How the heck did Game of Thrones have a season of 10 episodes per year for 6 seasons when most big shows are now taking years between seasons? GOT had all the elements now used as excuses for long...

The original post: /r/television by /u/MrGittz on 2026-03-26 08:24:58+00:00.

Original Title: How the heck did Game of Thrones have a season of 10 episodes per year for 6 seasons when most big shows are now taking years between seasons? GOT had all the elements now used as excuses for long hiatuses. Action, kids, VFX, international locations. What gives?

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Seriously. Those 6 seasons seem like a miracle now. If GoT were made today I guarantee they’d be making us wait longer. Yet we got 6 seasons of an epic TV show made across multiple countries, with kids as lead actors, huge action set pieces, battles, dragons, with huge number of VFX. Episodes like Blackwater, Hardhome, Watchers on the Wall, Battle of Bastards, The Door etc

So is it all BS that these shows need to take so long? A lot of these shows do 6-8 episodes.