Game of Thrones (Season 6)

Season 6 of Game of Thrones was commissioned by HBO on 8 April 2014, following a substantial increase in audience figures between the third and fourth seasons. The fifth and sixth seasons were commissioned simultaneously, the first time HBO has commissioned two seasons at once for a drama series.

The season consists of ten episodes. David Benioff and D.B. Weiss return as executive producers and showrunners for both seasons five and six, having signed a new two-year contract with HBO in early 2014. The season will premiere in April 2016.

Season 6 will be loosely based mostly on plot lines from the sixth novel of the A Song of Ice and Fire book series, which is titled The Winds of Winter, respectively.