The Wheel of Time season 1 had fans lukewarm.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The Wheel of Time has experienced a dramatic increase in its Rotten Tomatoes audience score. The fantasy show, which debuted on Prime Video on November 19, 2021, is adapted from the Robert Jordan fantasy novel series of the same name.
After The Wheel of Time season 2 premiered its first three episodes on September 1, Rotten Tomatoes tabulated the season's first official scores, both from critics and audiences. At the time of writing, the audience score is a whopping 92 percent. This is a huge 33 percent uptick, as the audience score for season 1 was much lower, at a just-slightly Rotten 59 percent.
This Rotten Tomatoes Score is Very Good News for The Wheel of Time This Rotten Tomatoes audience bump could be very good news for the longevity of The Wheel of Time. The series comes out at a time when there is an overwhelming amount of fantasy series competition, even from Prime Video itself. In 2022, the streamer also put out The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 1, which is inspired by a book series with stronger name recognition and boasts an even more expansive budget.
Around the same time in 2022, HBO also debuted their Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon. That series has a robust 82 percent audience score, which easily bested both The Wheel of Time and The Rings of Power. Despite building a lot of buzz in the lead-up to its release, the Lord of the Rings series has a dismal 38 percent rating at the time of writing.
Despite ranking above Rings of Power, The Wheel of Time still has to fight for recognition in the fantasy television space. With this vastly improved season 2 score, hopefully it can continue to gain audience confidence as it pushes forward into the future. This will allow it to grow closer and closer to Amazon's goal of adapting all 15 source novels instead of stumbling immediately out of the gate and getting canceled before it has the chance to try.
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