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  We're going to go out on a limb and assume that September probably could've gone a lot better for HBO and Max CEO Casey Bloys. After giving everyone a heads-up, George RR Martin (GRRM) took to his Not A Blog post ("Beware the Butterflies," which has since been taken down, but we shared a rundown of) to call[...]

It's been an "interesting" past few months for HBO & showrunner Ryan Condal's House of the Dragon In August, we learned that the "Game of Thrones" prequel series would be ending its run with a fourth season The following month, George RR Martin (GRRM) took to Not A Blog ("Beware the Butterflies," which has since been[...]

McFarlane Toys is traveling back to Westeros once again as they unveil their latest Collectors Box from House of the Dragon The grandson of the Old King Jaehaerys, Viserys Targaryen, has returned and is the fifth king of the Targaryen dynasty He ruled the land during a time of peace and helped maintain order across[...]

Martin didn't pull down an edition of his Not A Blog post that called out HBO & showrunner Ryan Condal's House of the Dragon for the changes it's made to his work – especially "Blood & Cheese" and the absence of Prince Maelor (and the "butterfly effect" that decision will have on the remaining seasons)[...]

This was one of those weeks when HBO & showrunner Ryan Condal's House of the Dragon was making headlines for all of the wrong reasons After giving everyone a heads-up, George RR Martin (GRRM) took to his Not A Blog post ("Beware the Butterflies," which has since been taken down, but we shared a rundown of) to call[...]

UPDATE [4:01 pm ET]: Here's a look at the statement released by HBO to Variety regarding George RR Martin's recent blog post criticizing House of the Dragon, which has since been taken down: "There are few greater fans of George R.R Martin and his book 'Fire & Blood' than the creative team on 'House of[...]

HBO and showrunner Ryan Condal's House of the Dragon is no stranger to the discussion about whether or not shows should have "trigger warning" messages in place for episodes that include particularly intense and/or disturbing scenes The first season was bookended with intense birthing scenes involving Aemma Arynn (Sian Brooke) and Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D'Arcy) that[...]

It looks like the off-season between the second and third seasons of HBO & showrunner Ryan Condal's House of the Dragon is about to get a lot more "interesting." Less than a month after the second season of the "Game of Thrones" prequel series wrapped up its second run and HBO confirmed that the series had[...]

I'd love to work with Matt Ryan as that character, but I would do it in an R-rated version. Emma D'Arcy & Olivia Cooke in "House of the Dragon" Image courtesy of Liam Daniel/HBO Were you approached about directing 'House of the Dragon' or any other 'Game of Thrones' spinoffs? I've not been invited back yet, but I[...]

HBO and George R.R. Martin & Ira Parker's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms announced seven new additions to the GOT spinoff series' cast.

Tim Walz, HBO's House of the Dragon, Taylor Swift/MTV 2024 VMAs, USA Network's WWE Raw, Netlix's The Sandman, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty: The Anime, Netflix's Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Disney+/Hulu/ESPN+, Charles Barkley/Warner Bros Discovery, Hulu's All's Fair, Prime Video's The Boys, SNL: Steve Martin/Gov[...]

House of the Dragon is an odd TV series – it's a fan fiction version of a book that is already fan fiction for its own franchise, a rather redundant prequel to the main story The reason the series exists is due to the massive size of Game of Thrones fandom, even after the disappointment[...]

As House of the Dragon wrapped its second season with the episode "The Queen Who Ever Was," we see the prequel series lay the foundation not only for what looks like a far bloodier season three but also the series' most direct allusion to the original series Game of Thrones Showrunner Ryan Condal took the[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? NBC's Scrubs, Paramount+'s Mayor of Kingstown, Hulu's Solar Opposites, HBO's Peacemaker, Peacock's Those About to Die, HBO's House of the Dragon, STARZ's Power Book II: Ghost, Lionsgate's John Wick: The High Table, Max's Creature Commandos, Paramount+'s Evil, USA Network's WWE Raw, Netflix's The Umbrella Academy, Netflix's Fuller House, The X-Files/Gillian Anderson, and more! Images/Screencaps: HBO, NBCUniversal/Peacock,[...]

Earlier today, we addressed the disappointment some felt with the Season 2 finale of HBO & showrunner Ryan Condal's House of the Dragon, with many feeling like it felt more like a 70-minute trailer for the third season Now, Condal is offering some insight into the show's future, confirming that it will run for four seasons[...]

Based on what we've been seeing on social media after the second season finale of HBO & showrunner Ryan Condal's House of the Dragon aired, it seems like a whole lot of viewers felt like they watched about a 70-minute trailer for the third season While we can understand their point – and we're not going to[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Netflix's Star Trek: Prodigy, Netflix's Squid Game, TBS's AEW Dynamite, Prime Video's Batman: Caped Crusader, Peacock's Battlestar Galactica, Tony Khan/Shane McMahon, Netflix's Cobra Kai, Paramount+'s Criminal Minds: Evolution, Disney+'s Vision, HBO's House of the Dragon, Prime Video's Spider-Noir, Disney Entertainment Television, Hulu's Only Murders in the Building, Netflix's Terminator Zero, FX's Grotesquerie, Disney+'s Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, SNL Season[...]

Late on Tuesday, the news hit that the second season finale of HBO and Showrunner Ryan Condal's House of the Dragon had leaked While not the entire episode, reports were that 14 videos amounting to approximately 30 minutes of the episode hit TikTok Though the account that hosted the videos was eventually banned, it wasn't soon[...]

In what's starting to be as common of an occurrence as water being wet, fire being hot, and ice cream being cold, HBO's "Game of Thrones" has suffered an assault that even a legion of dragons couldn't stop – a leak of the second season finale of HBO and Showrunner Ryan Condal's House of the[...]

With only two episodes remaining on the second season of HBO & Showrunner Ryan Condal's House of the Dragon, Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy) is on a mission It seems Seasmoke has a new rider – and that's definitely the kind of thing that would grab her attention But that's not even close to all of the drama[...]

Discovery/NBA, Paramount+'s Evil, Prime Video's The Boys/Gen V, DC Studios' Superman, Netflix's The Umbrella Academy, CBS's Tracker, HBO's House of the Dragon, Apple TV+'s Bad Monkey, Disney+'s The Acolyte, The Simpsons/VP Kamala Harris, and more! Images/Screencaps: BBC/Disney, Disney XD, Shutterstock.com, Warner Bros[...]

The paraphrased version of Proverbs 16:18 says, "Pride goes before a fall," and it couldn't been more literal than the House of the Dragon episode, "The Red Dragon and the Gold," the fourth of season two that saw King Aegon II Targaryen (Tom Glynn-Carney) becomes collateral damage after Prince Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) directs his dragon[...]

As season two approaches the home stretch, things are ramping up for Team Green of King Aegon II Targaryen (Tom Glynn-Carney) and Team Black of Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D'Arcy) in the latest House of the Dragon episode "Smallfolk," especially a moment at the episode's climax between Rhaenyra and her right hand, Mysaria, aka the[...]

If you've been enjoying this season of HBO & Showrunner Ryan Condal's House of the Dragon, you're definitely not alone based on how the viewing numbers have been growing week after week One person, in particular, who's been liking what he's been seeing is literary and live-action mastermind and bestselling author George R.R[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? ABC's Wheel of Fortune, Max's Peacemaker, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, Hulu's Hit-Monkey, AMC Networks/Netflix, Marvel Studios' Agatha All Along, AMC's Snowpiercer, ESPN/Skip Bayless, USA Network's WWE Raw, Peacock's Poker Face, Crunchyroll, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty: The Anime, Netflix's Stranger Things, HBO's House of the Dragon, Prime Video's Young Sherlock, Kevin Conroy/Batman, Max's Creature[...]

Both camps suffered in the House of the Dragon episode "The Red Dragon and the Gold," which saw a two vs one dragon battle that resulted in the death of Meleys and its rider, Rhaenys Targaryen (Eve Best), a reluctant ally of Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D'Arcy), aka Team Black Rhaenys fought with Aegon II[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? NBC's Night Court, ABC's The Rookie, Hulu's Hit-Monkey, Adult Swim's Smiling Friends, Prime Video's My Lady Jane, HBO's House of the Dragon, TBS's AEW Collision, NBC's Saturday Night Live, Netflix's Star Trek: Prodigy, and RIP Charmed star Shannen Doherty. Images/Screencaps: WBTV, Adult Swim, HBO, Hulu, ABC Entertainment, Prime Video, NBCUniversal BCTV Daily Dispatch:[...]

It was the episode that left folks talking for days – and tonight, we see the fallout from HBO & Showrunner Ryan Condal's House of the Dragon S02E04: "The Red Dragon and the Gold" (directed by Alan Taylor and penned by Condal) Of course, we're talking about the epic dragon battle that left both sides with[...]

Episode three of HBO's House of the Dragon, "The Burning Mill," featured what was originally thought as an Easter…err, dragon eggs as Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D'Arcy) makes some drastic changes following her assassination attempt First, sending the children away to Dragonstone, entrusting them with her stepdaughter Lady Rhaena (Phoebe Campbell) As a token of the[...]

The world of Game of Thrones differs from other high fantasy franchises where the presence of magic is more scant, more reliant on medieval tactics, and in the case of the HBO prequel series House of the Dragon, the use of dragons and their riders When we see magic in Westeros, it becomes quite a[...]