Reduce TV series info in lede Now that the TV series is in progress I think this is too detailed In November 2009 HBO completed filming of a pilot episode for the television adaptation 3 This was followed by a ten episode full season which premiered in April 2011 4 5 I d suggest just adding a mention to the previous sentence as follows The novel lends its name to several spin off items based on the novels including a trading card game board game roleplaying game and television adaptation Any objections