Each week, if you can't stomach the thought of staying up so late, there's always the repeat viewing later in the day at the more manageable time of 9pm to look forward to. You can also watch it on demand any time after 2am.
If you don't want to stump up for the full Sky package, you can try a NowTV Entertainment Pass, which gives you access to the show (and loads of others) on all your devices. It's currently available for a two-week free trial (it's £6.99 a month afterwards and £7.99 from 15 August), so you can watch the first two episodes for nothing at all if you time it right.
"We're starting a bit later because at the end of this season, 'Winter is here' – and that means that sunny weather doesn't really serve our purposes any more," showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss previously confirmed.
"So we kind of pushed everything down the line, so we could get some grim grey weather even in the sunnier places that we shoot."
Makes sense... not that it helps to soothe our broken hearts. We'll be getting a bumper-length premiere running to 59 minutes and season finale lasting at least a whopping 81 minutes, maybe closer to 90, to make up for the long wait.
It's looking like we could be in for another long wait after that, too, with the eighth and final season possibly delayed until 2019.
"[Benioff and Weiss] have to write the episodes and figure out the production schedule," HBO President Casey Bloys said. "We'll have a better sense of that once they get further into the writing."
"We honestly don't know yet [when the final episodes will air]," Benioff admitted. "There's been a lot of back and forth about air dates. That's a long way off from being settled."
Filming wrapped on season 7 in February – with Emilia Clarke having already completed work on the "mindblower" new season. To give us a taste, here's a first-look teaser: featuring the first dialogue from season 7 courtesy of Jon Snow, it hints at a huge battle ahead between the living and the undead White Walkers.
Game of Thrones season 7, episode 1: What happened in 'Dragonstone'?
In a reprise from last season, Arya kicked off the season in suitably gruesome style, disguising herself as Walder to poison all the men of House Frey.
Bran and Meera reached the Wall, while at Winterfell, Jon Snow works to rally his forces against the White Walkers. Sansa, though, begins to openly question his authority - is trouble brewing between the siblings?
Cersei is looking to quash the Starks once and for all, but refuses an alliance with - and a proposal from - Euron Greyjoy. The cocky pirate promises to return to King's Landing with a gift for Cersei to prove his loyalty.
Samwell begins his training as a maester in Oldtown and after stealing books from a restricted area of the Citadel's library, he finds a map of Dragonstone - which shows where a large quantity of dragonglass, deadly to White Walkers, is located.
Daenerys and her fleet of allies have just arrived at Dragonstone, while her old ally Jorah Mormont rots in a cell at the Citadel...
Here's a sneak peek at episode 2, 'Stormborn', in which all of Westeros reacts to Daenerys's long-awaited arrival.
In March, the dramatic first poster landed... with ice and fire colliding, strongly hinting that Daenerys and Jon Snow (or is that Jaehaerys Targaryen?) will finally meet.
With April came a HBO promo which revealed striking new looks for Daenerys, Tyrion... and a few more friendly (and not so friendly) faces.
