Game of Thrones (season 3)
"Game of Thrones" rapidly became a critical and commercial success after it started airing in April 2011. A few days after ratings for the second season's premiere, "The North Remembers", hit a series high of 8.3 million viewers, HBO announced the show's renewal for a third season. Prior to that announcement, there had been rumors and reports that showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss planned to shoot seasons three and four simultaneously. Benioff said that this would be very efficient, but impossible to write.
A Storm of Swords
"A Storm of Swords" is also the name of the second expansion to the board game "A Game of Thrones", released in July 2006. Approximately the first half of the novel was adapted for television as the third season of the HBO show "Game of Thrones", while the second half became the basis for the series' fourth season, and some elements for the series' fifth season.