HBO Announces Plans for Game of Thrones Season Seven: Seven Episodes, Delayed Premiere
Images via HBOHBO has big news about critical darling and fan favorite Game of Thrones’ seventh season, including some major changes that showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss hinted at in an interview last month. As promised, the seventh season will be a truncated seven episodes, compared to its predecessors’ usual ten, and is slated to premiere in summer 2017, also a departure from prior seasons, which normally debut in early spring.
Game of Thrones was recently nominated for a whopping 23 Primetime Emmys, which led all shows in total nominations, an unparalleled feat that the show has achieved three years in a row now. Viewership has been rising with each season, with several episodes from season six coming in at more than 23 million viewers, and anticipation is high for the forthcoming season, especially since the beloved show will soon be coming to an end.