Game of Thrones
Editorial notes and how-to-watch guides about the series.
Published Sep 10, 2026
Eight seasons, 73 episodes, roughly 70 hours. The only watch order that works, and the three episodes that decide whether you keep going.
Published Sep 6, 2026
From 2.52 million to 11.99 million average US viewers. The numbers behind the only drama that never had a down year.
Published Aug 28, 2026
The longest consecutive battle sequence ever shot for television ran into the one thing production could not control: how people actually watch TV at home.
Published Aug 19, 2026
Belfast held the interiors for eight years. Everything else was borrowed from Croatia, Iceland, Spain, Malta, Morocco and Canada.
Published Aug 11, 2026
George R. R. Martin invented perhaps thirty words of Dothraki. The production hired a linguist to build the rest into something actors could act in.
Published Aug 2, 2026
The first version of the first episode was reshot. Daenerys and Catelyn Stark were recast in the process.
Published Jul 24, 2026
The most decorated drama in Emmy history won far more below the line than above it.
Published Jul 15, 2026
For six seasons the show put its biggest event one episode before the end. Once you see the pattern you cannot unsee it.