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June 2008
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HBO crazy about 'Manic'
From Variety | June 29, 2008TV News: Bipolar lawyer tale on cable network's docket -- HBO is hyper for "Manic," a one-hour drama project based on the bestselling Terri... more
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'Killer Women' gets killer ratings
From Variety | June 27, 2008Weekly TV: HBO, Fox, Sony express interest in miniseries -- A star-studded Mexican version of Argentine crime miniseries "Asesinas Mujeres... more
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"In Treatment" Coming Back
From Huffington Post | June 23, 2008HBO has renewed its half-hour psychotherapy drama "In Treatment" for a second season and is moving production on the show from Los Angeles... more
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HBO bites into 'Cake'
From Variety | June 23, 2008TV News: Network nabs rights to Crosley's essays -- HBO has purchased the rights to develop a series based on "I Was Told There'd Be Cake... more
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Jim Carrey joins HBO's comedy club
From Variety | June 19, 2008TV News: Actor to exec produce Lisa Lampanelli project -- Jim Carrey is revisiting his salad days in L.A. comedy clubs with a half-hour project... more
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Hot import
| June 15, 2008
From Los Angeles Times"OH, COME on, that's pretty sexy," said IMG Global Media President and former HBO honcho Chris Albrecht at a swank screening room. Everyone... more
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Monte Carlo fetes HBO's 'Adams'
From Variety | June 12, 2008TV News: TV festival also honors 'Missing,' 'Tudors' -- HBO's "John Adams," Madrid-based producer Miguel Angel Bernardeau, Spanish drama... more
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HOT NIGHTS ON TV
| June 11, 2008 From Los Angeles TimesFOR A moment or two, I thought we had lost the summer and would have to spend the pre-Emmy months in wistful nostagia and reruns. Undone by... more
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Court sought revision of Polanski doc
June 10, 2008 From Los Angeles TimesHBO finally agreed Monday to amend its documentary "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired," after Los Angeles Superior Court officials complained... more
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HBO takes chance on 'Bored'
From Variety | June 9, 2008TV News: Cable network greenlights 'Death' -- HBO is hardly "Bored to Death," greenlighting the half-hour comedy to pilot. more
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Television critics' awards continue to snub (slap?) women with...
Fox TV may be No. 1 among viewers, but according to the Television Critics Assn., there is nothing on the network worth nominating for awards... more
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Winter on Scorsese's 'Boardwalk'
From Variety | June 3, 2008TV News: 'Sopranos' alum to pen HBO project -- "The Sopranos" alum Terence Winter has been tapped to write Martin Scorsese's HBO project... more
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HBO on top at TCA Awards
From Variety | June 3, 2008TV News: Network nabs 10 nominations -- HBO led all networks with 10 nominations as the Television Critics Assn. announced its nominees for... more
