HBO announces a 'bittersweet' feature-length documentary to cap off Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones.
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Season eight might only be six episodes long, but Game of Thrones fans will get a consolation prize.

HBO revealed on Wednesday that it will air a 2-hour documentary about the blockbuster show after it caps an eight-year run in May.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.