HitFix's Alan Sepinwall wrote that while it was too early to say if Game of Thrones belonged to the HBO pantheon with shows like The Sopranos or The Wire, it had many things in common with those shows.
HitFix's Alan Sepinwall skrev, at det var for tidligt at sige, om Game of Thrones tilhørte til HBOs liga af shows som The Sopranos eller The Wire, men det havde mange ting til fælles med disse shows.