‘Game of Thrones’ Ices Out Twitter Competition as ‘Stranger Things’ Holds Strong

variety.com:

Amber Dowling “Game of Thrones” iced out the Twitter competition on Variety’s Trending TV chart for the week of June 13 to 19, climbing to first place with more than 253,000 engagements on the social media platform.The HBO fantasy drama, which wrapped its monumental, eight-season run back in 2019, surprisingly returned to the conversation not for its upcoming spinoff, “House of the Dragon,” but following the news that Kit Harington is attached to a Jon Snow spinoff series currently in development.'Battle of the Bastards' aired 6 years ago today.

It's the highest rated episode of Game of Thrones on IMDb. The episode received a record 6 Primetime Emmy Awards.#KitHarington #JonSnow pic.twitter.com/AFE19nIRYJ— kit harington gifs (@KITGIFS) June 19, 2022The potential show would take place following the events of the “Game of Thrones” finale, in which Jon and his direwolf Ghost took off with the Wildlings into the Haunted Forest to begin a new life.

The timeline means fans could expect cameos from other surviving fan-favorite characters, which added to the overall conversation.The spinoff wasn’t the only reason the hit series returned to Twitter this past week.

In a new interview, “Thrones” alum Maisie Williams admitted she was surprised when her character, Arya Stark, had sex with Gendry Baratheon (Joe Dempsie) in the final season, having always played the character assuming she was queer.Maisie Williams Thought Arya Was Queer on #GameOfThrones: 'I Was Surprised' She Had Sex With a Man https://t.co/PSdmXcHRxk— Variety (@Variety) June 15, 2022That was enough to usurp “Stranger Things” from the top spot for the first time in three weeks.