This week’s Nose will not sit here and suffer crows that come to feast on their corpses.

Game of Thrones: House of the Dragon is the second show in the Game of Thrones franchise and a prequel to the original series. It is based on parts of George R. R. Martin’s Fire & Blood, and it starts about 200 years before the events of the original series. Its first episode was the most-watched series premiere in the history of HBO, according to HBO. House of the Dragon has been renewed for a second season.

And: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is the first television series in the Lord of the Ringsfranchise. It is a prequel to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings set thousands of years before them, during the Second Age of Middle-Earth. The Rings of Power is based mostly on the appendices of The Lord of the Rings. Amazon has made a five-season production commitment worth at least $1 billion. This would make it the most expensive television series ever made.

Some other stuff that happened this week, give or take:

• Queen Elizabeth in Pop Culture: A History The long-reigning monarch has been referenced in everything from banned music videos and Beatles songs to Hannah Montana.
• 21 Unexpected And Surprising Twitter Accounts Paying Tribute To The Queen From Legoland to Crazy Frog.
• worry-darling-gossip-explainer-17425097.php">Explaining Olivia Wilde’s celebrity dumpster fire ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ SFGATE columnist Drew Magary parses the gossip of the day
• obama-official-white-house-portrait-oh-no.html">What on Earth Happened With Barack Obama’s White House Portrait? [Ed. note: I completely disagree with Dan Kois’ take here. Completely.]
• Kids Yell “Poop” At Alexa, And These Musicians Profit “Alexa, play ‘Poopy Stupid Butt’ again.”
• ‘Saturday Night Live’: Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor & Aristotle Athari Not Returning For Season 48
• of-summer-beyonce-lizzo-harry-styles-bad-bunny-kate-bush-into-it.html">If There’s Still Such a Thing as the ‘Song of Summer,’ This Year’s Would Be …
• How Sneakers Aged Better than Almost All Computer Thrillers

GUESTS:

• Rebecca Castellani: Co-founder of Quiet Corner Communications and a freelance writer
• Sam Hadelman: Works in music public relations and hosts The Sam Hadelman Show at Radio Free Brooklyn
• Bill Yousman: Professor of Media Studies at Sacred Heart University

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