Many have guessed that the next Game of Thrones season will be delayed, and it seems those guesses were spot on.

HBO has just validated claims that the popular show's broadcast date has been pushed back to the summer of 2017.

HBO has also confirmed that there will only be seven episodes in the season. While they have made no comment on the eighth season yet, many have already begun to speculate that the episode count will drop again to six.

Updates will follow as more details emerge about GOT's series 7.

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