HBO does things its way: other cable nets prepare more-conventional fare for TV critics' tour. (Programming).

Broadcasting & Cable, July, 2003 by Romano, Allison

The next-generation HBO dramas have one thing in common with the cable network's established hits The Sopranos and Sex and the City: They aren't quite broadcast-network material. On HBO, "the point of view, the material, the way we produce" are all different from those of broadcast productions, says Executive Vice President of Programming Carolyn Strauss.

"If you can make it for network, we don't make it." HBO's two newest shows, Carnivale and K Street, both debuting Sept. 14, seem to heed that guideline. TV critics will get an early glimpse at the newest HBO shows and other new cable fare this week at the Television Critics Association's twice-annual gathering in Los Angeles. Carnivale is a period drama, following a traveling circus across the...

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