‘Game of Thrones’ to end after season 8, but 7th still ahead

Game of Thrones, HBO’s epic Emmy victor, is locked in for seven episodes in Season 7, but there’s no decision on the number for its eighth and final season. Despite the massive viewership and growing supporters, it seems the end of the show is steadily approaching.

During the Television Critics Association press tour, HBO programming executive Casey Bloys said the eighth season is the last.

He assures fans that the decision was entirely up to the showrunners, making it clear that they plan to end it at a crucial point, before they feel they can no longer deliver on the spectacle for which GoT has come to be known. “But we take their lead on what they think they can do the best version of the show”.

“I’m not sure that [the show’s creators] could really wrap their heads around it when they’re just about to start production [on next season]”.

“Yes”, Bloys said bluntly when asked if it’s his understanding that Season 8 will be the final season. The showrunners are apparently expecting the entirety of the series to span across 75 total episodes. But he said the number of episodes for Season 8, airing in 2018, actually still is up in the air. But I’m open to it.

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The HBO chief also confirmed that the delay in production on Season 7 would take Game of Thrones out of the Emmy race next year, but Bloys wasn’t anxious about interrupting the show’s awards momentum, noting that while “it’s always better to win more Emmys. that’s not our main goal”, since it’s more important to the network and Benioff and Weiss that they maintain the show’s quality and integrity.

The series is nominated for 23 awards at this year’s Emmys. “I don’t think it’s isolated to women. plenty of men are killed as well”.