Game of Thrones season 8 premiere date: HBO reveals when they will announce the official season 8 premiere date

Game of Thrones fans has been anxiously awaiting the news of when their beloved HBO show was coming back and the network announced today when they would reveal the Game of Thrones season 8 premiere date.

The final season of Game of Thrones will be six episodes long — all feature-length — and all fans knew was that it would hit in April.

Now, we know when the announcement will come.

When will HBO reveal Game of Thrones season 8 premiere date?

The official Game of Thrones Twitter account is where the news broke on when fans can expect the announcement.

It was a faux conversation between the social media manager of the Game of Thrones Twitter account and their boss.

Check it out below:

So, HBO will reveal the Game of Thrones season 8 premiere date tonight (January 13) before the True Detective season 3 premiere takes place.

For anyone who doesn’t know, the third season of True Detective has been called a return to form for the hit HBO series. It stars Oscar-winning (Moonlight) and Golden Globe-winning (Green Book) actor Mahershala Ali as Wayne Hays, a police detective in 1980 investigating a missing children case.

True Detective season 3 premieres at 9 p.m. EST on HBO on Sunday night, January 13.

That means that right before the premiere launches at 9 p.m. EST, HBO will announce the official Game of Thrones season 8 premiere date.

Game of Thrones season 8 premiere

What we do know right now about Game of Thrones season 8 is that HBO CEO Richard Plepler has watched all six of the episodes and called the season a “spectacle.”

Plepler said that he felt like he was watching a movie, and even though the bar was already set extremely high, he still felt in awe at what he saw. He finished by saying that everyone is in for a treat and a “magical production.”