In Treatment
HBO Officially Orders More Treatment
It's official. HBO has ordered a second season of In Treatment. This time they'll be shooting in New York, making it an easy commute for Gabriel Byrne, the star of the show, who lives in the city.
HBO had been widely expected to greenlight a second season of the show, but it took some time for the paybox to cut a fresh pact with Byrne, biz insiders said.
“In Treatment” is also due for a fresh influx of supporting cast members, as most of Weston’s patients from season one will not be returning other than possibly for brief appearances in a handful of episodes. An HBO rep said deals with new and potential returning cast members were still being worked out. read more »
More Treatment at HBO?
Hot and bothered Gabriel Byrne (he's a really good listener!) might be back in his therapist's chair for the next season of In Treatment on HBO. Although the network hasn't officially renewed the show, producers told the Los Angeles Times' Show Tracker blog that they'll start shooting “sometime in the fall,” according to current show runner show runner Rodrigo Garcia. “We have to write a lot of scripts before then.” Mr. Garcia plans to step down and make room for Warren Leight, who has run Law & Order: Criminal Intent for the last two years. read more »
Therapists Go Crazy for In Treatment
HBO's In Treatment has become a guilty pleasure (or torture) for therapists addicted to the serial drama. "It's like liver and onions," psychoanalyst Phillip A. Ringstrom told the Los Angeles Times. "People either love it or hate it." Some love it and hate it. Some started out hating it and now love it -- and vice versa. Showrunner Rodrigo Garcia and others will speak at a panel on March 9: "Responding to Erotic Transference" at New York's Mt. Sinai Hospital. Another New York group held a "psychoanalytic salon" last week to discuss issues raised by the television show. Gabriel Byrne, the hot and bothered therapist who stars in the show, talked to a few therapists for research. In his interview with the Observer, he promised that sexual transference is real. After the jump, Dr. Glen Gabbard, a professor of psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine and author of "Psychiatry and the Cinema," put In Treatment on the couch for the LA Times. read more »
Week in DVR: Lost and That Loving Feeling
MONDAY
It’s George Bush’s final State of the Union (All Networks, 9 p.m.). Incidentally, the one year when the networks are scrambling for programming and therefore probably welcome the intrusion is the one year where no one could care less. The failing economy, Iraq, and his legacy will more than likely be on the agenda. Watch and wait for the presidential candidates to trip over themselves trying to respond first.
Speaking of wastes of time, it can’t replace an actual new episode, but Gossip Girl Revealed (CW, 8 p.m.) should satisfy your weekly fix for the posh adolescents. In the show’s new time slot, it promises plenty of bonus features—commentary, deleted scenes, profiles—and a re-airing of the pilot. Sadly, this is meant as an introduction to the uninitiated and harkens the beginning of repeats. Oh, they’re too young to die! read more »
