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'Game of Thrones' to end after season 8, but 7th still ahead
HBO has confirmed what "Game of Thrones" fans never wanted to hear: The fantasy-thriller phenomenon will be coming to an end after Season 8.
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In this undated image released by HBO, Lena Headey appears in a scene from "Game of Thrones." This week's Comic Con extravaganza is expected to draw more than 160,000 fans for high-energy sessions featuring casts and crews from such films and TV shows as "Game of Thrones," "Star Trek," "Suicide Squad," "South Park," "Teen Wolf," "Aliens" and "The Walking Dead." The eighth season will bring the saga to a close. The number of episodes for that last cycle has not been determined, HBO programming chief Casey Bloys said July 30, 2016, at the Television Critics Association's summer conference. (HBO via AP/-)
HBO has confirmed what "Game of Thrones" fans never wanted to hear: The fantasy-thriller phenomenon will be coming to an end after Season 8.
Recently HBO renewed the series — adapted from George R.R. Martin's novels — for a shortened seventh season consisting of seven episodes.
The eighth season will bring the saga to a close. The number of episodes for that last cycle has not been determined, HBO programming chief Casey Bloys said Saturday at the Television Critics Association's summer conference. "We'll take as many as the (producers) will give us," he said.
After that, a spinoff remains a possibility.
"We're open to it, the (producers) aren't opposed to it, but there's no concrete plans right now," Bloys said.
"Game" won't be back with its seventh season until next summer, missing the deadline for the 2017 Emmy competition, which it routinely dominates. Last year, "Game" scored a dozen Emmys.
"It's always better to win more Emmys," Bloys said. "But the main goal is to do the best show possible for our subscribers and fans."
