One of the duels that has created the greatest expectation this season is without a doubt the clash of premieres that confronts the spin off of Game of Thrones: House of the Dragonagainst the new series inspired by the universe of Lord of the Rings, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
Those who have given an objective opportunity to both productions, which represent the spearhead of hbo max Y Amazon Prime Video respectively, they will have run into the pleasant surprise of two quite entertaining stories, which are far from perfect.
On the one hand, La Casa del Dragón has sinned by making rude jumps in time and moving the story at such a fast pace that it does not allow getting involved with its characters, although the plot in essence and the performances are so good that they make us forget the fiasco of the last season of Game of Thrones.
While The Rings of Power, being based on a series of appendices to Tolkien’s culminating work, has a fairly loose playing field for some things and limited for others. So he has had to stretch the league, change the nuances of some characters and twist the timeline.
Even so, this production, the most expensive in the history of streaming platforms, is a delight in all aspects and leaving far behind orthodox and almost religious prejudice by following Tolkien’s books to the letter would be an experience more than pleasing and impressive.
In fact, it seems that thanks to this it has become the favorite series of the audiences.
The Rings of Power beat the Fall of the Dragon, according to Nielsen
According to the agency’s most recent report nielson (via Vanity Fair) in the period from August 28 to September 5 of this year, both series coincided in the audience rating study for the territory of the United States.
Where The Rings of Power ranked first in the Nielsen ranking by accumulating with its first two episodes a total of 1,253 million minutes played.
While The House of the Dragon, with the accumulated of its first three episodes broadcast from HBO Max, only gathered a total of 781 million minutes played.
In this way, it could be concluded that the Amazon Prime Video series would be crushing the Game of Thrones prequel in terms of popularity.
But it is essential to consider that Nielsen only counts series seen in the United States and from a television or smart screen, omitting any other class of devices.