--- title: Game of Thrones Will End After Season 8 description: Winter has come to Westeros, and now Game of Thrones is officially almost over canonical: https://time.com/4431962/game-of-thrones-seasons-end/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-30T16:44:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:40:24.849Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: 'Game of Thrones' Is Officially Coming to an End og:description: "If I could get them to do more, I would take 10 more seasons" og:url: https://time.com/4431962/game-of-thrones-seasons-end/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7538d563c5250e03/6988a07b3c163926f145e4e2/game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: game-of-thrones og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Game of Thrones' Is Officially Coming to an End twitter:description: "If I could get them to do more, I would take 10 more seasons" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7538d563c5250e03/6988a07b3c163926f145e4e2/game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Game of Thrones_ Is Officially Coming to an End by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 30, 2016 4:44 PM CUT  Game of Thrones Game of ThronesHBO by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 30, 2016 4:44 PM CUT Winter has come to Westeros, and now [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/4383220/game-of-thrones-season-six-finale-cathartic/ "undefined") [is officially almost over](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/30/game-thrones "undefined"). An HBO executive confirmed Saturday that the hit show’s eight season is slated to be its last. Programming president Casey Bloys’ comments to [Entertainment Weekly](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/30/game-thrones "undefined"), during a Television Critics Association event, marked the first time someone at the network confirmed it will follow showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss’ desire to wrap things up after season eight. “Yes. They have a very specific plan about the number of seasons they want to do,” Bloys told Entertainment Weekly. “Believe me, as the new \[programming executive\] coming in, if I could get them to do more, I would take 10 more seasons. But we take their lead on what they think they can do the best version of the show.” Last month’s sixth season finale [scored record ratings for the show](http://time.com/4385886/game-of-thrones-final-record-ratings/ "undefined"). Season seven [is scheduled to premiere in the summer of 2017](http://time.com/4410857/game-of-thrones-season-7-premiere/ "undefined"). [Read more at Entertainment Weekly](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/30/game-thrones "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4431962/game-of-thrones-seasons-end/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4431962/game-of-thrones-seasons-end/"},"headline":"Game of Thrones Is Officially Coming to an End","datePublished":"2016-07-30T16:44:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:40:24.849Z","description":"\"If I could get them to do more, I would take 10 more seasons\"","url":"https://time.com/4431962/game-of-thrones-seasons-end/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7538d563c5250e03/6988a07b3c163926f145e4e2/game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7538d563c5250e03/6988a07b3c163926f145e4e2/game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"game-of-thrones","caption":"Game of Thrones","creditText":"HBO","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4431962/game-of-thrones-seasons-end/","name":"Game of Thrones Is Officially Coming to an End"}}]}] ```