‘Thrones’ to rule longer
JUST AS the second season has gotten underway, HBO officials have renewed “Game of Thrones” for a third.
The series, based on the bestselling fantasy book series by George R. R.
Martin, drew 8.3 million viewers with its first telecast this season. “Series creators
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss raised our expectations for the second season — and then surpassed them,” HBO programming president Michael Lombardo said in a statement. “We are thrilled by all the viewer and medical support we’ve received for the series, and can’t wait to see what Dan and David have in store for the next season.”
“Game of Thrones” is a drama set in a world of ambitious men and women who live in a land where the summers and winters can last years.
The show airs Sundays at 9 p.m.
‘ICARLY’ TOPS KIDS’ CHART
Nickelodeon’s ‘icarly” Saturday night averaged 3.9 million viewers and finished the week as the No. 1 kids show among viewers on basic cable. It probably didn’t hurt the show was built around the British pop group One Direction, which later that night appeared on NBC’S “Saturday Night Live.”
Dots all …
ABC News’ Chris Cuomo will emcee the April 18 Turnaround Impact Awards Dinner at the Plaza in New York. The event is a benefit for the nonprofit organization that help transform lowperforming, high-poverty schools into better institutions. Goldie Hawn is among the honorees. …
Pint-size pageant star Eden Wood (“Toddlers & Tiaras”) will be at Planet Hollywood Times Square Friday at 1:15 p.m. She’s on hand to promote her new Logo series, “Eden’s World.” ...
Morley Safer will join long-time colleague Leslie Stahl to talk about the life of their “60 Minutes” compadre Mike Wallace on Wednesday, 11 a.m.-noon on Sirius XM satellite radio’s wowowow (Ch. 107). ...
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee kicked off his syndicated radio show this week by promising to conduct a less partisan, more reasoned discussion. He still leans right, however, and his first guests included Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, George Will and campaign
consultants Dick Morris and Ed Rollins. Huckabee will do the show live weekdays, noon-3 p.m., but it’s heard in New York on delay, 8-10 p.m., over WOR (710 AM).