--- title: Game of Thrones Cast Laughs at Season 8 Emmys 2018 Joke description: Following Peter Dinklage's record-tying Emmys win, host Colin Jost returned to the stage with a Game of Thrones-inspired dig. canonical: https://time.com/5399102/emmys-2018-game-of-thrones-joke/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-18T03:16:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-13T07:54:34.967Z og:title: The Game of Thrones Cast Loved Getting Trolled at the Emmys og:description: Team Westeros had a great reaction og:url: https://time.com/5399102/emmys-2018-game-of-thrones-joke/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35d29b33394707d0/69893a79fb4eacd5bb897aad/emmys-game-of-thrones-season-8-joke.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: US-ENTERTAINMENT-TELEVISION-EMMYS-SHOW og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Game of Thrones Cast Loved Getting Trolled at the Emmys twitter:description: Team Westeros had a great reaction twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35d29b33394707d0/69893a79fb4eacd5bb897aad/emmys-game-of-thrones-season-8-joke.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The _Game of Thrones_ Cast Loved Getting Trolled at the Emmys > Sponsored content. 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On Monday night, television’s best and brightest stars came together for the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 18, 2018 3:16 AM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 18, 2018 3:16 AM UTC Following [Peter Dinklage’s](http://time.com/5396384/game-of-thrones-season-8-battle/) [record-tying](https://www.tvguide.com/news/emmys-2018-peter-dinklage-game-of-thrones-record-supporting-actor-drama/) win for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, [Emmys host Colin Jost](http://time.com/5398338/emmys-2018-michael-che-colin-jost-monologue-jokes/) returned to the stage with a _Game of Thrones_\-inspired dig. “I’m a huge _Game of Thrones_ fan, and I’m so glad Peter didn’t start his speech and then wait a year and a half to finish it,” Jost joked, getting a big laugh out of Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington and the other stars of the HBO drama in attendance for the big night. Jost was of course taking a crack at the lengthy—and ongoing—hiatus between _Thrones_‘ seventh and eighth seasons. The show’s final six episodes are set to air at some point in 2019. Prior to this year’s Emmys, _Thrones_ was already the winningest scripted show in the awards show’s history with 38 Emmys under its belt. Including Dinklage’s win and the show’s third win for Best Drama Series, it has now earned a record 41. Cameras showed the cast gamely laughing. And of course, Turner was was thrilled about the family news. > [](https://twitter.com/SophieT/status/1041886414567350273) ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5399102/emmys-2018-game-of-thrones-joke/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5399102/emmys-2018-game-of-thrones-joke/"},"headline":"The Game of Thrones Cast Loved Getting Trolled at the Emmys","datePublished":"2018-09-18T03:16:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-13T07:54:34.967Z","description":"The endless wait for season eight came back to bite them","url":"https://time.com/5399102/emmys-2018-game-of-thrones-joke/","keywords":["Newsfeed","awards","Emmys 2018"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35d29b33394707d0/69893a79fb4eacd5bb897aad/emmys-game-of-thrones-season-8-joke.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":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35d29b33394707d0/69893a79fb4eacd5bb897aad/emmys-game-of-thrones-season-8-joke.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-ENTERTAINMENT-TELEVISION-EMMYS-SHOW","caption":"US-ENTERTAINMENT-TELEVISION-EMMYS-SHOW","creditText":"ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images","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/5399102/emmys-2018-game-of-thrones-joke/","name":"The Game of Thrones Cast Loved Getting Trolled at the Emmys"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Best Fashion on the 2018 Emmys Red Carpet","description":"On Monday night, television’s best and brightest stars came together for the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/5a6tAqIj/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-09-18T02:43:22.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/5a6tAqIj.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5399102/emmys-2018-game-of-thrones-joke/","duration":"PT2M55S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5399102/emmys-2018-game-of-thrones-joke/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```