That means the show will have plenty of time to get satirical in a way we’ve missed since Jon Stewart left The Daily Show right when we started to need him the most. That being said, Bloys wasn’t able to confirm that the show’s final seasons would be truncated, as previously reported, merely saying that the episode orders have yet to be formally set. And while he is not opposed to the idea, he explained that its creative side would really have to make sense.
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Meanwhile, the upcoming seventh season will premiere in summer 2017.
“Believe me, as the new [programming executive] coming in, if I could get them to do more”, Bloys continued.
Image from Game of Thrones season 6 (HBO).
A Twitter user named Claire McGowan said she saw Gwendoline Christie and Iain Glen (who portrayed the role of Brienne of Tarth and Jorah Mormont) on the flight she boarded for Belfast.
The show pulls in on average around six million viewers per episode in the U.S. and the first episode of the latest season – number six – pulled in five million viewers in the United Kingdom, a record number for Sky. The forthcoming Winds of Winter novel has yet to find a release date and the acclaimed HBO show based off George R.R. Martin’s epic series is between seasons.
One of most successful television series in the television history, Game of Thrones is going off air after eighth season.
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HBO has confirmed that “Game of Thrones” will conclude with season 8. He also confirmed that the show creators weren’t opposed to it, “but there’s no concrete plan for it at this point”. “We’ve talked about it”, he said. It’s a rather brilliant composition, they’re about to start filming shortly. Let us know in the comment section below! It is, by-far, the most-watched series in the network’s 45-year history.
