TRUE BLOOD & HIT THE FLOOR Renewed, But THE LYING GAME Forfeits

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We’re so glad to have a reason to use this cool TRUE BLOOD pic.

Yeah, we meant to find some rotten puns playing on “renewal” and “cancellation,” but we just couldn’t find a metaphor that would fit a vampire series, a teen drama about twin sisters, and a show about basketball dancers. (WTF?) Hard to believe, huh?

Be that as it may, HBO yesterday announced that it/they (we can never get the pronoun straight) have renewed TRUE BLOOD for a seventh season, which means that new showrunner Brian Buckner has made the cut.

While HBO was bragging, VH1 joined the party by announcing an upcoming second season for HIT THE FLOOR. Turns out that showrunner James LaRosa is a big hit at VH1. (We were gonna go off on a huge snark based on the concept that we couldn’t understand why, but sound editorial judgment has told us to leave it to your imagination instead.) read article

HBO Orders more of THE NEWSROOM and TRUE BLOOD

This Just In: HBO Orders New Seasons of The Newsroom and True Blood
by Kimberly Roots

HBO renewed two of its popular hour-long dramas Monday.

The cable net announced that it would bring back The Newsroom for a second season after airing only two episodes of the first season. read article