Why HBO's Game of Thrones is the show even Netflix can't kill

By Michael Idato
Updated July 16 2017 - 9:52pm, first published 9:46pm
Night's King: Game of Thrones is HBO's most valuable programming asset, breaking records for audience numbers – and piracy.
Night's King: Game of Thrones is HBO's most valuable programming asset, breaking records for audience numbers – and piracy.

It is perhaps no coincidence that the premiere of the penultimate season of Game of Thrones, HBO's indestructible drama juggernaut, comes on the 20th anniversary of the channel's first groundbreaking drama, Oz.