I wouldn't be surprised if Game of Thrones had already been renewed prior to this - albeit unofficially. It's a nice bit of PR to give a show a renewal right out of the gates like that, but I imagine for a production of that scale, their office is a year round operation.
I read yesterday (http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/03/31/hbo-thrones-piracy/) that it's also HBO's most profitable current series. With international series, record breaking DVD/BluRay sales, and a significant amount of spin-off merchandise, I'd imagine that HBO isn't letting this get away any time soon. Adam On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 4:12 AM, PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 8:01 PM, Tom Wolper <twol...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 10:53 PM, Mark Jeffries <spotligh...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> HBO did another one of their quick renews and gave the cult fantasy >>> drama a second season after only their season premiere Sunday night--I >>> thought in television you only cancelled after one episode: >>> >>> http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/game-thrones-renewed-season-4-83586 >>> >> >> I know we went over this before in this group - a series like Game of >> Thrones requires a lot of lead time for special effects and in this case >> they have a huge ensemble of actors and want to get them committed to >> another season ASAP. Because the series is based on a series of novels the >> producers can't do like they do on Downton Abbey and kill off characters >> when the actors become unavailable. >> > > Besides, with the built in sequels and fanbase for GOT, the announcement > of a new season is just a marketing ploy. They could announce the next > seasons right now just as easily. > > BTW - do the recent gmail changes mean that top-posting is now officially > the only way to go? > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
