Game of Thrones (season 1)
The first season of the fantasy drama television series "Game of Thrones" premiered on HBO on April 17, 2011 in the U.S., and concluded on June 19, 2011. It consists of ten episodes, each of approximately 55 minutes. The series is based on "A Game of Thrones", the first novel in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series by George R. R. Martin, adapted for television by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. HBO had ordered a television pilot in November 2008; filming began the following year. However, it was deemed unsatisfactory and later reshot with some roles being recast. In March 2010, HBO ordered the first season, which began filming in July 2010, primarily in Belfast, Northern Ireland, with additional filming in Malta.
Game of Thrones
"Game of Thrones" has won numerous of awards since it debuted as a series, including 47 Primetime Emmy Awards, 5 Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Peabody Award. It holds the Emmy-award record for a scripted television series, ahead of "Frasier" (which received 37). In 2013 the Writers Guild of America listed "Game of Thrones" as the 40th "best written" series in television history. In 2015 "The Hollywood Reporter" placed it at number four on their "best TV shows ever" list, while in 2016 the series was placed seventh on "Empire" "The 50 best TV shows ever". The same year "Rolling Stone" named it the twelfth "greatest TV Show of all time".