Hulu and Amazon are fully in the streaming game now and new services from Disney and Apple are on the way. Two years later “House of Cards” debuted on Netflix and the fight for TV eyeballs on broadcast, cable, premium TV and streaming has grown ever more fierce since then. The TV landscape has changed drastically since the show debuted in 2011. And in all probability there are many more nominations to come.Īs the end nears, the question hovers: Will “Game of Thrones” be the last television show to draw a truly huge audience? That's a dizzying number of people for one show. Peter Dinklage has won three Supporting Actor in a Drama Emmys for his portrayal of Tyrion Lannister Lena Heady, Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Maisie Williams, Diana Rigg and Max von Sydow have all also received Emmy nominations. Argue about excessive violence and sex all you want but the show has so far won 47 primetime Emmy Awards - including Outstanding Drama Series in 2015, 20 - more than any other primetime scripted show ever. And that's for free TV shows – you have to pay to watch “Game of Thrones.” Plus, that 30 million figure doesn't include likely millions more who watched the show on DVDs or through bootlegged sources. This is in an era when drawing 10 million viewers to a TV show is considered an astounding success. HBO estimates that during the show's previous season some 30 million people watched each episode. And understand, it has been phenomenally successful over its eight-year run. “Thrones” is truly a game anyone can play, which is why it's so successful.

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