HBO Cancels 12 Miles of Bad Road
Pay Cable Network Decided Not to Continue Production After WGA Strike Ended
By Anne Becker -- Broadcasting & Cable, 3/17/2008 5:32:00 PM MT
HBO dropped dramedy 12 Miles of Bad Road. The pay cable network had produced six episodes of the show, which starred Lily Tomlin as the matriarch of a Texas real estate family.
The show's pilot was executive-produced by Designing Women's Linda Bloodworth-Thomason and her husband, Harry Thomason.
While HBO committed to the show at first, executives ultimately deemed it a poor match for the network's sensibilities, according to sources with knowledge of the situation. Production stopped during the writers' strike and HBO decided to not go forward with the project after the strike ended.
Bloodworth-Thomason and Thomason pitched it to several networks since but have not found a taker.
HBO has other originals in the pipeline, namely Alan Ball vampire saga True Bloodand the crime drama The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.
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first sopranos, now this ! HBO needs to get a clue! my husband & i were SO looking forward...
angelia - 2008-27-5 12:12:00 -
I agree. If the 6 episodes are paid for, then run them. It will do nothing but determine if...
Sue Smith - 2008-30-3 15:15:00 -
I do not understand HBO droping this show they spent the money and I do not think another...
John smith - 2008-29-3 07:58:00 -
I just HEARD!! I saw this on a promo after The Sopranos finale. I was REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO...
Mike Greenberg - 2008-23-3 21:53:00 -
I agree about the last 12 miles of bad road comment. Have heard brilliant things about this...
Holly Hunter - 2008-23-3 21:48:00
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