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‘The Rings of Power’ Producers Reveal Why They Aimed to Make Season 2 Bigger and Better · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Amazon's Lord of the
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  Speaker 1: Rings spin off, The Rings of Power, returned for its
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  Speaker 1: second season last week after a first season that was
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  Speaker 1: rumored to be the most expensive season of television ever produced,
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  Speaker 1: and one that wasn't without criticism from diehard fans who
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  Speaker 1: felt the tone and story didn't always live up to
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  Speaker 1: the source material, and the showrunners promised this season will
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  Speaker 1: be bigger and better on every level, and they acknowledged
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  Speaker 1: that a first season of any show comes with its challenges,
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  Speaker 1: with producer Patrick McKay pointing to a favorite show as
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  Speaker 1: an example. He tells The Hollywood Reporter, many shows I
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  Speaker 1: love in their first season, we're still honing the tone, rhythm,
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  Speaker 1: characters and voices. Even The Sopranos, probably the best TV
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  Speaker 1: drama of the last twenty five years. As part of
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  Speaker 1: starting off a big, ambitious show, part of the first
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  Speaker 1: season is finding your lane. In season two, we really
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  Speaker 1: know where this show wants to live. We're enormously proud
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  Speaker 1: of season one and its success and the huge audience
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  Speaker 1: and all those things. But if we're not leveling up
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  Speaker 1: every time, we're not clearing our own bar. The words
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  Speaker 1: of the Rings of Power EP Patrick McKay. Season two's
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  Speaker 1: first chunk of episodes are on Prime that's direct from Hollywood.