Sky Atlantic has decided that U.K. fans will not have to wait until Monday night to catch new episodes of Game of Thrones season 4… but there is a catch.
In an unusual move for a television network, it has announced that Sky Atlantic will air the highly-anticipated new episodes of Game of Thrones season 4 simultaneous to the initial American broadcast.
What this means is that fans of the show in the U.K. will not have to wait until 9:00 p.m. the following evening – when HBO’s epic fantasy series has previously aired in the U.K. – to catch new episodes of Game of Thrones season 4. But as is fitting for a show where no victory is won without a price, fans who depend on Sky Atlantic for their fantasy fix will have a tough decision to make.
Thanks to the magic of timezones, fans in the U.K. will have to stay up until 2:00 a.m. on Monday to catch the episode in real time. We imagine that this will be a very tempting prospect for many Game of Thrones fans, but will the prospect of watching the episodes as early as possible outweigh the bodily desire for sufficient shut-eye? Especially on a Monday morning?
If the lure of bed proves greater than the call of the Iron Throne, fans can catch the new episodes of Game of Thrones season 4 at its accustomed (and more decent) time at 9:00 p.m. on Monday evenings.
Game of Thrones season 4, episode 1, titled “Two Swords,” will air in the U.S. on Sunday, April 6 at 9:00 p.m. on HBO. The official synopsis for “Two Swords” promises to set up an exciting season.
Tyrion welcomes a guest to King’s Landing. At Castle Black, Jon Snow finds himself unwelcome. Dany is pointed to Meereen, the mother of all slave cities. Arya runs into an old friend.
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