Entertainment · TV & Streaming · 23 hrs ago

Collider ranks HBO’s most memorable pilot episodes

HBO became known for television that pushed beyond the limits of traditional network shows.

A new ranking highlights pilots that the outlet considers especially strong.

The examples in the available text include Six Feet Under, which premiered in 2001, and Watchmen, which premiered in 2019.

Six Feet Under begins after the death of the Fisher family patriarch, whose children inherit the family funeral home.

Its premiere introduces family tensions and themes of death.

Watchmen reworks ideas from the 1980s comic into a new television story, rather than repeating the earlier film adaptation.

The ranking argues that these pilots helped set up distinctive series, but it does not say what happens next.

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Collider · 23 hrs ago