{"id":672422,"date":"2026-11-02T06:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T06:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/672422\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T06:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T06:46:11","slug":"rings-of-power-showrunners-say-it-hits-its-stride-in-season-3-despite-divisive-fan-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/672422\/","title":{"rendered":"Rings of Power showrunners say it “hits its stride” in season 3 despite divisive fan response"},"content":{"rendered":"

SFX magazine<\/a> in the latest issue.<\/p>\n

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“We listen to what people say, and we want people to love it, but we are our hardest, harshest critics. What’s working and what’s not working, we’re going to learn from. We’re getting more confident in our storytelling, and in season three, we feel like the show has hit its stride.”<\/p>\n

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One of the most expensive series ever made, Rings of Power dives into Middle-earth’s Second Age to chart Sauron’s rise to power.<\/p>\n

The first two seasons were well received by critics (84 and 85% respectively on Rotten Tomatoes), but didn’t always strike a chord with fans \u2013 with some suggesting it strayed too far from the spirit of J.R.R. Tolkien’s works. The upcoming “orc with an arc”<\/a> might not convince them, but the new trailer<\/a> has plenty of Middle-earth mainstays, including Sauron going toe-to-toe with the Balrog.<\/p>\n

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Still, The Rings of Power season 3 first reactions<\/a> have proved overwhelmingly positive as we approach November’s release.<\/p>\n

The Rings of Power season 3<\/a> is streaming on Prime Video from November 11.<\/p>\n

Subscribe for a weekly digest of the movie and TV news that matters, direct to your inbox. From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we\u2019ve got you covered.<\/p>\n

For more, we have a guide on how to watch the Lord of the Rings movies in order<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter The Rings of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":672423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,282],"class_list":["post-672422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=672422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}