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The Walking Dead is the third most watched show on television. ... While available on network television, the show's ratings drastically exceed those amassed by Game of Thrones (8m in comparison). Still, with a record-breaking 38 Emmys to boot, it's clear that 'experts' deem HBO's fantasy series the superior show.
@Dexter-Adams That's a flawed way to analyse data.
i) Viewing figures can't be taken as an indicator of a show's quality. Seriously, people will watch some absolute tripe.
ii) Without further looking into what each Emmy was awarded for, the assumption that [more Emmys = more experts deciding it is a better show] is flawed. You can give the best performance/s of a year in one show yet that show still not be the best show of the year.
iii) The Emmys are voted upon, I believe, by National Active members of the association, which any eligible working industry member is allowed to apply to join. Working in an industry does not make an individual an expert by default, and certainly can lend one towards some bias.
Context is everything. Difficult call to make though, good question.
@__Matt_Aranha if i may ask, how do you rate a you tube video, isn't it by it's views and the amount of subscribers? How is my rating any different+ you only watch what you want to..lol__
I bailed on "The Walking Dead" & "Fear the Walking Dead" a long while ago - the plots weren't believable IMO. Never watched GoT though.
game of thrones till season 6>anything
@Dexter-Adams said in The walking dead or game of thrones?:
@__Matt_Aranha if i may ask, how do you rate a you tube video, isn't it by it's views and the amount of subscribers? How is my rating any different+ you only watch what you want to..lol__
Really? You rate YouTube videos based on number of views - and you don't see anything wrong with that, it's a legit indicator of quality?? Gods help me where do I begin...
Okay. There are literally millions of people who click on YouTube videos every single day without knowing whether it is any good or not. Suggested links, top searches, recommendations, sponsored videos, these all promote certain YouTube videos above others and push their view tally up waaaaaaay above their competitors. Sometimes you might be looking for advice, a hack, a how-to, but the top hits when you search don't return what you need. You've still watched the video and been let down and it's still recorded a view, right? Clickbait videos alone are a whole sub-category guilty of this.
YouTube has an autoplay function as default, which needs disabling if you don't want to use it. So you pick a video you want to watch, maybe a music video to listen to in the background of whatever you're doing, then before you return YouTube may have played you 5, 10, even 20 more videos you would never have selected, may not particularly enjoy, and for which, again, every single one is recorded as a view. You really do not always only watch what you want to.
Subscribers? It sounds as though you suggesting that when a YouTube vlogger, influencer or such has a million subscribers following the quality of their content by default must be greater than content which requires more craft or art yet which only has a few thousand. Isn't is more conceivable (and comforting?) to think that this is more a matter of i) coverage and ii) generally speaking to do with the types of people who are likely to watch YouTube, watch these specific sorts of video, and to subscribe?
You compare a medium of television, which has been a steadfast of most homes for the best part of a century and which all generations and classes use and can relate to, to a specific platform used online and which most people over a certain age will never use. Therefore the content on YouTube which is provided for them is inherently disadvantaged by your rating system, as it's demographic is quite simply not present in the same numbers as the competition.
I feel as though if I haven't yet highlighted enough how daft your analogy is I never will, so I'm going to stop there.
@Matt_Aranha so basically where's your argument directed..TWD or GOT?
Just pick one and use that in your discussion cause you're confusing me..lol
Game of thrones
@Dexter-Adams yep ! both completed 'walking dead world beyond' on queue
@Dexter-Adams No I won't 😂 both have merit and both have flaws. The only point I'm making is that your criteria for what makes a show "quality" is flawed.
@Matt_Aranha fair enough...🤠
@Dexter-Adams haha
That's a burn bruh! Haha
@Matt_Aranha let's be honest, views or no views my ratings or your ratings, nothing's gonna change, majority agree that game of thrones is if maybe not the best, one of the best tv fantasy series ever made..
The Walking Dead feels more alive than ever and I prefer TWD over Game of Thrones.
@Wayne85 i really never got the plot of the walking dead..so GoT for me
@King-Dex They do indeed, you're not wrong 👍
@Matt_Aranha they do🤠🤞
The Walking Dead. Love that series.