As if we weren't
expecting it, HBO has today announced that they have ordered two more season of their
hit show Game of Thrones. The news that isn't news only confirmed what we and
fans already knew, or at least suspected.
HBO RENEWS GAME OF THRONES FOR FIFTH AND SIXTH SEASONS
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Season Four Debut Scores Highest Viewership Yet
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LOS ANGELES, April 8, 2014 – HBO has renewed GAME OF THRONES for a fifth and
sixth season, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO
Programming.
“GAME OF THRONES
is a phenomenon like no other,” noted Lombardo. “David Benioff and D.B. Weiss,
along with their talented collaborators, continue to surpass themselves, and we
look forward to more of their dazzling storytelling.”
Based on the
bestselling fantasy book series by George R.R. Martin, GAME OF THRONES is an
epic story of treachery and nobility set on the continent of Westeros, where
summers and winters can last years, and only the lust for power is eternal. The
Emmy®- and Golden Globe-winning series launched its
ten-episode fourth season Sunday, April 6 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively
on HBO, with other episodes debuting subsequent Sundays at the same time.
Cast regulars for
the fourth season of GAME OF THRONES include: Emmy® and
Golden Globe winner Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia
Clarke, Charles Dance, Aidan Gillen, Jack Gleeson, Kit Harington, Diana Rigg,
Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Alfie Allen, Jerome
Flynn, Conleth Hill, John Bradley, Gwendoline Christie, Liam Cunningham,
Stephen Dillane, Natalie Dormer, Iain Glen, Kristofer Hivju, Sibel Kekilli,
Rose Leslie, Rory McCann, Michael McElhatton, Iwan Rheon and Carice van Houten.
Among the early
critical praise for the fourth season, the Los Angeles Times called
GAME OF THRONES “the Best Television Show Ever,” adding that “no other series
comes close,” and “television just doesn’t get any better than this,” while Newsday hailed
the series as “still TV’s best,” awarding the show an A+. The Hollywood
Reporter observed, “The consistency of excellence in GAME
OF THRONES is truly something to behold,” and the San Francisco
Chronicle described it as “great and addictive.”
The season four
premiere of GAME OF THRONES on Sunday, April 6 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT) was
watched by an average of 6.6 million viewers, making it HBO’s most-watched
program since the finale of “The Sopranos” in 2007 (11.9 million viewers). The
premiere improved 52% over last season’s premiere and 23% over last season’s
finale. GAME OF THRONES added an additional 1.6 million viewers from the 11:00
p.m. and 1:00 a.m. replays, for a gross audience of 8.2 million viewers for the
night. Season three of the series had an average gross audience of 14.4 million
viewers per episode.
Season four
credits: The executive producers of GAME OF THRONES are David Benioff, D.B.
Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger and Bernadette Caulfield; co-executive
producers, Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis and George R.R. Martin; producers,
Chris Newman and Greg Spence.
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