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If you had told me as a child that some of the biggest TV shows of 2022 would be two massively budgeted fantasy series, I wouldn’t have believed it. The Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon debuted on HBO a little over a month ago, followed by The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power on Prime Video on September 1st, but how are the shows doing in the ratings department?

Nielsen has released their SVOD charts for the top streaming series for August 29-September 4, and wouldn’t you know it, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has come out on top. The series took the number one spot with 1.25 billion minutes viewed, leaving House of the Dragon in the dust with 781 million minutes viewed. However, it’s important to note that viewing on linear channels hasn’t been taken into account. While...

Among its slate of MipTV presentations, The Wit hosted its first-ever Fresh TV Young Adult Content. After the last series of in-person sessions hosted by The Wit at MipCom, the importance and influence of YA drama was unmistakable, inspiring this year’s MipTV dedicated session hosted by The Wit founder-ceo Virginia Mouseler.

“It’s our mission at The Wit to give our subscribers information and inspiration for creation and acquisition,” she said, explaining the new session’s inspiration.

“In the world of YA drama, ‘Euphoria’ is the reference for the genre,” she started, before noting that fans of the HBO super-series were left without a new season in 2020, leaving many to turn to Warner Bros’ “Generation,” similarly on HBO Max. Describe by Mouseler as a post-“Euphoria” series, “Generation” is far less tragic and far more tongue in cheek. It features a group of high-school students exploring and learning about their sexuality,...