--- description: Here's when the highly-anticipated seventh season of Game of Thrones will officially return. title: Game of Thrones' Season 7 Finally Has a Premiere Date image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt77cedbd9b51c1c55/6988bdc8ab6d775bd66ad286/got-poster-fb.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Game of Thrones_' Season 7 Finally Has a Premiere Date ## Video: This Video Is No Longer Available [Watch (HLS stream): This Video Is No Longer Available](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8) (0:10)  _Published 2026-06-23. Winter is almost here_  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Mar 9, 2017 8:09 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Mar 9, 2017 8:09 PM CUT The highly-anticipated [seventh season](http://time.com/4583580/game-of-thrones-season-7-teaser-jon-arya-sansa/ "undefined") of [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/4429346/game-of-thrones-season-7-cast-news/ "undefined")will officially return on July 16. Following a year-long hiatus, the world of Westeros will return for its penultimate season—a shortened seven-episode installment that will continue the stories of [Jon Snow](http://time.com/4387190/game-of-thrones-jon-snow-parents-family-tree/ "undefined"), Daenerys Targaryen and the rest of the realm’s remaining players. HBO made the announcement on [Facebook Live](https://www.facebook.com/GameOfThrones/?fref=nf "undefined") Thursday after previously stating that the premiere had been [pushed back from spring to summer](http://time.com/4410857/game-of-thrones-season-7-premiere/ "undefined") due to a scenery related filming delay. “Now that winter has arrived on _Game of Thrones_, executive producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss felt that the storylines of the next season would be better served by starting production a little later than usual, when the weather is changing,” explained programming president Casey Bloys. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4666067/game-of-thrones-season-7-premiere-date-july/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4666067/game-of-thrones-season-7-premiere-date-july/"},"headline":"Game of Thrones' Season 7 Finally Has a Premiere Date","datePublished":"2017-03-09T20:09:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:51.070Z","description":"Winter is almost here","url":"https://time.com/4666067/game-of-thrones-season-7-premiere-date-july/","keywords":["Television","game of thrones","TV"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt77cedbd9b51c1c55/6988bdc8ab6d775bd66ad286/got-poster-fb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt77cedbd9b51c1c55/6988bdc8ab6d775bd66ad286/got-poster-fb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"got-poster-fb","caption":"got-poster-fb","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/4666067/game-of-thrones-season-7-premiere-date-july/","name":"Game of Thrones' Season 7 Finally Has a Premiere Date"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"Winter is almost here","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4666067/game-of-thrones-season-7-premiere-date-july/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4666067/game-of-thrones-season-7-premiere-date-july/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```