Ew's Game Of Thrones Weekly

Hosts James Hibberd and Darren Franich are back with the second of 4 new episodes of Game of Thrones Weekly, celebrating James' new book Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon, available now! This week James and Darren discuss the show’s rise in the early seasons including George R. R. Martin’s least favorite scene, the Battle of Blackwater and the traumatic filming of the Red Wedding. Featuring exclusive interviews with co-executive producer Bryan Cogman, director Neil Marshall and George R. R. Martin himself. Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon is available here from Penguin Random House, and you can check out all of EW's Game of Thrones coverage here. Be sure you're subscribed so you don't miss next week's episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts James Hibberd and Darren Franich are back with the first of 4 new episodes of Game of Thrones Weekly, celebrating James' new book Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon, available now! This week James and Darren discuss the development of the show, including the failed first TV pilot and the recasting of Daenerys. Featuring exclusive interviews with co-creator Dan Weiss, actors Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Mark Addy, and George R. R. Martin himself. Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon is available here from Penguin Random House, and you can check out all of EW's Game of Thrones coverage here. Be sure you're subscribed so you don't miss next week's episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EW's Game of Thrones Weekly, like Jon Snow, has risen from the dead! Hosts James Hibberd and Darren Franich are back with 4 new episodes of Game of Thrones Weekly, celebrating James' upcoming book Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon with behind-the-scenes interviews and stories about the making of the show. Both the book and our new episodes will launch on October 6th, so be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode! In the meantime, you can pre-order Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon here and check out all of EW's Game of Thrones coverage here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James and Darren are joined by EW’s Chancellor Agard to talk the Disney+ version of Tatooine and the curious charms of Episode 3. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James and Darren discuss the fourth episode of “The Mandalorian,” which has them reaching for some unexpected comparisons in TV history. Then they dive into the best “Star Wars” movie ever made, and the twist that changed the franchise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James and Darren dive into episodes 2 and 3 of The Mandalorian, discuss EW’s Rise of Skywalker cover story, reveal some new details about A New Hope’s climactic Death Star battle and James geeks out about the old school charms of Jedi Fallen Order.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James Hibberd and Darren Franich might not agree on the first episode of the Disney+ “Star Wars” spin-off, but they can’t get enough of the newest addition to “A New Hope.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James Hibberd and Darren Franich reunite for a new Entertainment Weekly podcast, this time on the world of Star Wars. Subscribe to Star Wars Untold Stories coming soon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James and Darren read Twitter questions, discuss the past and future of Westeros, and ride north with the wildlings. 

The series finale! James and Darren discuss the fate of Daenerys’ Iron Throne quest, the new king (and queen!) in Westeros, fan backlash to the final season, some tales from the GoT set and Ghost finally getting schnuggies. 

A destructive and controversial episode of Game of Thrones inspires some profound debate, as James and Darren take a closer look at the dark turn of Daenerys Targaryen. The fatalities piled high in “The Bells,” and so James also offers insight from his interviews with the performers whose characters perished in the chaos. 

James and Darren deliver a super-sized podcast covering an extra-long episode of Game of Thrones as the show’s heroes make a series of tragic missteps. We revisit last week’s darkness debate, talk Jon’s honesty problem, Brienne’s seemingly doomed hookup, Daenerys being pushed to her limit and that big death.

Arya leads the charge in a showdown with the Night King and the Army of the Dead. James tells Darren stories from the set of the biggest battle episode in “Game of Thrones” history. It was a brutal, fatality-heavy episode…but did it have to be so hard to see?

A long night in Winterfell leads to relationship-upending revelations and unexpected attachments. James and Darren disagree about the most surprising episode of the show in years.

Everyone’s heading to “Winterfell” in the final season premiere of HBO’s fantasy phenomenon. James and Darren discuss the many reunions (and first-ever meetings) taking place in the snowy north, and take a closer look at the already-fractious relations between Sansa and Daenerys. The Night King is marching his army southwards, and down in King’s Landing, Cersei is already assembling an army for the battle AFTER the battle to save Westeros from destruction.

James discusses watching season 8’s first episode (spoiler free) after the New York City premiere. Plus: Final season run times, the showrunners address season 7’s pacing criticisms, the Night King’s origin story and spoiler avoidance tips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James and Darren break down the long-awaited Game of Thrones season 8 trailer on EW’s Game of Thrones Podcast, brought to you by Toyota. (What, exactly, is going on with Cersei? is Jon going to ride that dragon or what?). Plus we discuss EW's new Battle of Winterfell set visit cover story reveal some new spoiler-free tidbits about what it was really like behind the scenes of the climatic battle episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Once again, join your co-hosts Darren Franich and Kristen Baldwin as they take a look at season 2 of Star Trek: Discover; Run the Jewels rapper Killer Mike tackles social issues with humor on Trigger Warning; and a chat with Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider about their hilarious new series The Other Two. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this preview of EW's new weekly podcast about television Best of Shows, Darren Franich and Kristen Baldwin take a look at season 3 of True Detective; Gillian Anderson returning to TV in Netflix’s sweet teen dramedy Sex Education; and Kristen and Darren try to decipher the appeal of The Masked Singer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James and Darren are back from their long hiatus to discuss everything season 8. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices