Game of Thrones experiences a leak for the fourth straight week

Entertainment Weekly

Clips and screengrabs from tonight's episode have made their way online hours in advance. So far, every Season 8 episode has been preceded by a same-day leak. "Overall, Game of Thrones has done a tremendous job protecting season 8 spoilers from leaking from the set and from HBO itself," says James Hibberd. "But before each episode airs, HBO has to send the episode and other supporting content to distributions around the world, many of whom air the episode 'live' with the United States. During past seasons, HBO would send out the episode several episode days in advance. For the final season, the network shortened its distribution window considerably to try and prevent leaks. Clearly, that strategy hasn’t entirely been effective." ALSO: Deadline tweets a spoiler from the Game of Thrones leak 8 hours early.