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HBO scraps Little Britain USA Little Britain USA will not get a second season nod from HBO, the cablenet's co-presidents confirmed at yesterday's TCA executive session. "Little Britain USA as that series is not coming back," said co-president Richard Plepler, following several months of speculation after the spin-off of raunchy UK sketch comedy Little Britain pulled low ratings during its first season last fall. However, Plepler and his West Coast counterpart, Michael Lombardo, said that they planned to continue working with Little Britain's creators and stars, Matt Lucas and David Walliams. "What we are talking about, in terms of Matt and David, is coming back with some specials," said Plepler. "So yes they will be back on HBO." He added that the specials would revolve around a new cast of characters and were provisionally slated to air at the end of 2010 or early 2011. The future is brighter for several other HBO shows, however, including True Blood, Hung and Entourage, all of which the execs would return for another season in summer 2010. Eastbound & Down, the second series renewal of which was announced back in April, would shoot between next spring and winter and return to HBO sometime next year, the pair confirmed. Animated comedy The Life and Times of Tim will also be back at an unspecified point next year, and drama Big Love will return in January. Plepler and Lombardo also said they were keen to explore a third season of In Treatment, although development was hindered by the fact that the original Israeli version of the show had aired for only two. They suggested that new instalments may deviate from those previous by introducing a second therapist with their own set of patients. They added that Treme, the post-Hurricane Katrina drama from The Wire creator David Simon, was due to launch in April. Emily Brookes 31 Jul 2009 © C21 Media 2009 
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