# HBO's Sunday 9pm slot? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 26, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-sunday-9pm-slot/332817 "2005-11-26T18:19:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-sunday-9pm-slot/332817/1 "2005-11-26T18:19:10Z")
Now that Rome has finished its first season, the Sunday 9pm slot on HBO is open. That’s usually where the one hour dramas reign, so I was wondering if anyone knows what series will be starting up again there in 2006. I know _Deadwood_ and \*The Wire \* are scheduled for new seasons in 2006, but [hbo.com](http://hbo.com) gives no indication of when in 2006 and which will happen first. Hoping for some insider info on this, so I know what I can look forward to again. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2005, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-sunday-9pm-slot/332817/2 "2005-11-26T23:44:17Z")
I seem to recall that there was a trailer for Sopranos after the final Rome episode that mentioned March 2006. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-sunday-9pm-slot/332817/3 "2005-11-27T05:19:43Z")
> [@MLS](#): > > I seem to recall that there was a trailer for Sopranos after the final Rome episode that mentioned March 2006. I thought we weren’t getting more Sopranos until 2007. The HBO website says stuff about 2006 for The Wire and Deadwood, but not Sopranos. I hope you’re right. It’s been too long. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-sunday-9pm-slot/332817/4 "2005-11-27T05:41:29Z")
So far as I know, it hasn’t been announced. On December 1st, we sould be able to see the January schedule on the HBO website. Maybe it’s something new! ---
**Author:** ![cstamets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/958977/32.png) [@cstamets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cstamets)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-sunday-9pm-slot/332817/5 "2005-11-27T13:46:14Z")
HBO is starting reruns of the last season of The Sopranos in December. Assuming they intend to run the whole season, like they usually do, this would take them to March, when they advertised during the last episode of Rome the new season of The Sopranos would start. This would also match their usually tendancy of rerunning the previous season before starting the new season. I also noticed they’re starting the rerun of the last season of Deadwood in December, at 10pm. Maybe they intend to give us new seasons of The Sopranos and Deadwood at the same time? They ran the initial season of Deadwood at 10pm following The Sopranos, so I’d say it’s possible. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-sunday-9pm-slot/332817/6 "2005-11-27T17:21:10Z")
Ooh, that would be cool – Sopranos AND Deadwood! I am hopeful, but not optimistic. I think they only did that the first time around because they wanted to give the new show a time-slot boost. ---
**Author:** ![Stinkum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Stinkum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stinkum)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-sunday-9pm-slot/332817/7 "2005-11-27T20:12:24Z")
I read just yesterday that HBO has announced that _Deadwood_ won’t be back until June because they want to give the new drama _Big Love_ the time slot behind the next season of _The Sopranos_ in March. As a Swearingen acolyte, this has not come as good news. Curse you HBO limp d\*cked execs! ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-sunday-9pm-slot/332817/8 "2005-11-27T20:37:51Z")
> [@Stinkum](#): > > I read just yesterday that HBO has announced that _Deadwood_ won’t be back until June because they want to give the new drama _Big Love_ the time slot behind the next season of _The Sopranos_ in March. What’s the premise of Big Love? ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-sunday-9pm-slot/332817/9 "2005-11-28T03:37:44Z")
IMDB says: > **[Big Love (TV Series 2006–2011) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421030/)** > > Big Love: Created by Mark V. Olsen, Will Scheffer. With Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevigny, Ginnifer Goodwin. A polygamist and his relationship with his three wives. > [@](#): > > Big Love centres around a polygamist (Bill Paxton) and his relationship with the three wives, all whom he is married to. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-sunday-9pm-slot/332817/10 "2005-11-28T03:39:47Z")
Oh, and it seems the ‘wives’ are Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloe Sevigny, and Ginnifer Goodwin ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-sunday-9pm-slot/332817/11 "2005-11-28T03:42:23Z")
So what was on tonite, I missed it. ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-sunday-9pm-slot/332817/12 "2005-11-28T05:27:53Z")
“Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” was on from 7:30-10. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-sunday-9pm-slot/332817/13 "2005-12-12T00:16:55Z")
HBO’s January schedule is out. _Sopranos_ reruns at 9:00 and _Deadwood_ reruns at 10:00. We’re at least six weeks from fresh material. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-sunday-9pm-slot/332817/14 "2005-12-12T22:13:39Z")
I guess I can watch Sopranos reruns again, considering the last new episode was June 2004. BTW, IMDB says new season starts March 12, 2006. Take that for what it’s worth. ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-sunday-9pm-slot/332817/15 "2005-12-13T01:09:55Z")
“Epitafios” should have been given a shot at the 9 pm time slot, but I suppose they didn’t want to make people read.