HBO has announced it's partnering with Bill Simmons to launch After the Thrones, a weekly Game of Thrones aftershow that will debut alongside Season 6 later this month.

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The first episode will air April 25, the day after Game of Thrones: Season 6's premiere, with new episodes to follow every Monday. Each new installment will provide a recap of the latest episode, as well as "absurd and not-so-absurd theories" about what's to come.Andy Greenwald and Chris Ryan from Simmons' new site, The Ringer, will host the aftershow, which will be available via HBO NOW, HBO GO and HBO On Demand. HBO's main channel will also air the episodes, but the dates on which they'll be available have yet to be announced.Game of Thrones: Season 6 makes its grand debut on Sunday, April 24 , and promises to offer the series' biggest action sequence yet . For more on HBO's hit fantasy drama ahead of its highly-anticipated return, find out what Natalie Dormer had to say about the upcoming season, and then check out its epic full-length trailer

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