Archive for the 'HBO Originals' Category

“Big Love” Season 3 News

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Finally, after a long draught of “Big Love” news, we have a scoop from TVGuide’s Michael Ausiello on the upcoming season. (Warning, potential spoilers)

The show is casting two, er, Big roles. First up is Ray Henry, Nicki’s boss at the law firm and the (contradiction alert!) good-guy lawyer who’s prosecuting the Roman Grant […]

“Lucky Louie” back…kind of

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

HBO’s “Lucky Louie” was a simple yet funny show. Louis C.K. and Pamela Adlon worked great together and made the show very entertaining. They will be reuniting to write and star in a CBS sitcom, with a familiar premise. Hollywood Reporter has:

“Lucky Louie” stars Louis C.K. and Pamela Adlon are reuniting for […]

“Big Love” wife Chloë Sevigny signs on to a new movie

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Bill Hendrickson’s middle wife, Chloë Sevigny has just been cast in a upcoming independent comedy, “Divorce Ranch”, with Zooey Deschanel. Variety has:

“Divorce Ranch” is set in Nevada just after WWII, when a quickie divorce could be granted after residency was established.
Sevigny will portray an actress who comes to the ranch with her 6-year-old son […]

“Band of Brothers” to get Blu-Ray Release?

Monday, March 31st, 2008

“Band of Brothers” is, and will always be considered one of the greatest mini-series ever to grace the small screen. The DVD set has been available for awhile, but watching it in HD on HBO has made the series even grander. TVShowsOnDVD has speculation that Brothers will be getting the HD treatment via […]

HBO Means Good Television

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

HBO must be one of the greatest channels to ever grace the air waves, look at this list… Deadwood, Carnivale, John From Cincinnati, The Sopranos, and some of the best mini-series that have aired since their heyday in the late 70s and 80s (I love my V!), to mention my two faves… Band Of […]

Where will “Big Love” pick up?

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

We know that production on “Big Love” was delayed because of the WGA Strike, but what will it look like when it returns? Over at Margene’s Blog, she discusses the pregnancy as it continues during the hiatus.

And the reason I’m perfect for this job is because I have the time. Bill brought it up […]

Entourage Season 5 News

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

The acclaimed series, “Entourage” will be returning to HBO sometime in late August, early September according to TVGuide.com’s Micheal Ausiello. Ausiello also gives some tidbits on this upcoming season.

Well, the show isn’t backing down from its “Vince isn’t Eric’s only client” direction, which, frankly, sort of worries me. Nevertheless, this season, E will have […]

News on Live-Action Star Wars Series

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

We’ve gotten a lot of news about the upcoming “Star Wars: Clone Wars” animated series, but almost nothing about the live-action series. Collider Entertainment has exclusive (possibly only rumor) detail about the upcoming series.

I’m also told there is a difference between the animated show and the live-action one. What I’m hearing is they are […]

HBO Enlivens “True Blood”

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

I am a huge fan of many of HBOs original series. “Big Love”, “Carnivale”, “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and more have set high standards for original programming on the network. HBO is attempting to bring vampires back from the dead with its new series “True Blood” starring Anna Paquin. Fairfield Weekly has the […]

Delay in ‘Big Love’ Season 3

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

With the WGA strike over, many shows are jumping right back into production. Well, not so for Big Love. According to BuddyTV, co-creator Will Scheffer says they are taking their time.

“It’s great we can have that much time to work on the quality of the show,” Scheffer told the Los Angeles Times. […]

The WGA Strike and Big Love

Friday, December 21st, 2007

In a recent interview, Jean Tripplehorn commented on Big Love, and how production has been postponed because of the strike.

“I knew there was no way were were going to be able to get around the strike,” she said. “A lot of shows were stockpiling scripts but we just couldn’t do that. They are writing literally […]