steveo21 Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 HBO stays in 'Love' Cable network renews show for third season By MICHAEL FLEMING, STEVEN ZEITCHIK In HBO's first major programming move since it changed regimes, the pay net has renewed "Big Love" for a third season. Net has picked up 12 episodes of the show, in which Bill Paxton and Chloe Sevigny star as members of a polygamous family in Utah. Writing is set to begin next month; lensing is skedded for November. The renewal, which comes earlier than expected, will ensure the season is completed and ready to air by the time a possible labor stoppage shuts down production in June. "Love" has seen a dropoff in viewers since it launched in the Sunday night timeslot following "The Sopranos," when it averaged 4 million viewers in its initial airing. The Monday move has brought initial broadcast numbers of around two million. But HBO says the network values its original series based on total viewers from six weekly airings, as well as estimates from DVRs and video on demand that indicate the show has a strong following, and a potential weekly viewership around 6 million. "Big Love" also has become the network's second-highest-rated recent original series among women, behind "The Sopranos." The net had originally scheduled "Big Love" for an 8 p.m. Sunday slot leading in to "John From Cincinnati," but switched the series to Monday night before the season started. However, HBO will bring the show back to Sunday nights, at least temporarily, when "John From Cincinnati" completes its first season. HBO has been seeking a drama hit since "The Sopranos" went off the air last month. Surfer-drama "John From Cincinnati" launched to a large-scale marketing campaign last month. Net will unveil "Tell Me You Love Me," an hourlong relationship drama, in the fall, and unspool the half-hour drama "In Treatment" in early 2008. Timing -- and Tony Soprano's long shadow -- have kept "Big Love" from being shown a lot of love by the media, said exec producer Will Scheffer. "We were hyper-concerned about moving to Monday night," said Scheffer, who exec produces with Mark V. Olsen, David Knoller and Playtone partners Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman. "We got lost in the expectations of 'The Sopranos.' The renewal was a pleasant surprise, though, because we didn't figure to learn our fate until the end of the summer." New CEO Bill Nelson, along with programming topper Richard Plepler and West Coast chief Michael Lombardo, have kept a somewhat low profile at the net until two weeks ago, when Plepler and Lombardo made their press debut at TCA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stophovr6 Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Sweet. I'm hooked. They should just can john from Cincy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo21 Posted July 24, 2007 Author Share Posted July 24, 2007 How hot is Ginn Goodwin/ Margene Heffman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOOG Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 How hot is Ginn Goodwin/ Margene Heffman? very...not enough nudity in the show for all them wives that shoud be running around nekked!:laugh: :logo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJWatson3 Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 my girl and I are halfway through season one and dig it.... she jokes that i get really horny after each episode because that guy gets three different wives, one each night! and margene is smokin'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buford T. Justice Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I enjoy this show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stophovr6 Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Random bump. Is it back on the air? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HogNose Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Random bump. Is it back on the air? Yeah the new season started last week. Great show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renaissance Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Ack!! It's already back???? I guess I better get to searching online!!!! LOVE Big Love!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Washington Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Anyone watching this show? It's becoming like a Mormon Sopranos. It's funny how this show was all about sex in the first few episodes then evolve into something more interesting. I watch this show with my SO and I guess they throw in all the sex in early so that men will be interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renaissance Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 I haven't watched any episodes this season I really need to catch up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HogNose Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 I haven't watched any episodes this season I really need to catch up My wife and I were really into this the first two seasons and yeah same here....haven't watched it this season and have them backed up on DVR. We have DVR sickness, we record stuff and then never find the time to watch it, but at the same time I can somehow find the time to watch a marathon of "How it's Made". lol :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special K Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 My roommates watch the show and love it; I was downstairs one night, saw parts of a couple episodes and thought it was stupid. I don't know, the whole polygamy thing is repulsive to me. I feel the same way about that show about that "good" serial killer guy. Watched a couple episodes and thought it was awful. Regardless of the fact that he was killing "bad guys," that he got pleasure out of torturing people was just again, repulsive to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renaissance Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 My wife and I were really into this the first two seasons and yeah same here....haven't watched it this season and have them backed up on DVR. We have DVR sickness, we record stuff and then never find the time to watch it, but at the same time I can somehow find the time to watch a marathon of "How it's Made". lol :doh: I don't get HBO so I either have to download or wait til I go to my parents' house to catch up using on demand. I'm going home in a couple weeks, I guess I will wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd421 Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 I just saw a promo at the end of last weeks episode that said "only two episodes left" is that for the season or for the show period? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royallypwned Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 bump! anyone else see the season finale last night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HogNose Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 bump!anyone else see the season finale last night? I watched the first two seasons, but we DVRed this season because we haven't found the time to keep up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonic24k Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 This show sucks ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Washington Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 bump!anyone else see the season finale last night? Yea. Bill is an idiot. I hope he loses his businesses and Margene ends up carrying the family. I hope we see more of Greens. They are hilarious. I love the bomb scene with Alby...ayudame ayudame!:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: Yours truly, Leonard Washington Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar78 Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I abandoned the show towards the end of season 1, because there wasn't much to it. But they got me back in with season 2. I think it's great again. But True Blood I think is my favorite show on their roster these days. The Wire was the best ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royallypwned Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 This show sucks ass. Carry on then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renaissance Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I was going to catch up on Big Love this weekend via on demand at my parents' house but I ended up watching Eastbound & Down instead, haha hopefully I can find this season online easily enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royallypwned Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I was going to catch up on Big Love this weekend via on demand at my parents' house but I ended up watching Eastbound & Down instead, hahahopefully I can find this season online easily enough try http://www.sidereel.com/Big_Love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HogNose Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 This show sucks ass. :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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