HBO tries to recover from the Sopranos Hangover
Hollywood Newsroom is now Buzz Newsroom! Visit and bookmark our new site. Buzz is bigger and better, including sports, world news, gadgets and the entertainment news that you're used to. Same staff, just more stuff! Why Fark, Drudge and Huffington when you can Buzz!?HBO is loading some big comedy guns. The network has given pilot orders to “Suburban Shootout,” written by Michelle Ashford and directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, and to Darren Star’s “Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl.” The two join Bob Odenkirk and David Cross’ comedy pilot “David’s Situation,” which was picked up last week following the exit of entertainment president Carolyn Strauss. Based on the critically praised British series, “Shootout” is a dark comedy about a woman who escapes the city for suburban bliss only to find herself caught between two rival gangs of homicidal housewives as they vie for control of their idyllic town.
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