{"id":8326,"date":"2019-04-11T17:38:49","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T15:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=8326"},"modified":"2019-04-11T17:42:18","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T15:42:18","slug":"eighth-and-final-season-of-the-multi-award-winning-game-of-thrones-starts-on-m-net-101-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2019\/04\/11\/eighth-and-final-season-of-the-multi-award-winning-game-of-thrones-starts-on-m-net-101-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Eighth And Final Season Of The Multi-award Winning &#8216;Game Of Thrones&#8217; Starts On M-Net 101 This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Winter is Here<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Game-of-Thrones-GOT-S8.jpg?resize=500%2C281\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Game-of-Thrones-GOT-S8.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Game-of-Thrones-GOT-S8.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Every battle, betrayal, alliance and risk, every fight, sacrifice and death has all been #ForTheThrone. The epic worldwide phenomenon Game of Thrones has culminated in a breath-taking conclusion \u2013 and M-Net channel 101 is bringing you the stunning final season. With just days to go until the exciting six-part finale, M-Net in partnership with Nu Metro will also be hosting screenings for the premiere episode (episode 1 only) at select cinemas in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban live at 03:00 on Monday, 15 April 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die-hard fans who won the competition will be notified this week, and are in for one-of-a-kind Thrones experience: these lucky viewers will be dressing in their Westeros best as outstanding GOT outfits and costumes will be rewarded with cool prizes at the screenings. Dedicated couch potatoes can catch the premiere episode at 03:00 on M-Net channel 101 on DStv, or in prime time on the same day at 22:00 and \u2013 wait, there\u2019s more \u2013 this season will also be available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.showmax.com\/eng\/welcome\/za\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Showmax (opens in a new tab)\">Showmax<\/a> at 22:00 alongside M-Net 101. With all the bases covered there\u2019ll be no missing out on the biggest series finale of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fans who are as vigilant as The Night\u2019s Watch should pay close attention to the channel from tonight, Wednesday 10 April during Prime Time: the channel will be counting down the days by changing up the classic M-Net logo (on the top left corner of the television screen) up until the premiere of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The multi-award winning series\u2019 episode durations have also been confirmed for the final six episodes*:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Season 8, episode 1 : Monday, 15 April 03:00 estimated running time 0:54<\/li><li> Season 8, episode 2 : Monday, 22 April at 03:00  estimated running time: 0:58<\/li><li> Season 8, episode 3: Monday, 29 April at 03:00  estimated running time: 1:22<\/li><li> Season 8, episode 4: Monday, 6 May at 03:00  estimated running time: 1:18<\/li><li> Season 8, episode 5: Monday, 13 May at 03:00  estimated running time: 1:20<\/li><li> Season 8, episode 6: Monday, 20 May at 03:00 estimated running time: 1:20<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>*Durations are subject to change<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Directors for the eighth season include: David Benioff &amp; D.B. Weiss, David Nutter and Miguel  Sapochnik and writers for the final season include: David  Benioff  &amp;  D.B.  Weiss,  Bryan Cogman and Dave Hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow the GOT conversation on M-Net\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Twitter (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MNet\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> or Facebook pages, and on Nu Metro\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/numetro?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Twitter (opens in a new tab)\">Twitter<\/a> or Facebook with the hashtags #MNet101 #GameOfThrones #NuMetro. Go to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"mnet.tv (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/m-net.dstv.com\/show\/game-of-thrones_962\" target=\"_blank\">mnet.tv<\/a> for more information. If you\u2019re still behind on the biggest series of the decade, there\u2019s still time to catch <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"seasons 1-7 on Showmax (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.showmax.com\/eng\/tvseries\/jvquw58k-game-of-thrones\" target=\"_blank\">seasons 1-7 on Showmax<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From King\u2019s Landing to Dorne, from North of the Wall to Winterfell, the Seven Kingdoms are preparing for war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How far will you go #ForTheThrone?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter is Here Every battle, betrayal, alliance and risk, every fight, sacrifice and death has all been #ForTheThrone. The epic worldwide phenomenon Game of Thrones has culminated in a breath-taking conclusion \u2013 and M-Net channel 101 is bringing you the stunning final season. With just days to go until the exciting six-part finale, M-Net in&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2019\/04\/11\/eighth-and-final-season-of-the-multi-award-winning-game-of-thrones-starts-on-m-net-101-this-week\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Eighth And Final Season Of The Multi-award Winning &#8216;Game Of Thrones&#8217; Starts On M-Net 101 This Week<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,10],"tags":[21,111,110],"class_list":["post-8326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-online","category-television","tag-mnet","tag-nu-metro","tag-showmax","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8326\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}