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| Genre | Aftershow |
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| Composer | Ramin Djawadi |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
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| Running time | 30–35 minutes |
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| Network | HBO |
| Release | April 25 (2016-04-25) – June 28, 2016 (2016-06-28) |
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| Game of Thrones | |
After the Thrones is an Americanlive televisionaftershow that premiered on April 25, 2016, and ended on June 28, 2016. It was hosted byAndy Greenwald and Chris Ryan who discussed episodes of theHBO television seriesGame of Thrones. The talk show was executive produced byBill Simmons and Eric Weinberger. Greenwald and Ryan previously hosted a podcast version of the show titledWatch the Thrones on Simmons'Grantland website. A similar talk show calledThronecast aired on British channelSky Atlantic, which also discussed episodes ofGame of Thrones.
The talk show was made available to HBO andHBO Now subscribers, and airs on the Monday following each episode ofGame of Thrones. After the show's cancellation, Greenwald and Ryan, along with Simmons, made a similar live stream video podcast for distribution onTwitter calledTalk the Thrones. Although it covers the same subject matter, it is a different production.[1]
The series features hostsAndy Greenwald and Chris Ryan from the upcoming sports and pop culture website,The Ringer created byBill Simmons, discussing episodes of theHBOfantasydramaGame of Thrones.[2] Following the success of similar shows such asTalking Dead,[3] which serves as a network sanctioned discussion of the show,HBO decided to introduce its own version of the format in which the hosts provide a "lively, humorous and sophisticated look" at the previous night's episode.[2][4] The show airs on the stand-alone streaming serviceHBO Now on the Monday following each episode of the show'ssixth season, which itself airs on Sundays.[2][4] Greenwald and Ryan previously hosted a similar version of the show for Simmons' now-defunct sports and pop culture websiteGrantland, titled "Watch the Thrones", in apodcast format.[4] Previous "Watch the Thrones" guests Mallory Rubin and Jason Concepcion are also part of the show.[5]
The series began on Monday, April 25, 2016, on HBO Now, HBO Go, HBO On Demand and HBO. The stated purpose of the show is to "recap the latest episode, explaining the who, what, when and where, exploring the complicated politics and history ofThrones, and offering absurd and not-so-absurd theories about future episodes."[4][6]
For theseventh season ofGame of Thrones, the after show changed its name toTalk the Thrones and moved from HBO to the social media siteTwitter, where it streamed live every week after an episode aired. Simmons said that "We love Game of Thrones and we love the way Twitter is thinking about content right now, so we jumped at the chance to blow out our Thrones show into an interactive multimedia experience — something that reacts immediately to what just happened, almost like a postgame show in sports - Nobody is equipped to do that better than Twitter. It's the natural evolution of what we had already established with Chris, Andy, Mallory and Jason."[1]
These episodes discussseason six ofGame of Thrones. Starting from the first episode, "The Red Woman".
| No. | Episode | Original release date | Viewers (millions) |
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| 1 | "The Red Woman" | April 25, 2016 (2016-04-25) | 0.165[7] |
| 2 | "Home" | May 3, 2016 (2016-05-03) | 0.167[8] |
| 3 | "Oathbreaker" | May 10, 2016 (2016-05-10) | 0.222[9] |
| 4 | "Book of the Stranger" | May 17, 2016 (2016-05-17) | 0.146[10] |
| 5 | "The Door" | May 24, 2016 (2016-05-24) | 0.240[11] |
| 6 | "Blood of My Blood" | May 31, 2016 (2016-05-31) | 0.229[12] |
| 7 | "The Broken Man" | June 7, 2016 (2016-06-07) | N/A |
| 8 | "No One" | June 14, 2016 (2016-06-14) | N/A |
| 9 | "Battle of the Bastards" | June 21, 2016 (2016-06-21) | N/A |
| 10 | "The Winds of Winter" | June 28, 2016 (2016-06-28) | 0.363[13] |
