Although sometimes the series just begins too with no pilot per se.
They do things differently, since they are a cable operation and don't need to take the vagaries of network programming into consideration.
So they make a pilot for internal consumption only, the suits see it and if they approve they commission the show and broadcast the whole thing at once.
The networks tend to air the pilot publicly, get feedback, and then say yay or nay.
HBO has officially greenlit GAME OF THRONES
- 02/03/2010 07:48:28 PM
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Any ideas on when it'll be on TV in Europe? *NM*
- 02/03/2010 08:43:36 PM
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I hope we don't have to wait a year for the pilot. any news on when they'll air it? *NM*
- 02/03/2010 08:59:26 PM
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What would the point be of airing the pilot on its own, with no other episodes following? *NM*
- 02/03/2010 09:00:57 PM
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Re: What would the point be of airing the pilot on its own, with no other episodes following?
- 03/03/2010 12:27:55 AM
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Pilots are aired all the time in the US weeks to even months before the series begins.
- 03/03/2010 12:47:36 AM
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It's HBO.
- 03/03/2010 01:17:50 AM
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Like Caprica. *NM*
- 03/03/2010 01:45:47 AM
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