Cinemax Renews Luck for Season 2

Luck Cinemax has restored Luck for just about any 10-episode second season, the network introduced Tuesday.The horce-racing drama, introduced by Dustin Hoffman, will start production on Season 2 within the finish of February, by getting a watch for just about any The month of the month of january 2013 return.Is HBO's equine-racing series Luck a sizable gamble?"We're able to not are more thrilled while using critical response to this beautiful piece of content which we're very searching toward where David and Michael plan to take these incredible figures." Michael Lombardo, leader of Cinemax programming, mentioned in the statement.Carrying out a special sneak try looking in December, Luck opened up Sunday to a single.millions of audiences.

Nat Geo makes exec hires

New National Geographic topper Howard T. Owens is putting his executive team in place. The formerly Reveille managing director has hired Alan Eyres and J.T. Ladt as senior veeps of programming and development, respectively. Both will be based in Los Angeles. New Gotham hires are Lynn Sadofsky as director of production and development, and J.C. Mills as director of development. Ayres comes to the cabler from Discovery, where was a VP in development and production. Ladt arrives from shingle Renegade 83, where he served as co-head of development and helped to set up series as various nets including Discovery, Spike and VH1. Sadofsky was director of development and an exec producer at Planet Green and Discovery Fit & Health. Mills was VP of business development and acquisitions for Zodiak Rights. In a previous hire, Hamish Mykura was brought aboard as exec VP and head of international content for Nat Geo Channels Intl. Nat Geo, which is looking to make a bigger splash with its original programming, is based in Washington, D.C. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

Lucy Lawless Confesses She Was Concerned About Her Figures Fate On Spartacus

First Released: The month of january 19, 2012 5:26 PM EST Credit: Getty Images La, Calif. -- Caption Lucy Lawless attends the STARZ Original Series Spartacus: Vengeance Premiere Event at ArcLight Movie theaters Cinerama Dome, Hollywood, on The month of january 18, 2012Lucy Lawless storms into the fray on Spartacus: Vengeance once the show premieres on Starz next Friday, however the actress wasnt always sure her status-hungry character, Lucretia, would return. A part of me was like, Whether it does not happen, its fine, I usually appear to locate another job somewhere, Lucy told AccessHollywood.com in the Season 2 premiere from the Starz show at Hollywoods Cinerama Dome on Wednesday evening. But, a part of me seemed to be like, Oh, theyd be crazy to kill me, she smiled, waving her little finger in mid-air just like a mad genius. Click The Link to look at the clip. Fans from the show realize that Lucretia remained inside a pool of bloodstream in the finish of Spartacus: Bloodstream & Sand, after an uprising through the gladiators, brought by Spartacus (then performed by Andy Whitfield, as well as in Season 2, a job leaped into by Liam McIntyre). Because the season starts, Lucretia, getting made it, will find a far more spiritual side. Lucretia was always a bit religious and shed pray towards the gods when she was trying to possess a baby making sacrifices, Lucy stated. However that shes lost everything, shes a lot more vulnerable and individuals in tight spots, like Lucretia, do often use can look to religion for some strength, or magical thinking, anything you want to refer to it as. More than a year within the works, they behind the series is excited to finally be getting finally towards the faithful. So exciting, and thus thrilled, Lucy stated of returning. We labored so difficult for that this past year, attempting to bring these tales to existence and trust me, theres 350 individuals that work on the program, that layer on their own genius on the top of regardless of the heck the stars do were minimal from it. However, its our time for you to hands it to the fans which show is perfect for fans and it is their time for you to go making from it the things they will. Spartacus: Vengeance returns to Starz on Friday, The month of january 27 at 10 PM. Click The Link to look at Access interview with new series star Liam and HERE to look at our interview with coming back star, Manu Bennett. Copyright 2012 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Time Warner eyes stake in Turkish conglom

With its pursuit of Dutch TV giant Endemol stalled, Time Warner continues to eye international assets -- the latest being a potential stake in Turkish media conglom ATV-Sabah.Parent company Calik Holding is fielding bids for the company, which is valued at $700 billion-$1 billion, according to press reports Friday. Time Warner along with private equity firm TPG Capital and possible other equity partners said to have expressed interest with a first round of bids due at the end of the month.A Time Warner spokesman in NY declined to comment.But the company hasn't been shy about its desire to expand internationally. It's made two bids for reality and game show producer Endemol in recent months. With limited opportunities for expansion and slow growth Stateside most big U.S. media companies find international assets, particularly in emerging markets, extremely attractive. ATV-Sabah controls ATV television, newspapers, magazines and radio stations. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com