# Hunger Game of Thrones style of TV series

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**Created:** [May 13, 2013, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunger-game-of-thrones-style-of-tv-series/658216 "2013-05-13T05:55:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunger-game-of-thrones-style-of-tv-series/658216/1 "2013-05-13T05:55:24Z")

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given the success of Game of Thrones, will we see more TV series anchored by the world building rather than a regular cast? i must say it is rather refreshing to watch a series that does not shy away from devoting time to characters they intend to kill off; with no regular cast or at least not ones the viewers could be sure of.

has there been a series like this on TV, incorporating the “reality tv” style of elimination in the fiction? would you like the format?

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**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunger-game-of-thrones-style-of-tv-series/658216/2 "2013-05-13T17:24:28Z")

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A good example is the BBC series Spooks (also called MI-5). It ran for 10 seasons and was not at all shy about keeping the cast as fluid as one would expect in a deadly job.