Eh, I don't think that's especially accurate either. GoT grew pretty steadily in popularity over time. The first season was well received. Controversy about inc

Eh, I don't think that's especially accurate either. GoT grew pretty steadily in popularity over time. The first season was well received. Controversy about incest and sex scene made it fairly newsworthy. If you want a good analogy you want to pick a show that performed poorly in the initial season. This is a chart of wikipedia page views which is probably a decent proxy for popularity on netflix. https://pageviews.toolforge.org/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2015-07-01&end=2020-10-13&pages=The_OA|Stranger_Things|Altered_Carbon_(TV_series)|Orange_Is_the_New_Black|Luke_Cage_(TV_series)|Dark_Crystal:_Age_of_Resistance https://pageviews.toolforge.org/?project=en.wikipedia.org&pl...