Your Weekly Guide to TV Entertainment
January 18 - 24, 2026
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Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell in “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms”
Epic fantasy author George R.R. Martin returns to television this new year with “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” premiering Sunday, Jan. 18, on HBO and HBO Max. Set 100 years before Martin’s hit saga “Game of Thrones,” the six-episode series stars Irish actor Peter Claffey (“Bad Sisters”) as Ser Duncan the Tall, a knight who wanders Westeros with his squire, Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell, “Emmerdale Farm”), during the reign of the Targaryen dynasty.