HBO Max Moves Up New Episodes of ‘Industry’ and ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Ahead of Super Bowl Weekend
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HBO Max is giving subscribers early access to two of its biggest Sunday-night titles, shifting select episodes of Industry and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms to Friday drops ahead of Super Bowl weekend.
HBO Max is once again sidestepping Super Bowl Sunday by quietly moving up new episodes of two of its flagship series, giving streaming subscribers a head start before the shows return to their usual linear slots.
Upcoming episodes of Industry and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms will now premiere early on HBO Max this Friday, February 6, at 12:01 a.m. PT / 3:01 a.m. ET. Both episodes will still air on HBO at their regularly scheduled Sunday night times following the Super Bowl.
The move applies specifically to Industry Season 4, Episode 5, and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Season 1, Episode 4. HBO has used similar scheduling tactics in the past, allowing buzz-driven series to avoid being drowned out by the NFL’s biggest night while still preserving appointment viewing on cable.
Now in its fourth season, Industry has evolved far beyond its original Pierpoint trading floor origins. Created by former bankers Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, the series has shifted its focus toward larger questions of power, reputation, and narrative control within global finance. This season centers on the rise of the fintech firm Tender, splintering alliances and pitting former insiders against one another as ambition accelerates and moral lines blur.
Season 4 stars Myha’la, Marisa Abela, Kit Harington, Ken Leung, Max Minghella, Miriam Petche, Sagar Radia, Toheeb Jimoh, Charlie Heaton, Amy James-Kelly, Roger Barclay, Andrew Havill, Kiernan Shipka, Kal Penn, Jack Farthing, Stephen Campbell Moore, Claire Forlani, and Edward Holcroft.
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Meanwhile, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms continues HBO’s expansion of George R.R. Martin’s Westeros timeline, set roughly a century before Game of Thrones. Adapted from Martin’s Dunk and Egg novellas, the series follows Ser Duncan the Tall and his young squire Egg as they navigate a kingdom still under Targaryen rule, with dragons lingering only as memory.
Starring Peter Claffey as Ser Duncan and Dexter Sol Ansell as Egg, the six-episode first season debuted in January and represents a tonal shift for the franchise — smaller in scale, more character-driven, and rooted in wandering myth rather than dynastic warfare.
By releasing both episodes early on Max, HBO is betting that dedicated viewers will engage on their own schedule, while still funneling broader audiences back to Sunday night television once the Super Bowl dust settles.
