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Originally Posted by Namath12
Not sure if it will help, and I really don't see how the show's lackluster ratings are his fault, but Terence Winter has been let go as show runner and exec producer. I can't remember off the top of my head who is replacing him but you can google it if you care.
I would imagine a guy like that has enough sway to not get fired off a show like this by HBO. Maybe he's going to be doing something bigger/better.
To me, it seems like most of the newer HBO shows have fallen into the ok, but not great category. Luck had potential, but they let themselves be browbeaten into canceling it.
It's kind of depressing to think there was a time when HBO had The Sopranos, Deadwood, The Wire, and Rome all going at the same time. Now it seems like they want to have one flagship show and an assortment of half-assed ones. They need better writing, and they need to be a little more selective in terms of the general premises of the shows they put on.
I remember reading a few years back that HBO was looking into to doing a dramatized version of the Cocaine Cowboys stuff. If they had the right guys writing it, that show would have been tremendous. How they pass up on that and go with this is beyond me. I don't think this show is terrible or anything, but it could be much better than it is, and even then it has sort of a low ceiling on the awesome scale.