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Emmy Awards as They <i>Should</i> Be  

Emmy Awards as They Should Be

With the nomination deadline fast approaching for the 2013 Primetime Emmy Awards, Spinoff’s Anna Pinkert thinks it’s time for an overhaul and suggests some new categories (and potential winners) that might better reflect the TV-watching experience.

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<i>Game of Thrones</i> Breaks Piracy Records (and That May Be Good)  

Game of Thrones Breaks Piracy Records (and That May Be Good)

HBO’s hit fantasy Game of Thrones is the most-pirated show on television today. White that may not be sustainable for the cable channel in the long run, right now it seems to be contributing to the “cultural buzz” surrounding the highly addictive series.

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Will HBO’s Game of Thrones
Catch Up to the Novels?

Author George R.R. Martin and the Game of Thrones producers open up about what will happen if the HBO show catches up to the source material.

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Game of Thrones Star Joins
Alex Proyas’ Gods of Egypt

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who plays Jaime Lannister on HBO’s Game of Thrones, has signed on for the lead role in Alex Proyas’ Gods of Egypt.

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What Reaction to <i>Game of Thrones</i> Scene Tells Us About Fandom  

What Reaction to Game of Thrones Scene Tells Us About Fandom

It’s been virtually impossible to view blogs or social media this week without encountering histrionic reactions to Sunday’s episode of Game of Thrones, putting into stark contrast one of the differences between fans of the TV series and fans of the books.

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<i>Game of Thrones</i> Round-Up: <br />Life After the Wedding  

Game of Thrones Round-Up:
Life After the Wedding

New roles, new culprits and new reading opportunities emerge in the fallout of this week’s episode of Game of Trhones, “The Rains of Castamere.” Warning: major spoilers ahead!

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Game of Thrones Producers Pen Episode of It’s Always Sunny

Game of Thrones co-showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have escaped the coming winter by writing an episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Spoilers for Game of Thrones lie ahead.

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In the Flesh: Good Naked Vs. <br />Bad Naked on Film and TV  

In the Flesh: Good Naked Vs.
Bad Naked on Film and TV

With even director J.J. Abrams acknowledging Alice Eve’s underwear scene in Star Trek Into Darkness was gratuitous, Spinoff’s Anna Pinkert considers when nudity (or near-nudity) serves the story, and when it only titillates.

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Game of Thrones Looking to
Cast Red Viper For Season 4

Oberyn Martell and two other key characters from A Storm of Swords will be introduced in Season 4 of HBO’s hit Game of Thrones, according to George R.R. Martin.

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When Music Makes the TV Show  

When Music Makes the TV Show

Although more attention is given to motion picture soundtracks, Spinoff’s Anna Pinkert considers four television series that were partly defined by their musical scores.

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To Be Continued: Where Did All <br />the Stand-Alone Episodes Go?  

To Be Continued: Where Did All
the Stand-Alone Episodes Go?

With the increasing popularity of dramas like Game of Thrones, Mad Men and The Walking Dead, self-contained episodes are becoming a thing of the past as networks, and viewers, embrace sprawling multi-season plots.

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HBO Renews <i>Game of Thrones</i>  

HBO Renews Game of Thrones

HBO’s epic fantasy Game of Thrones, which on Sunday kicked off Season 3 to record-breaking ratings, has already been renewed for a fourth season.

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