Three Out Of Four

With the exception of Curb Your Enthusiasm, there's not much to say about original half-hour programming at HBO. I've sampled stuff like Bored To Death, How To Make It In America, Hung and Enlightened.  If they're comedies, they're not funny enough. If they're dramas, they're not dramatic enough.

So it's just as well the channel has canceled the first three.  They'd run their course--not good enough and unlikely to get better.  This sort of housecleaning should allow some new shows to come in and maybe there'll be something worthwhile.

Still not sure why they kept Enlightened, which doesn't even get good ratings. I guess someone there likes it. (Someone there must also like Treme, which is pretty dull and also gets weak numbers. Or maybe David Simon has something on these people.)  I wouldn't minde if they ended Eastbound & Down too, though at least that gets viewers.