“Westworld,” the dark sci-fi drama series about the dawning of artificial consciousness on Earth, returns for its third season to HBO and HBO GO on SKY on March 16.

The Emmy® winning drama’s third season features eight-episodes and airs at the same time as the U.S. Created for television by executive producers Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy, the show brings back cast members Evan Rachel Wood as Dolores, Emmy® winner Thandie Newton as Maeve, Ed Harris as Man in Black, Jeffrey Wright as Bernard, Tessa Thompson as Charlotte, Luke Hemsworth as Stubbs, Simon Quarterman as Lee Sizemore and Rodrigo Santoro as Hector Escaton.

Joining the cast this season are Aaron Paul (“Breaking Bad,” “Bojack Horseman”), Vincent Cassel (“Black Swan”), Lena Waithe (HBO’s “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” “Master of None”), Scott Mescudi (HBO’s upcoming “We Are Who We Are”), Marshawn Lynch (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”), John Gallagher Jr. (HBO’s “The Newsroom” and “Olive Kitteridge”), Michael Ealy (“Stumptown”) and Tommy Flanagan (“Sons of Anarchy”).

Westworld has received a total of 42 Emmy® nominations for its first two seasons with season 2 winning Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Thandie Newton), Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) and Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series.

“Westworld” will start airing on HBO (SKYcable HD 168, SD 54 in Metro Manila; SKYcable HD 710, SD 402 in regional areas and SKYdirect HD 22) on March 16. Catch up on seasons 1 and 2 anywhere and anytime on any device via HBO GO, HBO’s online video streaming service. If you’re a SKY Fiber, SKYcable, or SKYdirect postpaid subscriber but does not yet have access to HBO GO, you can subscribe now for as low as P99/month. For more information, SKY subscribers may visit mysky.com.ph/hbogo.