--- title: HBO Confirms Game of Thrones Return 2019, Internet Loses It description: 'Game of Thones' fans lost their minds after HBO confirmed that the cult favorite show's release date would be in 2019. canonical: https://time.com/5089700/game-of-thrones-final-season-delayed-2019/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-05T16:41:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:34.013Z og:title: Internet Loses It Over Game of Thrones' 2019 Release Date og:description: Winter is here, but new episodes don't drop until 2019 og:url: https://time.com/5089700/game-of-thrones-final-season-delayed-2019/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0737eddac77b531/6988d2da8fd2ee7198357aac/jon-snow-quiz.jpg?branch=production&width=600&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 600 og:image:height: 338 og:image:alt: game-of-thrones-final-season-release-2019 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Internet Loses It Over Game of Thrones' 2019 Release Date twitter:description: Winter is here, but new episodes don't drop until 2019 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0737eddac77b531/6988d2da8fd2ee7198357aac/jon-snow-quiz.jpg?branch=production&width=600&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Now People Are Really Freaking Out About 2018 Because It Won't Have _Game of Thrones_ > Sponsored content. 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In a [post](https://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/season-8-returning-2019.html) on their site, HBO confirmed that viewers will have to wait over a year to see the [six-episode conclusion](http://time.com/5088555/game-of-thrones-season-8-premiere-date-2/) of the quest for the Iron Throne. As might be expected, the Internet had plenty of feelings about the delayed return to Westeros, with many corners of the web lamenting that 2018 was already off to a horrible start thanks to the absence of the Seven Kingdoms. Many took to Twitter to commiserate their fate with both paeons and fitting _GoT_ GIFs. This fan had no hope for the future of 2018. > [](https://twitter.com/Vilmabmontes/status/949291255699140609) While this fan had plenty of feelings about the _GoT_ gap year. > [](https://twitter.com/CashtonHoodwins/status/949090579190697984) Was this Twitter user a little dramatic or simply speaking her truth? > [](https://twitter.com/dovahkiinqueen/status/949290854539243520) There was never a more appropriate use of a Jon Snow in the North GIF than this one. > [](https://twitter.com/leighblickley/status/949006605571543041) We are all Tommen in this moment. > [](https://twitter.com/You%5FFor%5FE%5FUgh/status/949048153441030144) This fan brought up a very salient point about the final season’s number of episodes in relation to the waiting time. > [](https://twitter.com/AhmedLizard/status/949290552008347648) Until, 2019, this is the Internet’s mood about _Game of Thrones._ > [](https://twitter.com/%5Fgoth%5Fbarbie/status/949292225837568002) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5089700/game-of-thrones-final-season-delayed-2019/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5089700/game-of-thrones-final-season-delayed-2019/"},"headline":"Now People Are Really Freaking Out About 2018 Because It Won't Have Game of Thrones","datePublished":"2018-01-05T16:41:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:34.013Z","description":"Winter is here, but new episodes don't drop until 2019","url":"https://time.com/5089700/game-of-thrones-final-season-delayed-2019/","keywords":["Newsfeed","game of thrones","viral","twitter"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0737eddac77b531/6988d2da8fd2ee7198357aac/jon-snow-quiz.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0737eddac77b531/6988d2da8fd2ee7198357aac/jon-snow-quiz.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"game-of-thrones-final-season-release-2019","caption":"","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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5089700/game-of-thrones-final-season-delayed-2019/","name":"Now People Are Really Freaking Out About 2018 Because It Won't Have Game of Thrones"}}]}] ```