<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> List of Game of Thrones episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> The eighth and final season of the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones was announced by HBO in July 2016 . Unlike the first six seasons that each had ten episodes and the seventh that had seven episodes, the eighth season will have only six episodes . Like the previous season, it will largely consist of original content not found currently in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series and will also adapt material Martin has revealed to showrunners about the upcoming novels in the series, The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring . </P> <P> The season will be adapted for television by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss . Filming officially began on October 23, 2017, and concluded in July 2018 . The season is scheduled to premiere during the first half of 2019 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> No . overall </Th> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> <Th> U.S. viewers (millions) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 68 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> <Td> David Nutter </Td> <Td> Dave Hill </Td> <Td> 2019 (2019) </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 69 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> <Td> David Nutter </Td> <Td> Bryan Cogman </Td> <Td> 2019 (2019) </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 70 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> <Td> Miguel Sapochnik </Td> <Td> David Benioff & D.B. Weiss </Td> <Td> 2019 (2019) </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 71 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> <Td> David Nutter </Td> <Td> David Benioff & D.B. Weiss </Td> <Td> 2019 (2019) </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 72 </Th> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> <Td> Miguel Sapochnik </Td> <Td> David Benioff & D.B. Weiss </Td> <Td> 2019 (2019) </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 73 </Th> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> <Td> David Benioff & D.B. Weiss </Td> <Td> David Benioff & D.B. Weiss </Td> <Td> 2019 (2019) </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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