Where to Watch House of the Dragon Season 3: Episode release schedule and more
House of the Dragon Season 3 launches this Monday 22 June on Sky TV and NOW in the UK. Fans can watch the first episode at 2am BST, which will be repeated the same night at 9pm.
- House of the Dragon Season 3 launches Monday 22 June at 2am on SKY TV and NOW
- Episodes will drop weekly until 8 August
- Fans can stream House of the Dragon on demand via Sky TV or NOW
- In the US, House of the Dragon can be streamed on HBO Max
Fans of Westeros will be able to return to the age of dragons next summer, as House of the Dragon prepares for its third season rollout across major streaming platforms in the UK and US.
The series will be available in the United Kingdom on Sky TV via Sky TV and streaming service NOW, while viewers in the United States will be able to watch on HBO Max.
Weekly release schedule confirmed
Season 3 will run for eight episodes, with new instalments debuting weekly. The season will build toward a finale set to air on August 9, marking the conclusion of a tightly scheduled summer run designed to keep audiences engaged over two months of escalating political and dragon-fuelled conflict.
A return to the Targaryen past
Based on George R.R. Martin’s Fire & Blood, the series is set approximately 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones. It follows the turbulent history of House Targaryen at the height of its power, when dragons still ruled the skies—and dynastic ambition threatened to tear the realm apart.
The official logline describes the show as charting the rise and fracture of the Targaryen dynasty, whose internal struggles ultimately ignite civil war across Westeros.
What’s happened so far
Across the previous seasons, the story has centred on the collapse of unity within House Targaryen following the succession crisis after King Viserys I. The realm fractured into rival factions: supporters of Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen and those backing King Aegon II.
What followed was the beginning of the devastating conflict known as the Dance of the Dragons—a civil war that split families, burned cities, and forced the great houses of Westeros to choose sides.
By the end of the last instalment, neither faction had secured a decisive advantage. Instead, the war had deepened, leaving both sides bloodied and the realm increasingly unstable.
Season 3: what’s coming next
While specific plot details remain closely guarded, Season 3 is expected to escalate the consequences of the civil war, pushing both the Greens and the Blacks further into moral and political collapse.
With alliances strained and dragonpower still central to the conflict, the series is poised to explore how far each claimant will go to secure the Iron Throne—and what remains of a dynasty when it turns its fury inward.
The stakes continue to rise in a world where victory often comes at the cost of everything it was meant to protect.
Creative team and cast
Season 3 continues under the leadership of co-creator and showrunner Ryan Condal, alongside co-creator George R.R. Martin. Executive producers include Sara Hess, Melissa Bernstein, Kevin de la Noy, Vince Gerardis, David Hancock, and Philippa Goslett.
The ensemble cast features Matt Smith, Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Steve Toussaint, Rhys Ifans, Fabien Frankel, Ewan Mitchell, Tom Glynn-Carney, Sonoya Mizuno, Harry Collett, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Phia Saban, Jefferson Hall, Matthew Needham, James Norton, Tom Bennett, Kieran Bew, Kurt Egyiawan, Freddie Fox, Clinton Liberty, Gayle Rankin, Abubakar Salim, Tom Cullen, Tommy Flanagan, Dan Fogler, Joplin Sibtain, and Barry Sloane.
Get ready for House of the Dragon Season 3
As summer approaches, audiences on both sides of the Atlantic will once again return to a world where power is inherited, contested, and often destroyed by those who seek it most. With weekly episodes leading to the August 9 finale, House of the Dragon Season 3 is set to continue one of television’s most brutal dynastic sagas.
