10 TV Shows That Ruined Other TV Shows

9. Game Of Thrones RUINED The Wheel Of Time & Rings Of Power

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Lost isn't the only show to basically usher in a glorified subgenre of pretenders. Game of Thrones is unquestionably one of the most popular TV shows of the last decade-plus, delivering mega-budget fantasy thrills like audiences had never seen before on the small screen.

Just like Lost, its enormous success compelled everyone in Hollywood to start looking for The New Game of Thrones, with the more persuasive recent possibilities being Amazon's high-fantasy literary adaptations The Wheel of Time and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

Long before either premiered, they were already being stood next to Thrones, as is basically a ritual for any large-scale fantasy series at this point.

Game of Thrones produced such a deep footprint in the genre that, at least so far, it's been near-impossible for anything since to just... exist without being tirelessly compared to it.

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