Man, I hated the last two and a half seasons of GoT. I couldn't stay awake through a single episode of HotD, except for the one where shit actually happened. Didn't even bother trying to watch the second season. I wanted to hate aKot7K (is that right?) but I just couldn't. If I had never watched any of the previous series I would say it's excellent. But because it's tainted by the previous, I cannot hold it in high regard for some reason. Damn shame too, I like the show.

My understanding is they ended up not working on it due to being silently fired by Disney.

The same is true for The Walking Dead and that show was dead before the original was even halfway through airing.