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The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power Season 3 Resolves One of the Most Fascinating Mysteries From Middle-earth Lore

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Newsrooms: 19
Last 3 hours: 2 reports
Momentum: Slowing

Reports per hour, last 24 hours

How the coverage splits

100%

Where it’s heading

Probably peaked. Likely 19 newsrooms by 2:40pm AEDT. Calls like this were right 93% of the time. How we know

Against the past week

More newsrooms than 98% of the past week’s 4187 stories, and number 6 of 537 in Film & TV.

Part of a bigger story

Rings: 5 developments since Mon 9 Nov.

Rings of Power Season 3 has revealed the true identity of Ciarán Hinds’ Dark Wizard, thereby resolving one of the biggest mysteries from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth lore.

In IGN’s words.²

Read the full story at IGN

The bigger story: Rings

5 developments since Mon 9 Nov. 1 more since this one.

Mon, 9 Nov, 1:30pm AEDT
The Rings Of Power Season 3's Secret Weapon Is A Member Of J.R.R. Tolkien's Family [Exclusive]
2 newsrooms
Tue, 10 Nov, 3:00am AEDT
‘Dead of Night’ Trailer – Chris Jericho Produced This Horror Movie in Theaters November 13
1 newsroom. Linked by Family, exclusive, member
Tue, 10 Nov, 4:30am AEDT
Chris Rock’s ‘Misty Green’ Movie Streams on Netflix After One Month In Few Theaters
2 newsrooms. Linked by Chris Rock, theater
Wed, 11 Nov, 2:34am AEDT
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Interviews with Daniel Weyman, Robert Aramayo, Patrick McKay & More
You’re here19 newsrooms. Linked by Rings of Power Season, Rings, Power Season, Rings Of Power, The Rings, character
Wed, 11 Nov, 3:30pm AEDT
Rings of Power: season three promises a ‘fresh start’ but there’s no such thing in Tolkien’s Middle-earth
2 newsrooms. Linked by Rings of Power, tolkien

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19 newsroomsCooling

Reports: 66
Newsrooms and sources: 19
Last 3 hours: 2
Last 24 hours

Cooling: well below its busiest stretch (2 in the last three hours, 6 in the three before).

First with it: TVLine, 4 hr 26 min before anyone else.

Reported by 19 newsrooms.

The numbers behind it

How it spread, where it’s heading and where the coverage is from

Reports a day, last 7 days

Reports a day, last 7 days
Day	Reports
Sat	0
Sun	0
Mon	0
Tue	0
Wed	11
Thu	34
Today	21

Where the coverage is from

How it spread

Newsrooms: 19
Reports: 66
Over: 2.3 days
To three newsrooms: 4.4 hr

Newsrooms on it

Sources and credits

Newsrooms reporting over time
Time	Newsroom	Total
Wed, 11 Nov, 2:34am AEDT	TVLine	1
Wed, 11 Nov, 7:00am AEDT	IndieWire	2
Wed, 11 Nov, 7:00am AEDT	TheWrap	3
Wed, 11 Nov, 7:00am AEDT	Decider	4
Wed, 11 Nov, 7:00am AEDT	Screen Rant	5
Wed, 11 Nov, 7:01am AEDT	/Film	6
Wed, 11 Nov, 7:01am AEDT	JoBlo	7
Wed, 11 Nov, 7:01am AEDT	Gizmodo	8
Wed, 11 Nov, 4:00pm AEDT	The Guardian	9
Wed, 11 Nov, 7:01pm AEDT	Mashable	10
Wed, 11 Nov, 7:01pm AEDT	IGN	11
Wed, 11 Nov, 11:27pm AEDT	Collider	12
Wed, 11 Nov, 11:30pm AEDT	Polygon	13
Wed, 11 Nov, 11:59pm AEDT	GamesRadar+	14
Thu, 12 Nov, 2:00am AEDT	Slate	15
Thu, 12 Nov, 2:00am AEDT	Den of Geek	16
Thu, 12 Nov, 3:15am AEDT	Variety	17
Thu, 12 Nov, 4:15am AEDT	CinemaBlend	18
Thu, 12 Nov, 9:00pm AEDT	Tom's Guide	19

Reports filed over time
Time	Source	Total
Wed, 11 Nov, 2:34am AEDT	TVLine	1
Wed, 11 Nov, 6:12am AEDT	TVLine	2
Wed, 11 Nov, 7:00am AEDT	IndieWire	3
Wed, 11 Nov, 7:00am AEDT	TheWrap	4
Wed, 11 Nov, 7:00am AEDT	Decider	5
Wed, 11 Nov, 7:00am AEDT	Screen Rant	6
Wed, 11 Nov, 7:01am AEDT	/Film	7
Wed, 11 Nov, 7:01am AEDT	JoBlo	8
Wed, 11 Nov, 7:01am AEDT	Gizmodo	9
Wed, 11 Nov, 7:52am AEDT	TheWrap	10
Wed, 11 Nov, 8:01am AEDT	Screen Rant	11
Wed, 11 Nov, 4:00pm AEDT	The Guardian	12
Wed, 11 Nov, 6:55pm AEDT	/Film	13
Wed, 11 Nov, 7:01pm AEDT	TVLine	14
Wed, 11 Nov, 7:01pm AEDT	Mashable	15
Wed, 11 Nov, 7:01pm AEDT	IGN	16
Wed, 11 Nov, 7:01pm AEDT	Gizmodo	17
Wed, 11 Nov, 8:00pm AEDT	TVLine	18
Wed, 11 Nov, 9:00pm AEDT	TVLine	19
Wed, 11 Nov, 10:00pm AEDT	TVLine	20
Wed, 11 Nov, 11:27pm AEDT	Collider	21
Wed, 11 Nov, 11:30pm AEDT	Polygon	22
Wed, 11 Nov, 11:59pm AEDT	GamesRadar+	23
Thu, 12 Nov, 12:00am AEDT	IGN	24
Thu, 12 Nov, 12:00am AEDT	Decider	25
Thu, 12 Nov, 12:00am AEDT	Gizmodo	26
Thu, 12 Nov, 1:00am AEDT	/Film	27
Thu, 12 Nov, 1:00am AEDT	GamesRadar+	28
Thu, 12 Nov, 2:00am AEDT	Decider	29
Thu, 12 Nov, 2:00am AEDT	Slate	30
Thu, 12 Nov, 2:00am AEDT	Den of Geek	31
Thu, 12 Nov, 3:15am AEDT	Variety	32
Thu, 12 Nov, 3:32am AEDT	Decider	33
Thu, 12 Nov, 3:48am AEDT	TVLine	34
Thu, 12 Nov, 4:00am AEDT	/Film	35
Thu, 12 Nov, 4:00am AEDT	Decider	36
Thu, 12 Nov, 4:15am AEDT	CinemaBlend	37
Thu, 12 Nov, 4:25am AEDT	GamesRadar+	38
Thu, 12 Nov, 4:44am AEDT	Screen Rant	39
Thu, 12 Nov, 6:00am AEDT	Screen Rant	40
Thu, 12 Nov, 6:15am AEDT	Collider	41
Thu, 12 Nov, 7:00am AEDT	Collider	42
Thu, 12 Nov, 7:45am AEDT	IGN	43
Thu, 12 Nov, 8:00am AEDT	Decider	44
Thu, 12 Nov, 9:12am AEDT	TVLine	45
Thu, 12 Nov, 9:37am AEDT	IGN	46
Thu, 12 Nov, 9:55am AEDT	Screen Rant	47
Thu, 12 Nov, 11:00am AEDT	TVLine	48
Thu, 12 Nov, 12:00pm AEDT	TVLine	49
Thu, 12 Nov, 3:13pm AEDT	Screen Rant	50
Thu, 12 Nov, 9:00pm AEDT	Tom's Guide	51
Thu, 12 Nov, 10:17pm AEDT	GamesRadar+	52
Thu, 12 Nov, 11:30pm AEDT	TVLine	53
Fri, 13 Nov, 12:00am AEDT	/Film	54
Fri, 13 Nov, 12:00am AEDT	Decider	55
Fri, 13 Nov, 1:00am AEDT	TVLine	56
Fri, 13 Nov, 2:00am AEDT	Decider	57
Fri, 13 Nov, 3:00am AEDT	/Film	58
Fri, 13 Nov, 4:00am AEDT	TVLine	59
Fri, 13 Nov, 5:19am AEDT	Collider	60
Fri, 13 Nov, 6:00am AEDT	Decider	61
Fri, 13 Nov, 6:00am AEDT	Collider	62
Fri, 13 Nov, 6:08am AEDT	IGN	63
Fri, 13 Nov, 6:15am AEDT	TVLine	64
Fri, 13 Nov, 7:00am AEDT	Screen Rant	65
Fri, 13 Nov, 8:38am AEDT	Screen Rant	66

Reports filed over time

Time

Source

Total

Wed, 11 Nov, 2:34am AEDT

TVLine

Wed, 11 Nov, 6:12am AEDT

TVLine

Wed, 11 Nov, 7:00am AEDT

IndieWire

Wed, 11 Nov, 7:00am AEDT

TheWrap

Wed, 11 Nov, 7:00am AEDT

Decider

Wed, 11 Nov, 7:00am AEDT

Screen Rant

Wed, 11 Nov, 7:01am AEDT

/Film

Wed, 11 Nov, 7:01am AEDT

JoBlo

Wed, 11 Nov, 7:01am AEDT

Gizmodo

Wed, 11 Nov, 7:52am AEDT

TheWrap

Wed, 11 Nov, 8:01am AEDT

Screen Rant

Wed, 11 Nov, 4:00pm AEDT

The Guardian

Wed, 11 Nov, 6:55pm AEDT

/Film

Wed, 11 Nov, 7:01pm AEDT

TVLine

Wed, 11 Nov, 7:01pm AEDT

Mashable

Wed, 11 Nov, 7:01pm AEDT

IGN

Wed, 11 Nov, 7:01pm AEDT

Gizmodo

Wed, 11 Nov, 8:00pm AEDT

TVLine

Wed, 11 Nov, 9:00pm AEDT

TVLine

Wed, 11 Nov, 10:00pm AEDT

TVLine

Wed, 11 Nov, 11:27pm AEDT

Collider

Wed, 11 Nov, 11:30pm AEDT

Polygon

Wed, 11 Nov, 11:59pm AEDT

GamesRadar+

Thu, 12 Nov, 12:00am AEDT

IGN

Thu, 12 Nov, 12:00am AEDT

Decider

Thu, 12 Nov, 12:00am AEDT

Gizmodo

Thu, 12 Nov, 1:00am AEDT

/Film

Thu, 12 Nov, 1:00am AEDT

GamesRadar+

Thu, 12 Nov, 2:00am AEDT

Decider

Thu, 12 Nov, 2:00am AEDT

Slate

Thu, 12 Nov, 2:00am AEDT

Den of Geek

Thu, 12 Nov, 3:15am AEDT

Variety

Thu, 12 Nov, 3:32am AEDT

Decider

Thu, 12 Nov, 3:48am AEDT

TVLine

Thu, 12 Nov, 4:00am AEDT

/Film

Thu, 12 Nov, 4:00am AEDT

Decider

Thu, 12 Nov, 4:15am AEDT

CinemaBlend

Thu, 12 Nov, 4:25am AEDT

GamesRadar+

Thu, 12 Nov, 4:44am AEDT

Screen Rant

Thu, 12 Nov, 6:00am AEDT

Screen Rant

Thu, 12 Nov, 6:15am AEDT

Collider

Thu, 12 Nov, 7:00am AEDT

Collider

Thu, 12 Nov, 7:45am AEDT

IGN

Thu, 12 Nov, 8:00am AEDT

Decider

Thu, 12 Nov, 9:12am AEDT

TVLine

Thu, 12 Nov, 9:37am AEDT

IGN

Thu, 12 Nov, 9:55am AEDT

Screen Rant

Thu, 12 Nov, 11:00am AEDT

TVLine

Thu, 12 Nov, 12:00pm AEDT

TVLine

Thu, 12 Nov, 3:13pm AEDT

Screen Rant

Thu, 12 Nov, 9:00pm AEDT

Tom's Guide

Thu, 12 Nov, 10:17pm AEDT

GamesRadar+

Thu, 12 Nov, 11:30pm AEDT

TVLine

Fri, 13 Nov, 12:00am AEDT

/Film

Fri, 13 Nov, 12:00am AEDT

Decider

Fri, 13 Nov, 1:00am AEDT

TVLine

Fri, 13 Nov, 2:00am AEDT

Decider

Fri, 13 Nov, 3:00am AEDT

/Film

Fri, 13 Nov, 4:00am AEDT

TVLine

Fri, 13 Nov, 5:19am AEDT

Collider

Fri, 13 Nov, 6:00am AEDT

Decider

Fri, 13 Nov, 6:00am AEDT

Collider

Fri, 13 Nov, 6:08am AEDT

IGN

Fri, 13 Nov, 6:15am AEDT

TVLine

Fri, 13 Nov, 7:00am AEDT

Screen Rant

Fri, 13 Nov, 8:38am AEDT

Screen Rant

When	Likely range	Most likely
Now	19	19
In 1 hours (9:40am AEDT)	19 to 19	19
In 3 hours (11:40am AEDT)	19 to 19	19
In 6 hours (2:40pm AEDT)	19 to 19	19
In 12 hours (8:40pm AEDT)	19 to 19	19
In 24 hours (8:40am AEDT)	19 to 19	19

The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power Season 3 Resolves One of the Most Fascinating Mysteries From Middle-earth Lore

The bigger story: Rings

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