--- description: HBO Go continues to suffer under weighty demand as viewers desperate to catch up with Calisi, John Snow and the Stark clan see error message title: HBO Go Streaming Crashes During Game of Thrones Season 4 Premiere image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd57474b1fce6aae0/698683fee53aba08bc4d14ed/gameofthrones13_10.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 # HBO Go Crashes During _Game of Thrones_ Season 4 Premiere  by [Charlie Campbell](/author/charlie-campbell/)  ## Charlie Campbell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Editor at Large Apr 7, 2014 6:25 AM CUT  HBO  by [Charlie Campbell](/author/charlie-campbell/)  ## Charlie Campbell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Editor at Large Apr 7, 2014 6:25 AM CUT Such was the clamor of _Game of Thrones_ fans tuning in to watch the premiere of season four on Sunday evening that HBO Go once again crashed. Less than a month after the channel’s streaming service [broke down](http://time.com/17624/true-detective-hbo-go/ "undefined") during the finale of _True Detective_, subscribers were once more left frustrated by the message “Fatal error” when the hit fantasy show resumed. The premiere debuted at 9 p.m. EST, and many problems were reportedly fixed just an hour later, but social media was still filled with complaints, as fans yearned to hear the fallout from the infamous “Red Wedding” climax of series three. **MORE**: [Read our recap of the episode (spoiler alert)](http://time.com/50225/game-of-thrones-season-4-episode-1-recap/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/51346/hbo-go-crashes-game-of-thrones-season-4-premiere/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/51346/hbo-go-crashes-game-of-thrones-season-4-premiere/"},"headline":"HBO Go Crashes During Game of Thrones Season 4 Premiere","datePublished":"2014-04-07T06:25:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:09:46.829Z","description":"The premium channel's streaming service keeps suffering under high demand as viewers eager to catch up with Khaleesi, Jon Snow and the ravaged Stark clan are greeted with an error message less than a month after a similar meltdown during True Detective","url":"https://time.com/51346/hbo-go-crashes-game-of-thrones-season-4-premiere/","keywords":["Television","game of thrones","hbo go","streaming"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd57474b1fce6aae0/698683fee53aba08bc4d14ed/gameofthrones13_10.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlie Campbell","jobTitle":"Editor at Large","url":"https://time.com/author/charlie-campbell/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd57474b1fce6aae0/698683fee53aba08bc4d14ed/gameofthrones13_10.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Game-of-Thrones-S3-E4","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/51346/hbo-go-crashes-game-of-thrones-season-4-premiere/","name":"HBO Go Crashes During Game of Thrones Season 4 Premiere"}}]}] ```