TV News Roundup

While the primary purpose of this blog is to discuss and/or link to music, I've made no attempt to hide the fact that I am, in every sense of the word, enthralled with all aspects of pop culture and media. (Then why, you might ask, am I a corporate litigator? Good question.)

Anyway, in reading today's Hollywood Reporter, I came across a bunch of interesting news, and figured I'd pass it along.

The final set of Sopranos episodes has been pushed back. They were originally slated to start airing in January, but due to James Gandolfini's recent knee surgery, and a desire not to go head-to-head with the NFL playoffs, the show will now return in March 2007.

The Wire (IMO, the best show on TV) is back for its fourth season in September. Interestingly, while the show will still air on Sundays at 10pm, it will debut 6 days earlier, i.e., on Mondays, on HBO In-Demand, to avoid forcing its heavily-male audience to choose between football and Jimmy McNulty.

Larry David is close to signing on for a seventh and final season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, which would air sometime in 2007.

The second season of Ricky Gervais' Extras, which I believe will air soon in the UK, will return to HBO in January.

In non-HBO news, Rescue Me (IMO, the best summer show on TV) has been renewed for a fourth season.

And, finally, The Office is premiering the first 2 of 10 original "webisodes" today on NBC.com. The episodes supposedly revolve around a whodunit in amongst the accounting staff. Er-kay.