HBO renews “House Of The Dragon” for a second season

The HBO Original drama series “House Of The Dragon” has been renewed for a second season. The show debuted Sunday, August 21, to the largest audience for any new original series in HBO history. The first episode has now been seen by over 20 million viewers across linear, On Demand, and HBO Max platforms in the U.S., based on a combination of Nielsen and first-party data.

“We are beyond proud of what the entire ‘House Of The Dragon’ team has accomplished with season one. Our phenomenal cast and crew undertook a massive challenge and exceeded all expectations, delivering a show that has already established itself as must-see TV. Thanks to George, Ryan, and Miguel for leading us on this journey. We couldn’t be more excited to continue bringing to life the epic saga of House Targaryen with season two,” Francesca Orsi, Executive Vice President, HBO Programming, stated.

“House Of The Dragon” garnered strong critical praise for the “flat-out stunning” show (Entertainment Weekly), with IGN declaring, “It’s good to be back in backstabbing Westeros.” Los Angeles Times hailed it “a new, engrossing chapter in HBO’s epic,” and Wall Street Journal noted it’s “as captivating as any season of ‘Game of Thrones.’”

Based on George R.R. Martin’s “Fire & Blood,” the series, set 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones,” tells the story of House Targaryen. The first season cast Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Fabien Frankel, Sonoya Mizuno, and Rhys Ifans. Additional cast includes Milly Alcock, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Emily Carey, Harry Collett, Ryan Corr, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jefferson Hall, David Horovitch, Wil Johnson, John Macmillan, Graham McTavish, Ewan Mitchell, Theo Nate, Matthew Needham, Bill Paterson, Phia Saban, Gavin Spokes, Savannah Steyn.

The Co-Creator/Executive Producer is George R.R. Martin; Co-Creator/Co-Showrunner/Executive Producer/Writer is Ryan Condal; Co-Showrunner/Executive Producer/Director is Miguel Sapochnik; and Executive Producers are Sara Hess, Jocelyn Diaz, Vince Gerardis, Ron Schmidt.