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We’re never surprised to see Game of Thrones topping the annual list of most-pirated series, but Season 7 might be a dragon of a different color. A new report suggests leaked episodes only helped the show’s piracy tally, ranking in with over a billion downloads.

HBO’s Veep may have outlasted Selina Meyer’s Vice Presidency and Oval Office tenure, but the series itself must eventually resign. So it is, that star Julia Louis-Dreyfus now confirms next year’s seventh season will be the last for the Emmy-winning political satire.

You didn’t have to tell us twice that True Detective Season 3 was go with Mahershala Ali leading the cast, but HBO is making it official. Not only is the third season confirmed, but Green Room director Jeremy Saulnier will go behind the camera, and our first story details have arrived.

Much as we like to needle George R.R. Martin for taking his sweet time, the man is unfathomably busy. So much so, in fact, that he admits to no longer watching the HBO series based on his work, even if the two Game of Thrones have long since gone “their separate ways.”

Sunday’s Game of Thrones brought with it the dragon-sized twist fans have predicted for years, as one of Dany’s children inadvertently switched sides to join The Night King. “Beyond The Wall” didn’t exactly help our understanding of wights and White Walkers, but might that last shot mean Viserion is more ice dragon than undead?

Even as we’re staring down the barrel of our final Game of Thrones episodes, one can’t help wondering about the spinoffs. We know any and all ideas are set in the series’ distant past, but one writer confirms that readers of George R.R. Martin will recognize some Westeros history.

Step aside, Defenders. There’s a new hero in town to save the day, if he’s feeling up to it. Larry David becomes the hero we deserve, and the one we need, as a new Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 9 teaser and poster shines into the night sky.

Where once HBO’s Vice Principals pit Danny McBride and Walton Goggins against one another in a low-stakes battle of wits, Season 2 is going full murder-mystery. See for yourself, as Neal Gamby hunts his would-be killer in an extended trailer for the September premiere.

Boy, that HBO has some rotten luck. Not only did Game of Thrones and HBO overall suffer a malicious hack, but said pirates didn’t even have to release episodes online. Game of Thrones Season 7 has accidentally leaked its own penultimate episode.

Game of Thrones may have kept “Eastwatch” mostly under wraps, but other high-profile HBO releases are still under siege. Not only have hackers released new Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes, but also current comedies and some upcoming debuts.

Has your brain repaired itself since melting on Sunday night at the totally wild Game of Thrones battle? “The Spoils of War” saw – spoiler alert – Daenerys riding atop Drogan and blowing the Lannister army to smithereens, and it was nothing of friggin’ epic. Though the shortest episode in the series’ history, it managed to pack in a ton of minor details and major moments, like another Stark reunion and a very historical discovery (we see that CVS receipt for a box of chalk Jon, you ain’t fooling us). But did you catch the many callbacks and Easter eggs?

If there was giant wall of ice surrounding HBO to protect the network’s most precious properties, well, that sucker has come crashing down. The company has become the target of a recent cyber attack after The Night King a group of hackers reportedly infiltrated the network’s systems. And some secretive Game of Thrones data has allegedly leaked online.