The women of “Game of Thrones” may be taking over, but that’s not the case behind the camera. The directors for Season 7 of HBO’s hit series have been announced, and once again the show will employ zero female directors for the entire season.

According to Entertainment Weekly, the directors for Season 7 will be Alan Taylor, Jeremy Podeswa, Mark Mylod, and Matt Shakman. Of those four, only Shakman has never directed for the series before, the rest are returning after directing multiple episodes over various seasons. Shakman has directed for “The Good Wife” and “Mad Men.”

Michelle MacLaren remains the show’s only female director. She directed four episodes over the course of Seasons 3 and 4. But Seasons 1,2,5, and 6 saw no other women helm an episode.

The series has had two female writers out of seven. But they, Vanessa Taylor and Jane Espenson, have only written three episodes between them.

As the DGA recently reported, women directed only 17.1 percent of television episodes during the 2015–16 season. A previous study from the DGA revealed that “women and minority directors face significant hiring disadvantage at entry level.”

There’s no denying that “Game of Thrones’” sixth season treated its women much better than in previous seasons. But it’s incredibly disappointing that such a popular series, the most popular in the world, one might argue, has neglected once again to feature women directing any episodes. With only two seasons remaining, and probably shorter seasons at that, with a suspected total of 13 episodes left all together, the only opportunity for a woman to direct “Game of Thrones” again would come in Season 8, which may only end up being six episodes. “Game of Thrones” is such a force in the industry that it could probably lure any female TV director it wanted. That it chose, for a third straight season, not to seek out any women is not only frustrating, but maddening. “Game of Thrones” must do better. The problem is, there’s not much time left for it to dig itself out of this mess.