Showtime Renews “The Big C” & “Weeds” ; HBO “Boardwalk Empire” Season 2
9/22/2010 09:04:00 AM
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Showtime has ordered new seasons of its dark comedy hits, The Big C and Weeds.
Viewers will be treated to the premieres of Season 2 of The Big C and the seventh season of Weeds early next year, Showtime announced on Monday. The network cited “record-breaking premiere night ratings for both original series” as the reason behind the early renewals.
“The unprecedented viewership for both The Big C and Weeds proves that audiences love these shows as much as we do,” Showtime President of Entertainment David Nevins said in a statement Monday.
“There are definitely more comedic adventures in store for these fascinating, complex women. For six seasons, we’ve happily traveled along with Nancy Botwin and we’re equally as excited to follow Laura Linney and The Big C team as they chart Cathy’s unique journey through such a provocative and personal subject as cancer. We’re thrilled that these two signature shows will be returning to the network in 2011.”
The season premiere of The Big C, starring Laura Linney as a high school teacher battling cancer and Sidibe as one of her students, drew 1.2 million viewers on Aug. 16, the largest audience in eight years for an original series premiere on the network. Mary Louise Parker’s suburban pot saga Weeds lit up its sixth season the same night with 1.26 million viewers, up 4% from the show’s Season 5 debut.
HBO “Boardwalk Empire” Season 2
That was quick: HBO is serving up a second helping of its latest breakout hit, Boardwalk Empire.
On Tuesday, the network announced that it has renewed its new prohibition-era drama for a second season just one episode out of the can, MediaWeek.com dishes. The show’s $18 million Martin Scorcese-directed pilot garnered 4.8 million viewers on Sunday to become HBO’s most-watched series premiere since Deadwood drew in 5.79 million views on March 24, 2004.
Boardwalk — which stars Steve Buscemi as 1920’s Atlantic City political boss Enoch “Nucky” Thompson — boasted additional plays at 10:15 PM and 11:30 PM, which actually scored 7.1 million total viewers for the night. The series even trumped the series premiere of vampire-themed ratings juggernaut True Blood, which drew just 1.44 million viewers when it debuted in Sept. 2008.
“All the ingredients aligned for this one, from [producers] Mark Wahlberg and Steve Levinson’s initial pitch, to Martin Scorsese’s enormous contributions as director and executive producer, to the genius of [executive producer] Terry Winter and the expertise of [producer] Tim Van Patten, to a stellar cast led by Steve Buscemi,” HBO’s President of Programming, Michael Lombardo, said in a statement. “The response from the media and our viewers has been nothing short of amazing.”
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