--- description: Winter is coming this spring as HBO's 'Game of Thrones' returns April 12 title: 'Game of Thrones' Returns April 12 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81a11bc52ac275e7/698697d3169ab000ef279ec6/gameofthrones14_153.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Game of Thrones_ Returns April 12  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jan 8, 2015 11:43 PM CUT  HBO  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jan 8, 2015 11:43 PM CUT HBO [announced](https://twitter.com/HBOPR/status/553326189793013760 "undefined") Thursday that the fifth season of _Game of Thrones_ will premiere on Sunday, April 12 at 9 p.m. A lot happened at the close of season four: The Battle of Castle Black had just ended, Stannis Baratheon arrived at the Wall, Daenerys Targaryen was no closer to reclaiming her rightful place on the Iron Throne, Tyrion Lannister had put two arrows into his father and Arya Stark had boarded a ship to Braavos. Comedies _Veep_ and _Silicon Valley_ will both return on April 12 as well, providing some much-needed comic relief after the bloody show. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3660895/hbo-game-of-thrones-returns-april/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3660895/hbo-game-of-thrones-returns-april/"},"headline":"Game of Thrones Returns April 12","datePublished":"2015-01-08T23:43:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:25:33.869Z","description":"Winter is coming this spring","url":"https://time.com/3660895/hbo-game-of-thrones-returns-april/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81a11bc52ac275e7/698697d3169ab000ef279ec6/gameofthrones14_153.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81a11bc52ac275e7/698697d3169ab000ef279ec6/gameofthrones14_153.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"gameofthrones14_153","caption":"","creditText":"HBO","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3660895/hbo-game-of-thrones-returns-april/","name":"Game of Thrones Returns April 12"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Game of Thrones Season 5 – New Cast Members","description":"Game of Thrones Season 5 – New Cast Members","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/eMkyMYkw/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-07-25T21:28:52.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/eMkyMYkw.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3660895/hbo-game-of-thrones-returns-april/","duration":"PT2M12S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3660895/hbo-game-of-thrones-returns-april/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```