War comes to Westeros as ‘Game of Thrones’ unveils July return

The premiere date of HBO’s medieval fantasy series “Game of Thrones” was announced with fiery fanfare on Thursday, as a block of ice was melted live online to reveal the July 16 start of the new season. More than 100,000 people watched the hour-long Facebook Live stream of a block of ice being melted slowly by blasts of fire.