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HBO may push Game of Thrones' final season to 2019, and that wouldn't be a bad thingQuote:
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, HBO programming chief Casey Bloys hinted that the eighth season (only six episodes long) might not air until 2019.
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The interviewer then asked, more explicitly, "So as of now, the final season could air in 2018 and / or in 2019 depending on their needs?" To which Bloys responded, "Yeah. They have to write the episodes and figure out the production schedule. We'll have a better sense of that once they get further into the writing." It's pretty vague, but it certainly implies that HBO has given Benioff and Weiss permission to take their time.
Though a Westeros-free 2018 would obviously disappoint Game of Thrones fans who can no longer fathom a summer without the show (me, too!), it's possible that it's... a good thing.
https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/2/15731682/hbo-game-of-thrones-season-8-2019-speculation
They must've let Martin take over the TV schedule as well as writing the books.
God save the Patriarchy!