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07-30-2016, 10:03 PM
'Game of Thrones' will end after eighth season, HBO confirms
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All shows must die — even Game of Thrones.
HBO programming executive Casey Bloys confirmed (http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/30/game-thrones?xid=entertainment-weekly_socialflow_twitter) at this weekend's Television Critics Association press tour that GoT's shortened eighth season will be its last.
SEE ALSO: The 'Game of Thrones' Season 6 outtakes are a battle of the bloopers (http://mashable.com/2016/07/22/game-of-thrones-season-6-bloopers/)
The news, rumored for months by showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, comes as ** surprise to fans. Still, it's the first outright confirmation from HBO. And if we've learned one thing from Game of Thrones, it's **t to trust something is dead until the show confirms it.
"Yes, they [Benioff and Weiss] have a very specific plan about the number of seasons they want to do,” Bloys said. “If I could get them to do more, I would take 10 more seasons. But we take their lead on what they think they can do the best version of the show." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/30/hbo-confirms-game-of-thrones-ending-season-8/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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All shows must die — even Game of Thrones.
HBO programming executive Casey Bloys confirmed (http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/30/game-thrones?xid=entertainment-weekly_socialflow_twitter) at this weekend's Television Critics Association press tour that GoT's shortened eighth season will be its last.
SEE ALSO: The 'Game of Thrones' Season 6 outtakes are a battle of the bloopers (http://mashable.com/2016/07/22/game-of-thrones-season-6-bloopers/)
The news, rumored for months by showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, comes as ** surprise to fans. Still, it's the first outright confirmation from HBO. And if we've learned one thing from Game of Thrones, it's **t to trust something is dead until the show confirms it.
"Yes, they [Benioff and Weiss] have a very specific plan about the number of seasons they want to do,” Bloys said. “If I could get them to do more, I would take 10 more seasons. But we take their lead on what they think they can do the best version of the show." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/30/hbo-confirms-game-of-thrones-ending-season-8/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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