0 2 ▁death s ▁Category : American ▁air line ▁chief ▁execut ives ▁Category : B ran iff ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Gla de water , ▁Texas <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁sixth ▁season ▁of ▁the ▁fant asy ▁drama ▁television ▁series ▁Game ▁of ▁Th ron es ▁premier ed ▁on ▁H BO ▁on ▁April ▁ 2 4 , ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁and ▁concluded ▁on ▁June ▁ 2 6 , ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁It ▁consists ▁of ▁ten ▁episodes , ▁each ▁of ▁approximately ▁ 5 0 – 6 0 ▁minutes ▁long . ▁Much ▁of ▁the ▁season ▁is ▁made ▁up ▁of ▁content ▁not ▁yet ▁found ▁in ▁George ▁R . ▁R . ▁Martin ' s ▁A ▁Song ▁of ▁Ice ▁and ▁Fire ▁series , ▁although ▁a ▁significant ▁amount ▁of ▁material ▁was ▁used ▁from ▁A ▁Fe ast ▁for ▁C rows , ▁A ▁Dance ▁with ▁Drag ons ▁and ▁the ▁up coming ▁sixth ▁novel ▁The ▁W inds ▁of ▁Winter , ▁which ▁Martin ▁out lined ▁to ▁the ▁show - run ners . ▁The ▁series ▁was ▁adapted ▁for ▁television ▁by ▁David ▁Ben io ff ▁and ▁D . ▁B . ▁We iss . ▁ ▁H BO ▁ordered ▁the ▁season ▁on ▁April ▁ 8 , ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁together ▁with ▁the ▁fifth ▁season , ▁which ▁began ▁film ing ▁in ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁primarily ▁in ▁Northern ▁Ireland , ▁Spain , ▁Cro atia , ▁I cel and ▁and ▁Canada . ▁The ▁entire ▁season ▁cost ▁over ▁$ 1 0 0 ▁million ▁to ▁produce . ▁ ▁The ▁season ▁follows ▁the