HBO has finally confirmed every Game of Thrones fan’s worst nightmare – season 8 won’t air until 2019. It’s disappointing, sure, but not entirely unexpected. The rumor for some time has been that the final season of HBO’s juggernaut program would take longer to film, even with season 8 having less episodes than previous seasons, and there still remains no firm date for exactly when in 2019 the series will return.
