And so Game of Thrones ended with that truncated seventh and eighth seasons, which were met with very mixed reactions from fans. But Benioff and Weiss were “tired,” according to Haas, and were ready to bring the show to an end so they could do other things. HBO obviously would have wanted more episodes too Game of Thrones was their biggest series, and one of the biggest shows in the history of cable. George would fly to New York to have lunch with Plepler, to beg him to do ten seasons of ten episodes because there was enough material for it and to tell him it would be a more satisfying and more entertaining experience. In this oral history of the cable channel (via Insider), Martin’s agent Paul Haas reveals that Martin himself personally lobbied HBO to continue Game of Thrones well beyond the eight season run. Haas said:
That’s one of the scoops in the new book Tinderbox: HBO’s Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers by James Andrew Miller.
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