To say that Game of Thrones is one of the most popular, most widely watched television shows right now would be a major understatement. The show was created for HBO and pretty much since the second episode has aired, it was rising in the television ranks with each new one. Game of Thrones is based on the book series by George R. R. Martin and has been getting ready for the sixth season. The fifth season ended back on June 14th of this year.
The fan base is out of hand and covers just about every single corner of the world. It has also been labeled as one of the most pirated television shows of all time outside of the United States. Fans are not able to wait week to week for a new episode, while some plan parties around the show and enjoy talking about their favorite episodes online with all of their friends online.
The finale for season five was download more than 1.5 million times in just 8 hours. That is just a portion of the download information that would blow your mind about the popular dramatic fantasy series. Filming for the sixth season is underway right now and should be completed before the new year. All of the other seasons started in March or April the year after the filming was completed, so fans are expecting that once the snow starts to melt and the temps warm up, the new season of Game of Thrones will be on.
Just like the last five seasons, Game of Thrones was ordered for ten episodes for season six and just like any other television show this popular, the new season will have huge shoes to fill in terms of getting the same, high ratings as the previous seasons. Season five averaged about 6.88 million viewers, which is the highest of all, but maintaining that growth is not something that is easy to do when television watchers demand more with each new season. Part of that demand is the fact that fans are online each week trying to find any image, any interview and anything they can pass along and share with friends about the show.
Sometimes it creates a situation where spoilers are revealed and actors from the show spill the beans about something that might be upcoming in the new season. According to one source, that is exactly what happened with Kit Harington revealing the a certain character will in fact be back for this season. That character is John Snow and there have been plenty of reports that he has been hanging around the filming locations for the new season.