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HBO Brass 'Cautiously Optimistic' About Ninth Season Of 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'
True to his neurotic and highly insecure character on the show, Curb Your Enthusiasm creator/star Larry David has been largely puzzled by the ratings resurgence of his HBO series this season, which has...
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Brands And Binge Viewing Dominate HRTS Cable Chiefs Panel
"The studios are not in brand conversations. It's not a filmmaker's medium anymore. We're in the brand play business," HBO Programming President Michael Lombardo said today during the Hollywood Radio...
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TCA: ‘Eastbound & Down’s Danny McBride & Jody Hill Developing New Series For HBO
Eastbound & Down may be ending its run with its upcoming fourth season, but co-creators Danny McBride and Jody Hill are staying in business with HBO on a potential new comedy series. “They’re going...
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“Jay Leno is Going Out On Top, And We Think That’s The Right Thing To Do” And...
Once upon a time, the entire TV industry took the afternoon off to attend the Hollywood Radio and TV Society season-kickoff lunch and watch their bosses admit which competitor’s show they most wished...
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White House Appoints HBO’s Michael Lombardo To Kennedy Center Post
President Obama has just named HBO programming president Michael Lombardo an appointee for General Trustee, Board of Trustees at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, an administration...
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EMMYS: HBO’s Michael Lombardo On The Decision To Enter ‘True Detective’ As Drama
More than a week after HBO announced that its buzzy True Detective will compete as a drama series at the Emmys, shaking up the drama race as a potential frontrunner, the decision is still a hot topic...
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TCA: HBO Execs Try Unknotting Knickers Of ‘Game Of Thrones’ Fan/Critics And...
"George hasn't finished the next book – any concerns about that?" a TV critic asked HBO execs this afternoon at TCA, referring to Game Of Thrones author George R.R. Martin. Bleary-eyed TV critics, who...
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Hillary Clinton Back In L.A. This Month For Michael Lombardo Hosted Fundraiser
Less than two months after her last stop at the Hollywood ATM and not even a week after she officially kicks off her campaign in NYC, the former and potentially future occupant of the White House is...
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Hillary Clinton Talks First Term To H’wood Donors At Tobey Maguire’s House
The former Secretary of State told a sold-out fundraiser of more than 200 Tinseltown supporters tonight that she isn't running for Bill Clinton or Barack Obama's third terms but her own first term....
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HBO’s Michael Lombardo Defends ‘True Detective’ Season 2, Talks Potential...
There has been backlash from critics and fans to the second season of True Detective, the sequel to Nick Pizzolatto’s runaway pop culture phenom. At TCA today, HBO president of programming Michael...
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HBO’s Michael Lombardo To Co-Host Obama Fundraiser In February
EXCLUSIVE: HBO President of Programming Michael Lombardo has long been a Hollywood fundraising friend to the Democrats and President Barack Obama, and he again is extending a welcoming hand. Lombardo...
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Obamageddon’s Back As POTUS In Town Thursday For ‘Ellen’& Fundraisers
President Barack Obama is back in L.A. tomorrow to grab some Hollywood cash and to play onscreen softball with Ellen DeGeneres. And for the 19 hours that POTUS is in town, you know what that means,...
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Michael Lombardo To Step Down As HBO President Of Programming, Segues To...
UPDATED: Michael Lombardo is exiting his post as president of programming for HBO where he has been an executive for more than 30 years, sources confirm. He is expected to segue to a producing deal at...
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Casey Bloys Likely To Succeed Michael Lombardo In Top Programming Job At HBO
I hear that Casey Bloys, who was promoted to president, HBO Series, Late Night and Specials, in January, is poised to succeed Michael Lombardo, who will be stepping down as the network’s president of...
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HBO President Michael Lombardo On His Decision To Exit & Become A Producer
Last September, HBO made a rare sweep of the top series categories at the Primetime Emmy Awards, with Game of Thrones winning best drama and Veep winning best comedy. Soon after that, Michael Lombardo...
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HBO: Casey Bloys To Succeed Michael Lombardo As President of Programming
HBO just made it official, confirming Deadline’s report that Casey Bloys is been promoted to president of programming. He succeeds Michael Lombardo, who is stepping down after more than 30 years at the...
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Damon Lindelof On ‘The Leftovers’ Final Season, Michael Lombardo’s Legacy,...
"I think that The Leftovers has carved out a space in the zeitgeist that's much more culty, it's a much smaller, impassioned audience," Damon Lindelof says of the HBO series that has come off an...
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‘Who Fears Death’ Post-Apocalyptic Drama Set At HBO With George R.R. Martin &...
HBO has closed deals for Who Fears Death, a drama series in development, which will be executive produced by Game Of Thrones’ George R.R. Martin and former HBO President Michael Lombardo. Who Fears...
View Article‘White Houses’ Book About Eleanor Roosevelt & Lorena Hickok Optioned For TV...
Michael Lombardo has optioned bestselling author Amy Bloom’s just-published White Houses novel through his Buster Productions to develop for television, with Katie Couric on board to produce with him...
View ArticlePeter Berg & Michael Lombardo Teaming Up For Film & TV Production Company
Peter Berg and former HBO president of programming Michael Lombardo are finalizing a deal to partner together. The duo will work on film and TV projects, possibly via the Film 44 production banner....
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