‘House of the Dragon’
OK, so “Game of Thrones” ended with a whimper, rather than a bang, but HBO’s prequel series still has plenty of people geeking out, and will likely still dominate TV talk this year. The show is set 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones” and tells the story of the House Targaryen dynasty — you know, the ones whose reign ultimately ended with a mad king. Oh, and the ones who were able to command dragons. The excellent Paddy Considine will play King Viserys, who is described as a “warm, kind, and decent man,” on the show’s site, which then warns: “but, as we’ve learned from ‘Game of Thrones,’ good men do not necessarily make for great kings.”
‘Lord of the Rings’
Amazon will be running the main challenger to “House of the Dragon” for the title of this year’s most-epic show. Despite the name, the show’s…
