HOUSE OF THE DRAGON
9 p.m., 10:10 p.m., 11:55 p.m., 1:40 a.m. on HBO
One of the summer’s most highly anticipated titles, this new “Game of Thrones” prequel is set 200 years before the events chronicled in that Emmy-winning blockbuster. Adapted from George R.R. Martin’s 2018 novel “Fire & Blood,” this new series chronicles the beginning of House Targaryen’s fall, culminating in a civil war that became known as the “Dance of the Dragons.” Paddy Considine (HBO’s “The Outsider”) stars as King Viserys Targaryen, with Matt Smith