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Renewed: Game of Thrones

HBO renews its watercooler series for 10 more episodes.

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2013-04-03_1001No surprises here. Game of Thrones has been renewed for a fourth season by HBO.

The sprawling, fictional drama will return for 10 more episodes, tipped to premiere in early 2014.

The third season premiere pulled a series record of 4.4 million viewers in the US, up 4 percent from the previous high and despite particularly stiff competition from The Walking Dead from AMC.

The season premiere also pulled 6.7 million viewers across three plays during the course of the night, up by 7 percent on 2012. Game of Thrones is already the network’s third-most-watched series of all time, trailing only True Blood among current shows.

The current season follows roughly half of the book A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin, so presumably season four presumably will tackle the second half.

“My dream chronology is that the books finish first, and I do have a considerable lead over them,” he recently told The Hollywood Reporter. “It’s true that they’re moving faster than I am, the series has its own speed, but I don’t see us catching up for another three years or so, by which time another book will be out. That should give them another two seasons of material. And while I’m writing the last book, they’d be making those.”

The Australian premiere of Season Three had a total of 224,000 viewers across 4 screenings on Monday.

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  1. Surprise!
    I wish they didn’t make me wait for so long. Even though I know the wait will be worth it.
    Have just started watching again from the beginning, & I’m enjoying it just as much as I did the first time. Such a wonderful collaboration.

  2. HBO is strange with shows like this. They already know they are renewed but announce it for press the day after the new season starts.

    Could you image if they cancelled it? lol World’s largest kick starter ever to get the final seasons made!

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