Sour Billy Tipton Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Just saw a trailer for the HBO film Behind the Candelabra, the movie about Liberace. It said the premiere is Sunday May 26th. The same date that the 9th episode of GoT would be on.I'm assuming they will premiere the RW episode June 2nd and spend 2 weeks promoting the biggest episode of the series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ServantOnIce Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Just saw a trailer for the HBO film Behind the Candelabra, the movie about Liberace. It said the premiere is Sunday May 26th. The same date that the 9th episode of GoT would be on.I'm assuming they will premiere the RW episode June 2nd and spend 2 weeks promoting the biggest episode of the series.That is true. "Blackwater" was Memorial Day weekend, and the ratings dipped for it because there is a smaller TV audience on MDW. Through out the week though and with HBO GO, it spiked to be clearly the best episode of the 2nd season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Billy Tipton Posted March 7, 2013 Author Share Posted March 7, 2013 Yea, overall it's a good thing. But I was looking forward to watching the RW in 5/26 since it's the day after my B-Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victarious Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 It will not be pushed back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Billy Tipton Posted March 7, 2013 Author Share Posted March 7, 2013 Why do you say that? Unless HBO made a mistake on the Liberace trailer or the RW will take place during another episode, we will have to wait an additional week.I hope they promote it well outside of HBO. You could assume that all Memorial Day weekend they will have a marathon of all 28 episodes. But they should air some commercials during the NBA Playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Billy Tipton Posted March 7, 2013 Author Share Posted March 7, 2013 Just looked it up, the NBA Eastern and Western Conference Finals will be on right before and possibly during June 2nd. That sets up perfect for an ad campaign. I've noticed that HBO had bought up 30 second spots during the NBA Allstar game and had a GoT ad on the scores table during the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Unless the movie's starting at 10pm, I can't see how they've done it other than postpone Episodes 9 and 10 by a week each. But if it's because of memorial weekend, won't the same argument apply? Does HBO not want to get good ratings for this TV movie as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ServantOnIce Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Unless the movie's starting at 10pm, I can't see how they've done it other than postpone Episodes 9 and 10 by a week each. But if it's because of memorial weekend, won't the same argument apply? Does HBO not want to get good ratings for this TV movie as well?More money invested in GOT than in Liberace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Billy Tipton Posted March 7, 2013 Author Share Posted March 7, 2013 Does HBO not want to get good ratings for this TV movie as well?I would think HBO doesn't take to much into account for the ratings numbers for their movies. I almost never watch a movie on the night of its premiere but catch it later OnDemand or some other time.Also, when have we seen an HBO movie premiere on a Sunday? I've always seen them on Sat. They must be moving it because the 9 o'clock spot is vacant from GoT being moved to June 2nd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 No chance it's just starting at 10pm then?I must admit I'm surprised that HBO are going to be advertising the RW. The Battle of the Blackwater, sure. Everyone knows it's coming and the whole season is building up to it, but a lot of the power from the RW is that you don't know it's coming and it just blindsides you. If they start saying, "OMG, this episode is major!" that seems to defeat the purpose of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Billy Tipton Posted March 7, 2013 Author Share Posted March 7, 2013 I agree. I think if they were to do an ad campaign it would just be a trailer for GoT itself and possibly saying two episodes left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victarious Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Um they won't push it back. I have no idea what you're going on about. And they don't care about ratings, if you haven't realized. So they have no reason to push the episode back. The movie will air most likely before the episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Billy Tipton Posted March 8, 2013 Author Share Posted March 8, 2013 Did you read any of the prior posts I or Servant wrote? And they won't have a movie about Liberace on at 7 P.M.It's fairly obvious the episode is being pushed back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin1989 Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 It will probably not be pushed back, because they will loose more viewers with this than just show it just right away. But I think that HBO is discussing this with David and Dan because every episode has a date ready, except episode 9 and 10. So I would just wait a couple of weeks, and when GOT season 3 starts we will probably know.I must admit I'm surprised that HBO are going to be advertising the RW. The Battle of the Blackwater, sure. Everyone knows it's coming and the whole season is building up to it, but a lot of the power from the RW is that you don't know it's coming and it just blindsides you. If they start saying, "OMG, this episode is major!" that seems to defeat the purpose of it.Well, maybe they need to advertise it in this manner."Next week, episode 9 of season 3, the episode where nothing important is going to happen." Then you hear Walder Frey "heh heh heh". Then one of the dotraki: "It is known." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonAge93 Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Highly doubt it'd be pushed back. Both seasons never had a break inbetween episodes, and I don't think HBO does breaks between episodes for its shows. The movie will probably air at 7pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementia Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Couldn't it just be on HBO2 or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. E Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Couldn't it just be on HBO2 or something?It's not a good idea to put an expensive flagship series on a less-watched channel. Remember, HBO2 costs more money to subscribe to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKitttenGuard Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 I would think HBO doesn't take to much into account for the ratings numbers for their movies. I almost never watch a movie on the night of its premiere but catch it later OnDemand or some other time.Also, when have we seen an HBO movie premiere on a Sunday? I've always seen them on Sat. They must be moving it because the 9 o'clock spot is vacant from GoT being moved to June 2nd. Well the Phil Spector movie is going to be on Sunday week before S3 premiere. I also do not know why 7 pm is just so out of the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKitttenGuard Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Most recent promo did say 9pm on Sunday May 26. So looks like they will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazeejezza Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Which promo was this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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