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'Game of Thrones' renewed for 3rd season
Photo credit: Handout | Peter Dinklage repeats his Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning star turn as Tyrion Lannister in HBO's "Game of Thrones," based on George R. R. Martin's series of books, "A Song of Ice and Fire." The HBO series, which aired its second show of its second season on Sunday night, has been renewed for a third season.
"Game of Thrones," HBO's spectacular adaptation of George R.R. Martin's epic, "A Song of Ice and Fire," just got renewed for a third season. No doubt happy with this Sunday's numbers - 3.8 million viewers, or about the same as week one - HBO moved forward. Here's the release...
HBO has renewed GAME OF THRONES for a third season, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming. “Series creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss raised our expectations for the second season – and then surpassed them,” said Lombardo. “We are thrilled by all the viewer and media support we’ve received for the series, and can’t wait to see what Dan and David have in store for next season.” Based on the bestselling fantasy book series by George R.R. Martin, GAME OF THRONES is an epic drama set in the world of Westeros, where ambitious men and women of both honor and ill-repute live in a land whose summers and winters can last years. The Emmy®- and Golden Globe-winning fantasy series began its ten-episode second season Sunday, April 1 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT), with other episodes debuting subsequent Sundays at the same time. Among the early critical praise for the second season, Newsday called GAME OF THRONES “the best show on television,” while the Los Angeles Times termed the series “a cinematic feast” and “masterful.” The Wall Street Journal hailed the show as “magnificent” and USA Today called it “near perfection.” According to early data, GAME OF THRONES’ season two premiere has already accumulated a gross audience of 8.3 million viewers, and is on track to easily surpass the season one average of 9.3 million viewers.
Photo: Peter Dinklage stars as Tyrion Lannister.
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