Chris Ryan

You mentioned this when we recorded the hype draft that people have not seen yet.

Little preview.

But I think we both agree that there's a real opportunity for viewership to grow on this.

That as a story, as the greater story unfolds and this smaller story's greater relevance in the history of Westeros unfolds, then maybe people will feel like it's worth tuning in for.

The sea is dope and so is A Night of the Seven Kingdoms.

No, I mean, HBO framed that number positively, right?

They were saying, like, this is one of, like, the top three premieres we've ever seen on our streaming.

Like, a lot of caveats about, like, sort of the winds in the house to try to frame it.

But yeah, it's a muted debut.

We want this show.

I mean, the good news is that the show is cheap to make.

So they don't have to pull in huge numbers to prove they're worth keeping around.

That being said, Warner Brothers is headed towards a merger and we don't know what's going to happen on the other side of the merger.

So it would be nice to feel like you're a bona fide hit.

Yeah.

going into the merger to secure your future.

Like, cause I think a Casey boys under his own auspices would keep a show like this around, but it's not clear that that's going to be his decision to make post post Warner brothers merger.

So I'm just thinking about that.

I want all 13 seasons of an eye of the seven kingdoms.

That's what I want.