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Uploaded: Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 10:43 AM
Crews film 'Silicon Valley' TV show in Palo Alto
'Beavis and Butt-head,' 'Office Space' creator Mike Judge will be in town for pilot of HBO series
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by Eric Van Susteren
Palo Alto Weekly Staff
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| A film crew was in downtown Palo Alto on March 12 to film an HBO television show pilot directed by Mike Judge.
Thomas Fehrenbach, economic development manager for the city, said HBO filmed "Untitled Silicon Valley Project," at several sites around the city.
According to numerous television news websites, HBO recently green-lit the pilot episode of "Silicon Valley," which is being directed by Judge, creator of "Office Space," "King of the Hill" and "Beavis and Butt-head."
The show is a comedy set in the high-tech business environment of Silicon Valley.
The filming held up traffic intermittently on University Avenue between Waverley and Webster streets during the evening.
There were also brief "roving" road closures in the morning and early afternoon on El Camino Real, Page Mill Road and East Charleston Road.Are you receiving Express, our free daily e-mail edition? See a sample and sign-up for Express.
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Posted by free entertainment, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood, on Mar 13, 2013 at 11:11 am We don't watch HBO, but just watching them film around town is free entertainment for our kids. Was this a one-time thing, or will future episodes also be filmed here?
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Posted by MV resident, a resident of Mountain View, on Mar 13, 2013 at 3:00 pm A television pilot is a one-off episode filmed to sell the series concept to the network(s).
There's less than a one-in-four chance that any pilot will get to series production.
For the actual series location shooting, it's entirely possible that they would use a different locale, one that's cheaper to work in and do very little shooting in Silicon Valley (apart from aerials, etc.).
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Posted by Walter Sedriks, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood, on Mar 13, 2013 at 4:32 pm Looks like it's going to be a fun show : )
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Posted by Wish luck, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Mar 14, 2013 at 9:12 am A series would almost certainly be shot in a warehouse in Santa Monica, or thereabouts, not here.
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Posted by JA3+, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood, on Mar 14, 2013 at 2:59 pm ... or a warehouse in Santa Clarita.
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Posted by Cedric de La Beaujardiere, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood, on Mar 15, 2013 at 3:41 am
Cedric de La Beaujardiere is a member (registered user) of Palo Alto Online ... the little Santa Clara
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Posted by Toady, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood, on Mar 15, 2013 at 9:14 am Beavis and Butthead reviewing pitches during demo day would be awesome!
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Posted by musical, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood, on Mar 15, 2013 at 10:21 am Say it ain't so, Saint Clare is the patron saint of television.
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