When Bill Simmons made the switch from ESPN and Grantland to HBO, it was assumed that he would start his own website and get his own TV show in the process. After announcing The Ringer, HBO has now revealed that Simmons will have his own show after Game of Thrones.
After The Thrones will be hosted by Bill, Andy Greenwald and Chris Ryan, who are known from Grantland podcast fame and currently host a few pods on the Bill Simmons network. Of course, they will analyze and recap Game of Thrones immediately after, starting when season six premieres on Sunday April 24. Considering we’ve heard these three on pods before, we can say it’ll be entertaining, to say the least.
For now, this is the first show HBO has commissioned from Simmons.