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"No spoilers here: HBO has renewed Game of Thrones for a fifth and sixth season. \nWhat's Dothraki for \"obviously\"? \nSee also: 15 Things You Didn't Know About 'Game of Thrones'\nThe show's fourth season premiered Sunday to outstanding ratings. The 9 p.m. ET airing garnered 6.6 million viewers (up to 8.2 million after replays), making it the most-viewed TV episode on the network since 12 million people tuned in to The Sopranos finale in 2007. \nEven HBO Go buckled under the weight of viewers. \nShowrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss previously told Entertainment Weekly that they intended to wrap the show after seven seasons. \n\"Once we got to the point where we felt like we\u2019re going to be able to tell this tale to its conclusion, that became [an even clearer] goal,\" Benioff said last month. \"Seven gods, seven kingdoms, seven seasons. It feels right to us.\u201D \nHBO programming president Michael Lombardo also commented to EW that the \"longest HBO shows have gone seven or eight seasons, so seven is a nice long run for us.\" \nSo while Westeros-ites don't have to fear the show getting killed (instead, worry about all the characters getting killed), they do have to fret about Benioff and Weiss catching up to George R.R. Martin's writing. \nThe author of the A Song of Ice and Fire series, upon which the show is based, has only completed five of the seven novels. But Benioff and Weiss tell Vanity Fair that Martin has filled them in on the major plot points of future books, just in case. \nIn sum: You'll all be watching the fight for the Iron Throne for many years to come, barring a dragon takeover. \nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.\nBONUS: Death in 'Game of Thrones' Never Looked So Beautiful \n\n\nBeautiful Death\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage: Robert M Ball, 360i\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage: Robert M Ball, 360i\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage: Robert M Ball, 360i\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage: Robert M Ball, 360i\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage: Robert M Ball, 360i\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage: Robert M Ball, 360i\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage: Robert M Ball, 360i\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage: Robert M Ball, 360i\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage: Robert M Ball, 360i\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage: Robert M Ball, 360i\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage: Robert M Ball, 360i\n\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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