Eastbound & Down, the HBO comedy about Kenny Powers, the big-league pitcher whose downward spiral finds him as a High School Phys Ed. teacher (among other less-than-impressive notes), returns on September 26th for its second season. Now in Mexico, Kenny is looking for the road that's finally going to lead him back to the big leagues, but in his own unique style. Not only do I have a new … [Read more...]
HBO has been pushing the limits recently, and much of their effort has been in distancing their orignal programming from network television by way of becoming "that which could not be shown on network television." Now, the idea that cable networks put out content that couldn't make it to the normal airwaves isn't new, but HBO seems dedicated to kicking that up a few notches. Eastbound & … [Read more...]
