Remember all those "HBO is dead" stories this time last year? Let's just say the network's death was premature.
"Big Love" just finished its best season ever. "True Blood" is running on all cylinders and getting the network's best ratings since "Sopranos" went off the air. Sure, "Entourage" is worse than ever, especially with the involvement of Alexis Dziena, who resembles a 15-year-old anorexic alien, but you can't win 'em all. Even "Hung" isn't that bad.
And here's word from Sepinwall on what's coming: New "Curb" with the "Seinfeld" reunion! David Simon's "Treme!" Martin Scorsese's "Boardwalk Empire"! The Schwartzman/Galifinakis "Bored to Death"! A new animated version of the Ricky Gervais podcast! New seasons of the hilarious "Life and Times of Tim" and "Eastbound and Down"!
Almost enough to make me not regret getting rid of all my other movie channels...
Posted by Stephen Silver at August 2, 2009 11:04 PM