Game of Thrones in Talks for Seventh and Eighth Season Renewal
The reign will continue HBO is readying another two seasons of Game of Thrones. The network is deep in talks to bring back the Emmy-winning fantasy hit for a seventh and eighth season, HBO programming president Michael Lombardo told EW at the network's Television Critics Association press tour party in Pasadena on Thursday night. The show is not expected to have, we're told, a seventh final season that's split across two years  a scenario popularized by The Sopranos and Breaking Bad and frequently speculated as the most likely outcome for the intensely serialized series. The move will presumably involve new deals for the cast at least, for those whose characters survive the next two seasons as the show's talent is only optioned through seven seasons at this point. The news comes on the heels of HBO announcing that season 6 of the hit series will premiere on April 24.