HBO lines up two Game of Thrones spinoffs for 2026, after Emmy window

HBO confirmed on the red carpet at the Primetime Emmy Awards that two Game of Thrones spinoffs will arrive in 2026, with A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms slated for January and House of the Dragon Season 3 premiering just after the 2026 Emmy eligibility cutoff on May 31. HBO Max chief Casey Bloys said the third season of House of the Dragon will debut "just outside" the Emmy window, a timing that points to a June release and would render it ineligible for the 2026 awards.

Bloys announced the windows while discussing HBO and HBO Max programming at the Emmy event. He said A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is scheduled for a January 2026 launch after being pushed from an earlier 2025 target. He also confirmed that House of the Dragon will arrive after May 31, 2026, suggesting a June or possibly July premiere. If A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms begins in the first week of January and House of the Dragon returns in early June, the two series could be separated by roughly 17 weeks.

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms adapts George R.R. Martin's Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas and is created by Martin and Ira Parker. The six-episode series features Peter Claffey as Dunk and Dexter Sol Ansell as...