Game of Thrones Renewed for Seasons Five and Six

HBO Renews Game of Thrones
Natalie Dormer and Diana Rigg in a scene from 'Game of Thrones' (Photo © HBO)
Hopefully you didn’t actually yell “Woohoo!” out loud after reading that headline if you’re at work. It’s not as if the official announcement of the renewal of Game of Thrones comes as any real surprise. The series’ fourth season premiere garnered the best ratings of any show since the finale of The Sopranos. Season four’s premiere on April 6, 2014 at 9pm ET/PT averaged 6.6 million viewers, a new record for Game of Thrones. It was also an improvement of more than 52% over season three’s premiere and it was up 23% over season three’s finale. Adding in all the replays at 11pm and 1am, the number went up to 8.2 million viewers on opening night.
 
HBO Programming President Michael Lombardo made the official announcement, saying, “Game of Thrones is a phenomenon like no other. 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.”
 
Game of Thrones is based on George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire book series and stars 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.
 
April 2014 Episode Guide
   
The Basic Details of the Season Four Plot:


Encouraged by the Red Wedding slaughter in the Riverlands that wiped out many of their Stark nemeses, the Lannisters’ hold on the Iron Throne remains intact…but can they survive their own egos, as well as new and ongoing threats from the south, north and east? While an unbowed Stannis Baratheon continues to rebuild his army in Dragonstone, a more immediate danger comes from the south, as Oberyn Martell, the Lannister-loathing “Red Viper of Dorne,” arrives at King’s Landing to attend Joffrey’s wedding to Margaery Tyrell, and perhaps act on an ulterior agenda. In the north, a depleted Night’s Watch seems overmatched against the inexorable Wall advances of Mance Rayder’s army of wildlings, which in turn is being trailed by an even more formidable foe: the undead White Walkers. As if that weren’t enough, Daenerys Targaryen, accompanied by her menacing trio of dragons and army of Unsullied, is poised to liberate Meereen, the largest city in Slaver’s Bay, which could ultimately provide her with enough ships to sail to Westeros and reclaim the Iron Throne.
 
Source: HBO
 
-By Rebecca Murray

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