​HBO’s newly elevated programming chief Casey Bloys didn’t come empty-handed to his first Television Critics Association executive session Saturday, with news on everything from Jon Stewart to Westworld, and even The Larry Sanders Show.

But Bloys found himself on the hot seat for the channel’s depictions of violence towards women in series such as Game of Thrones, The Night Of, and the upcoming Westworld.

No fewer than four separate reporters pressed Bloys on the sometimes graphic depictions of rape and other acts of violence, and whether he was worried that HBO was coming to rely on sexualized violence towards women to advance its storylines.

“I’d like to not think so. I know Game of Thrones has come up before, and I can tell you in Westworld, its violence is—everybody—it’s not just specific to women. It’s men and women. It’s kind of indiscriminate.”

Bloys conceded later that “I think the criticism is valid, you know. So I think it’s something that people take into account.”

Among the other news out of HBO’s presentations Saturday:

—Bloys confirmed Season 8 will be the last for Game of Thrones, though he doesn’t know how many episodes will be in the final season. “If I could get [showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff] to do more, I would take 10 more seasons. But, you know, we take their lead on what they think they can do the best version of the show.”

—Alan Ball is returning to HBO’s schedule with a new series billed as “a drama with a contemporary American family.” The new series marks Ball’s third for the network following Six Feet Under and True Blood.

—Jon Stewart’s new HBO series will be animated, and should arrive this Fall. “He is establishing an animation studio because he wants to get material out multiple times a day. The idea is it will be an animated parody of a cable news network, with kind of an Onion-like portal,” Bloys said.

— True Detective is not dead, but it’s not exactly alive yet either. “I’m not sure we have the right take for a third season yet,” Bloys said.

—In the wake of Gary Shandling’s death in March, HBO is putting all six seasons of The Larry Sanders Show on its on-demand platforms beginning Sept. 26.

— Westworld, the long-awaited collaboration between Jonathan Nolan and J.J. Abrams, will premiere Oct. 2 at 9 p.m., with Divorce, featuring Sarah Jessica Parker’s return to HBO, bowing the following week on Oct. 9 in the 10 p.m. timeslot.

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