--- description: HBO said it would renew the popular fantasy drama for a fifth and sixth season, after the fourth season premiere drew in the show’s biggest audience thus far of 6.6 million viewers. It is the most watched show on the channel since The Sopranos finale title: Game of Thrones gets renewed for two more seasons image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd57474b1fce6aae0/698683fee53aba08bc4d14ed/gameofthrones13_10.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_ Renewed For Two More Seasons by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 8, 2014 7:15 PM CUT  HBO by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 8, 2014 7:15 PM CUT HBO announced that its fan favorite _Game of Thrones_ has been [renewed for fifth and sixth seasons Tuesday.](http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/game-of-thrones-renewed-for-two-more-seasons-1201154239/ "undefined") Considering the fantasy drama’s extreme popularity, this decision is a no-brainer for studio execs. Sunday’s premiere not only knocked out HBO Go, but it drew in the show’s biggest audience thus far of 6.6 million viewers. That makes it the [most watched show on HBO since _The Sopranos_ 2007 finale. ](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/07/game-of-thrones-premiere%5Fn%5F5106927.html "undefined") “_Game Of Thrones_ is a phenomenon like no other,” HBO programming president [Michael Lombardo said in a statement](http://www.deadline.com/2014/04/hbo-game-of-thrones-renewed-for-fifth-sixth-seasons/ "undefined"). “\[Creators\] David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, along with their talented collaborators, continue to surpass themselves, and we look forward to more of their dazzling storytelling.” Now we only have to hope that the t[elevision series doesn’t catch up with creator George R. R. Martin’s books](http://time.com/29341/game-of-thrones-george-r-r-martin/ "undefined"). He’s at five and the series has currently covered just over two and a half volumes. Get writing, George! ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/54097/game-of-thrones-renewed-season-five-six/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/54097/game-of-thrones-renewed-season-five-six/"},"headline":"Game of Thrones Renewed For Two More Seasons","datePublished":"2014-04-08T19:15:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:12:01.649Z","description":"HBO said it would renew the popular fantasy drama for a fifth and sixth season, after the fourth season premiere drew in the show’s biggest audience thus far of 6.6 million viewers. It is the most watched show on the channel since The Sopranos finale","url":"https://time.com/54097/game-of-thrones-renewed-season-five-six/","keywords":["Television","HBO","game of thrones","George R.R. Martin"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd57474b1fce6aae0/698683fee53aba08bc4d14ed/gameofthrones13_10.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd57474b1fce6aae0/698683fee53aba08bc4d14ed/gameofthrones13_10.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Game-of-Thrones-S3-E4","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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/54097/game-of-thrones-renewed-season-five-six/","name":"Game of Thrones Renewed For Two More Seasons"}}]}] ```