Once Upon a Time will add and extra hour to season 4, and air a two-hour episode, “Smash the Mirror,” on November 16 for November sweeps.
ABC’s Once Upon a Time is one of the few shows remaining on network television that airs on a standard schedule. Opting to stick with a 22-episode season, 11 episodes air prior to a two month hiatus with 11 remaining episodes debuting in the spring. Today we learn that Once Upon a Time will add another hour to their fall docket with a special two hour episode on November 16.
Update: The episode will air from 8:00- 10:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 16, not at 7:00 as previously reported.
Here are Adam Horowitz clarifications on the scheduling:
To clarify, the special 2 hour #OnceUponATime episode is set to air from 8/7c to 10/9c on 11/16 — same start time as usual! Hope to see ya!
— Adam Horowitz (@AdamHorowitzLA) October 24, 2014
To clarify this extra hour of #OnceUponATime is in ADDITION to the 22 eps we already had planned. So winter finale remains set for 12/14
— Adam Horowitz (@AdamHorowitzLA) October 23, 2014
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Are you excited? With an extra hour of footage added to the first arc of season 4, viewers will get to spend a little more time with the folks from Frozen before moving into the spring. There are quiet a few episodes coming up that seem to have a common theme, “Breaking Glass,” “Shattered Sight,” and “Smash the Mirror.” Are they all referring to Sydney Glass or perhaps the lore of the original Snow Queen’s origin story?
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Whatever the relation may be, we are sure that Oncers are looking forward to figuring out the connection with an additional hour this November!
Watch Once Upon a Time season 4, episode 5, “Breaking Glass,” Sunday, October 26 at 8:00 p.m. ET.