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[04/05/13 - 11:18 PM]
Development Update: Friday, April 5
Updates include: Steve Carell, James Gandolfini team for "Bone Wars" at HBO; Sara Bareilles won't return to NBC's "The Sing-Off"; and Laura Benanti to recur on USA's "Royal Pains."

[04/02/13 - 06:07 PM]
Q1 in Review: How 280 Original Primetime Cable Series Fared in the Ratings
A recap of the ratings to date for the first quarter of 2013.

[03/22/13 - 11:02 PM]
Development Update: Friday, March 22
Updates include: Carla Gugino to have "Doubt" at ABC; Zoe Lister-Jones joins CBS's "Friends with Better Lives"; and VH1 extends "The Jenny McCarthy Show."

[02/12/13 - 11:28 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, February 12
Updates include: NBC rolls back "Up All Night" revival; the BBC nixes "The Hour"; and Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Beals and Billy Campbell land pilots.

[01/29/13 - 10:01 AM]
Cinemax Renews Action Series "Banshee" for Second Season
The show is currently in its first season, with episodes debuting Friday at 10:00/9:00c.

[01/04/13 - 01:46 PM]
HBO/Cinemax Programming Overview
The pay channels issue their biannual recap of their upcoming offerings.

[12/20/12 - 11:13 AM]
New Cinemax Action Series "Banshee," from a Team Including Alan Ball and Greg Yaitanes, Debuts Jan. 11
Antony Starr stars as Lucas Hood, "an ex-con and master thief who assumes the identity of the sheriff of Banshee, Pa., where he continues his criminal activities."

[10/18/12 - 11:00 AM]
New Cinemax Action Series "Banshee," from a Team Including Alan Ball and Greg Yaitanes, to Debut Jan. 11
Antony Starr stars as Lucas Hood, an ex-con and master thief who assumes the identity of the sheriff of Banshee, Pa.

[09/24/12 - 11:07 PM]
Development Update: Monday, September 24
Updates include: "Does Someone Have to Go?" a go at FOX; Noah Hawley to pen FX's "Fargo" series; and Mandy Moore lands a new pilot at ABC.

[09/19/12 - 12:55 PM]
Spy Thriller "Hunted," from Creator and Writer Frank Spotnitz, Starring Melissa George, Debuts Oct. 19 on Cinemax
Adam Rayner, Stephen Dillane, Stephen Campbell Moore, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Morven Christie, Lex Shrapnel, Indira Varma, Dhaffer L'Abidine and Patrick Malahide also star.

[09/18/12 - 11:04 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, September 18
Updates include: Amanda Lund joins CBS's "Friend Me"; David Shore lands pilot order from ABC; and Guillermo del Toro to direct potential drama at HBO.

[08/06/12 - 11:15 PM]
Development Update: Monday, August 6
Updates include: FOX plots small screen take on "The Beach"; Nick Jonas eyed for "American Judge" slot; and Sharon Osbourne affirms exit from NBC's "America's Got Talent."

[08/01/12 - 02:04 PM]
HBO/Cinemax 2012-2013 Programming Overview
The networks release their biannual programming recaps for the rest of the year and beyond.

[08/01/12 - 02:03 PM]
Cinemax Confirms Lineup of New and Returning Original Series, Including "Strike Back," "Hunted" and "Banshee"
"Strike Back" returns August 17 followed by "Hunted" in October and "Banshee" in January.

[07/17/12 - 11:09 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, July 17
Updates include: Ty Olsson to recur on The CW's "Supernatural"; Ronald D. Moore to develop series based on the "Outlander" novels; and Ryan Rottman to drop by ABC Family's "The Lying Game."

[06/06/12 - 11:08 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, June 6
Updates include: John Carroll Lynch in at "Do No Harm," out at "Body of Proof"; Anthony Bourdain, Nigella Lawson team for cooking competition at ABC; and Jon Wellner named series regular on "CSI."

[05/01/12 - 09:59 AM]
New Cinemax Action Series "Banshee," From a Team Including Alan Ball and Greg Yaitanes, Starts Production
Scheduled for ten hour-long episodes, the show will debut on in 2013.

[04/10/12 - 11:10 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, April 10
Updates include: Danny Glover, Barry Levinson among latest to "Ali's Greatest Fight" at HBO; Freya Tingley joins Netflix's "Hemlock Grove"; and Lauren Cohan upped to series regular on AMC's "The Walking Dead."

[03/30/12 - 11:34 PM]
Development Update: Friday, March 30
Updates include: Charity Wakefield reports to NBC's "Mockingbird Lane"; Zachary Abel, Malese Jow bound for The CW's "Shelter"; and Ashley Hinshaw to star in Lifetime's "Talhotblond."

[03/26/12 - 11:19 PM]
Development Update: Monday, March 26
Updates include: David Lyons, Maria Howell round out NBC's "Revolution"; Camille Guaty to "Let It Go" for FOX; and Netflix passes on a "Terra Nova" revival.

[03/14/12 - 11:49 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, March 14
Updates include: Jenna Elfman to play First Lady in NBC's "1600 Penn"; Scott Wolf reports to The CW's "Dakota"; and Hamish Linkalter bound for FOX's "The Asset."

[03/12/12 - 11:52 PM]
Development Update: Monday, March 12
Updates include: Amir Talai is bound for ABC's "Devious Maids"; Michael Imperioli reports to NBC's "County"; and Jay Mohr joins "Applebaum" at CBS.

[03/08/12 - 11:29 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, March 8
Updates include: Neal McDonough to lead "L.A. Noir" at TNT; Julie Benz joins Syfy's "Defiance"; and Britney Spears in talks to join FOX's "The X Factor."

[03/02/12 - 11:23 PM]
Development Update: Friday, March 2
Updates include: ABC finds its "Beauty," The CW its "Beast"; Jesse Spencer reports to NBC's "Chicago Fire"; and Dan Byrd to star in CBS sitcom pilot.

[01/25/12 - 11:02 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, January 25
Updates include: Rainn Wilson's Dwight Schrute eyed for "The Office" spin-off; Cinemax orders Alan Ball's "Banshee" to series; and CBS greenlights "Widow Detective" pilot.

[08/11/11 - 10:55 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, August 11
Updates include: Erica Durance to visit ABC's "Charlie's Angeles"; Comedy Central, FOX pass on pilots; and Jane Kaczmarek joins NBC's "Whitney."







BANSHEE (CINEMAX)
Returns in TBA 2014 (Exact Date TBA)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
1/11/13 - ???
STATUS:
returning in 2013/14 (date TBA)
TIME SLOT:
not on the schedule
CURRENT SEASON:
2 (??? episodes)
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
renewed through the 2013-14 season (the show's second) on 1/29/13
DESCRIPTION:
(from Cinemax's press release, January 2013) CINEMAX has renewed the action series BANSHEE for a second season, scheduled to debut in 2014, it was announced today by Kary Antholis, president, HBO Miniseries and CINEMAX Programming. The show is currently in its first season, with episodes debuting Friday at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT). Executive produced by Jonathan Tropper, David Schickler, Peter Macdissi, Alan Ball and Greg Yaitanes, BANSHEE stars Antony Starr ("Rush") as Lucas Hood, an ex-con and master thief who assumes the identity of the sheriff of Banshee, Pa., where he continues his criminal activities, even as he's hunted by the shadowy gangsters he betrayed years earlier. Scripts for the first season are conceived and written by Tropper and Schickler. Writers John Romano ("Monk"), Evan Dunsky ("Two and a Half Men"), and Doug Jung (HBO's "Big Love") join Schickler and Tropper for season two.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Antony Starr as Lucas Hood
· Ben Cross as Mr. Rabbit
· Frankie Faison as Sugar Bates
· Ivana Milicevic as Carrie Hopewell
· Rus Blackwell as Gordon Hopewell
· Ryann Shane as Deva Hopewell
· Ulrich Thomsen as Proctor
RECURRING/PREVIOUS CAST INFORMATION:
· Daniel Ross Owens as Dan Kendall
· Demetrius Grosse as Emmett Yawners
· Hoon Lee as Job
· Lili Simmons as Rebecca Bowman
· Matt Servitto as Brock Lotus
· Trieste Kelly Dunn as Siobhan Kelly
CREW INFORMATION:
· Alan Ball as EP
· David Schickler as CRTR/EP
· Greg Yaitanes as EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Jonathan Tropper as CRTR/EP
· Peter Macdissi as EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· no information is available