‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Silicon Valley,’ ‘Veep’ Renewed at HBO

21 April 2016 10:09 AM, PDT | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »

HBO has renewed “Game of Thrones,” “Silicon Valley” and “Veep” for 2017, the network announced Thursday. The three shows are set to premiere their new seasons Sunday.

The network did not announce the number of episodes for the next season of “Game of Thrones,” which would be its seventh. Executive producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss recently told Variety that they would like to see the show’s final two seasons be shortened from the normal 10 episodes — six episodes for season seven and seven episodes for season eight.

“I think we’re down to our final 13 episodes after this season. We’re heading into the final lap,” said Benioff. “That’s the guess, though nothing is yet set in stone, but that’s what we’re looking at.”

HBO has signaled that “Game of Thrones” will not likely extend past season eight, per Weiss and Benioff’s wishes.

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