Big Love to fold in 2011
It's splitsville for HBO's polygamy drama Big Love, with the fifth season announced as its last.
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HBO’s fifth season of its polygamy drama Big Love will be its last.
Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming, said in a statement, “It has been an honor and pleasure to work with series creators Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer on this unique and provocative series, and I’m happy that they will be able to bring the story to its close the way they always envisioned.
Creators Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer added, “When we created Big Love in 2002, we had a strong conception of the journey the Henrickson family would make over the course of the series, of the story we had to tell.
“While we were in the writers’ room this year shaping our fifth season, we discovered that we were approaching the culmination of that story. Big Love has been our all-consuming labor of love for the past eight years. We are very grateful for HBO’s continuing support and for the collaborative effort of our partners at Playtone, our producers, our fine cast and our fellow craftsmen and crew for making this show the exceptional and joyful experience that it’s been. This coming January, we look forward to presenting our audience with the most vibrant and satisfying final season of a television series that we can produce.”
Will be sad to see this one go!
SBS is yet to announce an airdate for Season Four of the drama for Australia.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
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Superb television. I’m just buying the various seasons from Amazon, like with other good shows we don’t get to see for ages.
Love this show. Please be sure to let us know when the final series in on Australian TV David. Many thanks in advance.
I’m a little disappointed. I’ve only recently bought the third season and blew through it rather quickly. There’s so much material packed into a single episode that I’m disappointed that we don’t see much of the secondary characters (including the kids).
While I’m hoping that they don’t resolve the series is a neat, unambiguous bun, I’d like to at least see some closure on Nicki and Alby’s tumultuous relationship.
I tried to give it a shot but that opening title sequence gives me the heebee-jeebees.
This was a damn fine show. Like you said David, it’s a shame that it’s coming to an end, but as they say, all good things do.
I’m glad that they’ve decided that the story is drawing to a natural close and are going to write for it rather than dragging it out or having the network cancel it prematurely.
I’ve enjoyed it so far which just goes to show that if the writing and acting are good enough, I’ll watch whatever the premise. This would appear to be the exact opposite position from those people who will watch something like Cops L.A.C whatever the writing and acting.