Creator Shonda Rhimes told CNN, “I really wanted to make shows that I wanted to watch. When “Scandal” debuted on ABC, it became the first network drama to present a Black female lead since the ’70s, with Kerry Washington as DC fixer Olivia Pope. Kerry Washington in 'Scandal.' Richard Cartwright/Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty Images (HBO and CNN are both part of Warner Bros. “Thrones” still had issues – like the series finale and that Starbucks cup cameo – and the violence and nudity at times felt gratuitous, but the ensemble cast led by Clarke, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, Peter Dinklage, Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams swept viewers through an unforgettable eight seasons. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” book series, the weekly release of episodes prompted a return to appointment viewing, and the sprawling budget provided viewers with visually stunning hour-long episodes that felt truly cinematic. “Thrones” became one of HBO’s biggest shows of all time, inspiring a resurgence of content in the fantasy genre and breeding a number of “Thrones” spinoff series. HBO’s big swing at fantasy soared through the entire decade in a manner akin to Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) and her dragon doing, well… you know what they did. His book Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone, published last year, examined how solo living has become so prevalent in recent years that there are now more people living alone in the US than nuclear families living together.(From left) Emilia Clarke and Kit Harington in 'Game of Thrones.' Helen Sloan/Courtesy of HBO Klinenberg, meanwhile, is similarly steeped in the study of modern relationships. I learned about things like Grindr, and heard about a guy who met his wife by typing ‘Jewish’ and his zip code into. He has used research methods before, telling AV Club in 2013: “I have no experience online dating, so I learned about it from interviewing audience members via crowd work. In his Buried Alive set, he considered the difficulties of lasting romantic love, while his latest tour had a skit about the commitment phobia triggered by mobile phones. They even set up a research forum on Reddit, Modern Romantics, which asked questions like “Has anyone tried an ‘open relationship’? What were the rules? How did it go? Would you do it again?” and “Has anyone hired a consultant to help you put together an online dating profile or worked with a dating coach? How’d that go?”Īnsari has frequently mused on this material in successful tours filmed for Netflix specials like Dangerously Delicious and the forthcoming Aziz Ansari: Live at Madison Square Garden.

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