringing in audiences who otherwise
Last year, he inked a five-year deal with HBO to develop more series for the network and its streaming platform HBO Max. There’s apparently a Game of Thrones Broadway stage play in the works
Though the series repeatedly broke its viewership records, the backlash to the final season took over the narrative online. Fans and critics complained about everything from the Game of Thrones episodes being too dark to modern water bottles accidentally appearing in the show. However, story issues drew the biggest complaints. The seriesThe lawsuit specifically cited the fan who famously used ChatGPT to write finished versions of The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring, the final two volumes in Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series. Now, after being named in George R.R. Martin's lawsuit against OpenAI, the fan has taken down the AI-written versions of the Game of Thrones