SMAC - SHOWS, MOVIES & CHICKS

THE TELEVISION CRITICS ASSOCIATION (TCA) event has started at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. The TCA is like a presstour for TV channels where they announce new pilots, upcomming shows and new episodes from their lineup. So expect many news about your favourite TV show in the next couple of days.
Today we start with the TCA REPORT on HBO that presented their material yesterday. Here are some facts:

- TERENCE WINTER (Executive Producer "THE SOPRANOS") and none other than MARTIN SCORSESE are working on a pilot called BOARDWALK EMPIRE which is about the rise of organized crime in the 1920's in Atlantic City. It's based on the book by NELSON JOHNSON (picture to the right).

- DAVID SIMON, Creator of HBO's THE WIRE and GENERATION KILL (premiering Sunday), is now working on a pilot called TREME a possible new HBO series set in post-Katrina New Orleans.

- LARRY DAVID announced a new season of CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM. Season 7 will start on September 7th an will have 12(!) episodes.

- The new show of SIX FEET UNDER creator ALAN BALL is all aobut Vampires. It's called TRUE BLOOD and starts on September 7th.

- It's very likely that there will be a SEX AND THE CITY - THE MOVIE SEQUEL, due to it's huge success at the Box Office and world wide grosses.

- CHRIS ROCK will have his 5th HBO special and will perform his newest Standup-Comedy show NO APOLOGIES on September 27th.

- ENTOURAGE is coming back with SEASON 5 and 12 new episodes on September 7th.

- SARAH JESSICA PARKER will executive produce and starr in the half-hour comedy WASHINGTONIENNE. Which is basically a version of SEX AND THE CITY in Washington.
It's based on the novel (picture to the right) by JESSICA CUTLER.

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