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Boardwalk Empire - Season 4 (UK Pace)
Matt D
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OK, so I know it's not started yet on Sky Atlantic, but there's something I wanted to discuss...
*Why* has it not started yet on Sky Atlantic?
According to Sky Atlantic's Twitter feed, it's not coming to the UK until October... and no date has been confirmed yet.
It started on HBO in the US last Sunday, and past seasons have been shown on Sky Atlantic within a week IIRC, so why the delay this year?
*Why* has it not started yet on Sky Atlantic?
According to Sky Atlantic's Twitter feed, it's not coming to the UK until October... and no date has been confirmed yet.
It started on HBO in the US last Sunday, and past seasons have been shown on Sky Atlantic within a week IIRC, so why the delay this year?
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It worries me. Because i used to like Bored to Death, and they quietly got rid of that, even though the SA page on facebook told me it would be back earlier this year. It wasn't.
I'm sure BE will ok, though.
The only show they really seem to care about is GoT.
Richard Harrow!!!!
It will also be interesting to see what Nelson Van Alden gets up to in series 4, he's a serious nutter.
The Sky Atlantic Twitter account is still telling people "coming next month... no date yet". They are getting a lot of queries about it every day, and providing no information other than that.
It really is pathetic. I thought that the whole point of Sky Atlantic was to be the "home of US drama", to give us all the HBO dramas and other stuff soon after they're shown in the US.
They have the whole HBO catalogue (minus True Blood), plus Mad Men and other things, and HBO allows its international partners to broadcast their shows within *one week*... so why are we having to wait for over a month for Boardwalk Empire?
I look at it as the beginning of the gangster era with some real life mob characters weaved in. Without that there wouldn't be a Sopranos series portraying the mob life.
so you can't wait a couple of extra weeks
At least the Sky Atlantic air dates are much much better than when Channel 4 had the HBO shows. They would often show them a year or so after USA transmission (see 'Sopranos' )
Game of Thrones (HBO) is shown by Sky Atlantic within 1 day of the US.
Mad Men (AMC) is shown by Sky Atlantic within 3 days of the US.
Homeland (Showtime) is shown by C4 within 1 week of the US.
The Walking Dead (AMC) is shown by Fox (FX) within 1 week of the US.
Dexter (Showtime) is shown by Fox (FX) within 1 week of the US. (final season only, they used to be late)
Breaking Bad (AMC) is shown by Netflix UK within 1 day of the US.
Boardwalk Empire (HBO)? Not on Sky Atlantic until over 1 month after the US... Even though Sky has the exclusive rights to almost the whole HBO catalogue and is allowed by HBO to broadcast its shows within 1 week.
There's no excuse for that kind of wait anymore.
why dont you email Sky then with that comment Im sure theres a darn good reason Sky are witholding showing BE for a few weeks. It might be marketing, it might have something to do with ratings, advertising demands etc. I guess the only ones who know are Sky themselves.
I had a reply this afternoon, claiming it was because seasons 1-3 are going On Demand from 1st October and they want to "give viewers a chance to catch up" before season 4.
I still think that's a load of arse.
You're probably right. But sky will take their time for a number of reasons. Maybe advertisers aren't in high demand for the show this month, and they've had to drum up advertising revenue which has taken time. Maybe their marketing needs more time and they don't want to be lost in the sea of Strictly's first show or the Xfactor right now.
As I said, could be anything. me personally in happy to wait. This sort of show is best seen on a box set anyway because its such a slow burner.
Try watching the Wire on one show a week and tell me if it makes any sense or if you remember what happened four weeks ago
Very disappointing.
I have and I did.
Why hasn't this been shown on Sky Atlantic yet? I need to watch the episodes of S4 that have aired right now!
Fantastic television.
Strange decision in this day and age, They must have lost 10-20% of potential viewers who can't be bothered waiting and made alternative arrangements.
Mind you the adverts on Sky Atlantic mean many people do anyway
i felt last season was the best, it had sopranos like excitement at times, much mroe "gangster" so to speak.
hope for more of same this time.