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...Ahead of its time" is an overused phrase, but Norman Lear's soap-opera satire, which debuted in 1976, would work on HBO today. Louise Lasser is the eponymous housewife, anesthetized by TV and horrified by the "waxy yellow buildup" on her kitchen floor. The show immerses you in a surreal, quaint-but-sordid small-town setting that makes Desperate Housewives look like Leave It to Beaver...
...series focuses on members of a typical American community, not third-time prison offenders on the fringe. Furthermore, it covers issues beyond periods of addiction, such as new drug treatments and relapse stories. Addiction, in this series, is a disease, not a choice. The series will debut during an HBO free-preview weekend, giving the unsubscribed a chance to watch, and hopefully learn, without charge. In addition, the 90-minute premiere and 13 short in-depth features will be available on HBO’s website. In 30 cities nationwide, HBO-sponsored house parties will be held to encourage further...
...played by John Carroll Lynch, who was the homicidal Varlyn Stroud on HBO's Carnivle. Deep into the movie, Allen is questioned by Toschi and Armstrong, and suddenly Zodiac forgets its vibe of a CSI: SF episode at miniseries length and gives us a high-voltage face-off with unearthly evil...
...from getting celebrities to talk about politics (whether they knew anything or not) and purposely pitting against each other representatives of completely opposite points of view. Fourteen years later, such programming stunts are the purview of Fox News, and Maher is conducting a surprisingly high-minded conversation on his HBO show, Real Time, now in its fifth season. He still mixes celebrity with punditry, but guests come from the Meet the Press side of the ledger: Sen. John Kerry, counter-terrorism expert Richard Clarke, comedian/actor Robin Williams, and talk show host Chris Matthews. TIME's Ana Marie Cox called Maher...
...idea of the TV show as the way to do the documentary, and kind of in classic Hollywood fashion once we realized we could sell it all we decided to go ahead and do it,” says Moore. The show ran for two seasons on HBO then switched to Bravo for a third season.Moore shows no signs of slowing down. He’s currently producing two films in development, and though tight-lipped about both, he did reveal a couple of details about one of them. The film, planned for 2007, is based on the story...