Series marathons are popular on television during the holiday season, and HBO is getting in on the holiday fun with a Game of Thrones marathon on HBO2.
The cabler will air one season per day beginning Dec. 26 and ending Dec. 31. Each season contains 10 episodes.
Season one, episode one starts Dec. 26 at noon, followed by the rest of the premiere season’s nine episodes.
Each day means a new season of Thrones, before season six airs on Saturday, Dec. 31.
Season 7 of the show is currently in production through Feb. 2017. The upcoming season will be shorter than the previous ones, with Variety reporting that seven episodes are scheduled. Season 8 will be the final season of the show.
Adapted from George R. R. Martin’s fantasy series “A Song of Ice and Fire,” the show has grown in viewership every season. Season 6 averaged 7.69 million viewers per episode, Variety noted.
The trade magazine also reported that the series has been nominated for the Emmy for Outstanding Drama every season it’s aired, winning the award the last two years. The show has had four consecutive Golden Globe Best Television Series – Drama nominations, including for the upcoming 2017 awards, but has never won. It has won five straight Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series, and is up for a sixth in January.
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