‘Game of Thrones’ Restarts July 16

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The seven-episode seventh season of HBO hit Game of Thrones debuts Sunday, July 16, at 9 p.m. 

Based on the popular book series A Song of Ice and Fire, by George R.R. Martin, the fantasy series chronicles an epic struggle for power in a vast kingdom. 

Members of the ensemble cast for the sixth season included Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Aidan Gillen, Kit Harington and Jonathan Pryce. 

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Season six’s executive producers were David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger and Bernadette Caulfield. 

George R.R. Martin holds a co-executive producer title. 

After season seven, the show will wrap following a six-episode eighth season. 

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.