‘House of the Dragon’ Renewed for Season 4 by HBO

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HBO has shown strong confidence in House of the Dragon by renewing it for a fourth season and giving fans an idea of when the third season will premiere. This series, a prequel to Game of Thrones set 200 years earlier, tells the story of the Targaryen family’s downfall through a brutal civil war called the “Dance of the Dragons.” The show features a cast including Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Matt Smith, Rhys Ifans, and Steve Toussaint.

HBO has renewed House of the Dragon for a fourth season, which is scheduled to premiere in 2028. Season 3 is planned for Summer 2026, though a specific release date hasn’t been announced yet. The number of episodes for both Season 3 and Season 4 is still unknown, as previous seasons have varied in length—Season 1 had ten episodes and Season 2 had eight.

Will ‘House of the Dragon’ End with Season 4?


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It’s become typical for House of the Dragon to have about two years between seasons and to premiere in the summer. The show first aired on HBO on August 21, 2022, and quickly gained popularity, attracting nearly 10 million viewers in its first week and growing its audience after that. Season 2 premiered on June 16, 2024, and concluded on August 4. Following this pattern, we can expect Season 4 to arrive in the summer of 2028.

HBO has been releasing new seasons of House of the Dragon every two years, which is a change from Game of Thrones, which used to have a new season annually. However, fans of Game of Thrones won’t have to wait as long for more stories from Westeros. A new prequel series, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, will premiere in January 2026, and its second season will air in 2027, fitting between seasons 3 and 4 of House of the Dragon. It seems HBO intends to consistently release a *Game of Thronesrelated show each year going forward.

There were previous reports that House of the Dragon would end after four seasons, but HBO’s official announcement didn’t confirm this. It’s possible HBO has changed plans or simply didn’t mention the original timeframe. If Season 4 is indeed the last, House of the Dragon will have had a successful run, lasting six years – two years less than Game of Thrones. This also gives the show’s creators time to develop a satisfying conclusion and avoid the criticisms leveled at Game of Thrones’ finale, while also keeping author George R.R. Martin happy.

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2025-11-20 20:47