Out of curiosity, checked direwolf appearances:
Nymeria/Lady 2 (eps 1 & 2)
Shaggydog 7 (from 3 seasons)
Grey Wind 8 (from 3 seasons)
Summer 15 (from 5 seasons)
Ghost 20 across 6 seasons
Drogon 19
Viserion 15
Rhaegal 13, all across 6 seasons
Some stuff from Deadline article:
It’s great, because things have finally, in the past season or two, started to contract in a very positive way. - How reverse Martinian of them.
So much of next season is going to be about finding out what Cersei’s mind-set is. Who is she without her children? - Huh, so lots of Cersei S7 I guess. Despite the clearing out of most of KL's notable characters.
Rheon is a great actor, and he was incredible and went down to the very end, in terms of our pick for Jon Snow. - Huh. He's definitely a better actor than Kit, though not as traditionally dreamy. Wonder what the show would be like with him as Jon.
Who’s most interesting to write for? On lots of levels, she is the most interesting to write for, largely because Lena [Headey] is such an absolute genius actress. - Yeah I knew she was their fave.
From pretty close to the beginning, we talked about doing this in 70-75 hours, and that’s what we’ll end up with. Call it 73 for now. - Reconfirmed.
http://deadline.com/2016/06/game-of-...bo-1201780242/