Hi, Bryan Here….

HBO renews Sorkin’s ‘The Newsroom’ for a second season and ‘True Blood’ for a sixth season.  ‘The Newsroom’ update comes just one day after its second season.  Needless to say, it has tons of viewers and very positive reviews.  And the hit vampire/werewolf/werepanther/witch/monster show has been renewed for a sixth season.  This time, I don’t think Alan Ball will be involved.  It will be interesting to see how the show does with out him running the show.

THE NEWSROOM SECOND SEASON RENEWAL

HBO Entertainment

This series centers on a cable news anchor (Jeff Daniels), his new executive producer (Emily Mortimer), his newsroom staff (John Gallagher, Jr., Alison Pill, Thomas Sadoski, Dev Patel, Olivia Munn) and their boss (Sam Waterston). Together they set out on a patriotic and quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles and their own personal relationships.

SEASON ONE CREDITS:

Aaron Sorkin                                    Executive Producer

Scott Rudin                           Executive Producer

Alan Poul                             Executive Producer

Denis Biggs                          Co-Executive Producer

Greg Mottola                         Co-Executive Producer

Paul Redford                                    Co-Executive Producer

Created by Aaron Sorkin.

SEASON ONE SERIES REGULARS:

Jeff Daniels                          as Will McAvoy

Emily Mortimer                      as MacKenzie McHale

John Gallagher, Jr.              as Jim Harper

Alison Pill                              as Margaret Jordan

Thomas Sadoski                  as Don Keefer

Dev Patel                               as Neal Sampat

Olivia Munn                          as Sloan Sabbith

and Sam Waterston             as Charlie Skinner

TRUE BLOOD SIXTH SEASON RENEWAL

HBO Entertainment

Based on the popular Sookie Stackhouse books by Charlaine Harris, this Emmy^®-nominated hit drama series was created by Alan Ball, creator of HBO’s Emmy^®-winning series “Six Feet Under.”  The show follows waitress and part-faerie Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), who can hear people’s thoughts, vampire Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer) and vampire Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgård).

SEASON FIVE CREDITS:

Alan Ball                                Creator/Executive Producer

Gregg Fienberg                    Executive Producer

Brian Buckner                      Co-Executive Producer

Mark Hudis                            Co-Executive Producer

Angela Robinson                Co-Executive Producer

Raelle Tucker                       Co-Executive Producer

Alexander Woo                    Co-Executive Producer

SEASON FIVE SERIES REGULARS:

Anna Paquin

Stephen Moyer

Sam Trammell

Ryan Kwanten

Rutina Wesley

Alexander Skarsgård

Christopher Meloni

Chris Bauer

Kristin Bauer van Straten

Lauren Bowles

Valentina Cervi

Nelsan Ellis

Scott Foley

Janina Gavankar

Lucy Griffiths

Todd Lowe

Joe Manganiello

Michael McMillian

Denis O’Hare

Jim Parrack

Carrie Preston

Deborah Ann Woll