Game of Thrones season 8

If you’re a subscriber of DirecTV Now, the season eight premiere of Game of Thrones has arrived early.

Whether intentional or not, the episode is streaming on DirecTV Now as of 5:30 p.m. EST — three and a half hours ahead of its HBO premiere at 9:00 p.m.



Former Obama speechwriter Cody Keenan was among the first to point out the episode’s early release, as he received a notification from DirecTV about the episode’s availability. Several other DirecTV users have shared screen grabs of the episode.

Needless to say, if you’re hoping to avoid spoilers, now would be a good time to sign off the Internet.

Update: A representative for AT&T, which owns DirecTV, said in a statement, “Apparently our system was as excited as we are for Game of Thrones tonight and gave a few DirecTV Now customers early access to the episode by mistake. When we became aware of the error, we immediately fixed it and we look forward to tuning in this evening.” It’s worth noting that AT&T owns HBO.

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Four hours early? I’ll take it pic.twitter.com/upp3cWrc11 — Cody Keenan (@codykeenan) April 14, 2019

It absolutely is streaming early on DirecTV Now. pic.twitter.com/ETxPqXvHXp — AlternateUniverseMe (@declassifiedair) April 14, 2019

So this is season 8. I think @directvnow screwed up. But I get to watch @GameOfThrones 3 hours early. pic.twitter.com/j13hJL1its — Coach Carle (@Coach_Carle) April 14, 2019

Sooo DirecTV Now leaked Game of Thrones…like the whole first episode is up on that right now…?!?!?! — Eóin Tinney (@eoin_tinney) April 14, 2019