HBO Announces Summer Schedule

HBO released its entire summer original programming lineup, including its renewals of freshman comedy Hung, veteran comedy Entourage and hit vampire drama True Blood.

According to THR Feed, network executives addressing the critics at the Television Critics Association's semi-annual press tour said Hung will get a second season, True Blood a third and Entourage a seventh. The new seasons will debut sometime next year, with True Blood firmly planned for summer.

The freshly formed Sunday-night lineup has given HBO two consecutive hours of hit programming for the first time in years. True Blood in particular has managed to increase its audience with nearly every episode, giving the network its most-watched show since The Sopranos.

Next year HBO intends to air Big Love in January and roll out its highly anticipated WWII miniseries The Pacific in March. The war epic will eventually serve as lead-in for Treme, the New Orleans drama from The Wire creator David Simon.

Emmy-nominated Flight of the Conchords will also likely return, with executives making a third season sound very probable.

Though HBO's full development pipeline is expected to give the network some tough choices in the coming months, one project looking almost certain to make the air is Martin Scorsese's Boardwalk Empire.


Sources: www.thrfeed.com, HBO

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Comments (5)

  1. cnote

    Kudos...don't really care for "Hung"...it's a little boring.

    3 years agoby @cnoteFlag

  2. JonSpidey07

    HBO has as many shows as they can to keep going
    and True Blood as their highest rated hit may be the tip of the iceberg

    3 years agoby @jonspidey07Flag

  3. Shelley

    Glad to hear they renewed True Blood, not that there was any doubt they would, but agree with Remy, a year is a long time to wait. They need to make the season longer with 20 or so episodes instead of 10 - 13. I do however appreciate the fact it is on during the summer. I do not watch Hung, but also agree that Thomas Jane is under appreciated.

    3 years agoby @shelleyFlag

  4. Remy72883

    this sucks litertally i dont want to wait another year for true blood yeah its worth it but come on man give up something we can bite into alittle sooner. and when it comes ot hung i like it alot i think Thomas Jane is a unepreciated actor i thought he was nuts in the Punisher hope they do another one with him and forget about WARZONE to this day i havent seen it and refuse to.

    3 years agoby @remy72883Flag

  5. Remy72883

    this sucks litertally i dont want to wait another year for true blood yeah its worth it but come on man give up something we can bite into alittle sooner. and when it comes ot hung i like it alot i think Thomas Jane is a unepreciated actor i thought he was nuts in the Punisher hope they do another one with him and forget about WARZONE to this day i havent seen it and refuse to.

    3 years agoby @remy72883Flag

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