‘House Of The Dragon’ Season 3, Episode 1 Release Time: Here’s When The Season Premiere Lands On HBO Max
The eight-episode season follows rival Targaryen factions as the succession fight turns into open warfare, with new episodes airing weekly through Aug. 9.
- On Sunday, June 21, 2026, House of the Dragon returns to HBO and HBO Max for Season 3, launching an eight-episode run that pushes the Targaryen power struggle into full-scale civil war.
- Season 3 picks up after Season 2's cliffhanger, which left rival factions on the verge of open conflict following King Viserys's death and his deathbed words to his wife Alicent, who believed he named their son Aegon as heir.
- The premiere episode runs 72 minutes, opening with the Battle of the Gullet, the largest naval battle in Westeros history. Showrunner Ryan Condal called it 'arguably the craziest episode of television ever made.'
- HBO Max is offering a 40% discount on service ahead of the premiere, and viewers can stream new episodes dropping weekly through August 9, ensuring broad access to the unfolding succession war.
- Based on George R.R. Martin's 'Fire & Blood,' the series is set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones and chronicles the Targaryen dynasty's bloodiest war of succession between Team Black led by Rhaenyra and the Greens.
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The roar of dragons is heard again in Westeros. After almost two years of waiting since the end of the second season, The House of Dragon (House of the Dragon) returns this Sunday, June 21, with a new installment that resumes the war between the Targaryen and accelerates the conflict that threatens to change forever the fate of the most powerful dynasty of the Seven Kingdoms.The production of HBO, based on the novel Fire and Blood of George R. R…
On Sunday night, June 21, the third season of the House of Dragon (House of the Dragon) premieres, the series adapted for the book ‘Fire and Blood’ by George R.R. Martin, being part of the same universe of Game of Thrones and A Knight of Seven Kingdoms. To understand the third season, we must have clear the role of each character, especially of the Targaryen and the reason for the conflict, which is based on the dispute over governing the 7 king…
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