HBO has confirmed the renewal of their hit freshman show In Treatment starring Gabriel Byrne and Dianne Wiest. Byrne, who played psychiatrist Dr. Paul Weston, will return as well as Wiest who plays his therapist, Dr. Gina Toll. The other "patients," who were each featured once a weekday, have yet to be confirmed. Joining the shows producing team of Rodrigo Garcia, Hagai Levi, Stephen Levinson and Mark Wahlberg will be Warren Leight (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), who will serve as executive producer. The show, which totally had me at "treatment," will be shot in New York this fall — a debut date is scheduled for sometime in 2009. In the meantime, I'm making it my personal mission to campaign for Mia Wasikowska to win a Best Supporting Actress Emmy. She was such an amazing find for this show, and will no doubt go on to mega-stardom. Are you excited for another round of therapy with Paul and Co.? Which character(s) would you like to see return? — Erin Fox Related• U...
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Jeers to HBO for its borderline obsession with shrinks. The cable net's new five-nights-a-week drama, In Treatment, has its breakthroughs, among them Gabriel Byrne's skillfully subtle work as a therapist with his own issues. But anybody who's sat through the soul-baring sessions on The Sopranos and Tell Me You Love Me may feel like they're trapped in a recurring nightmare. HBO's psychological fixation is rivaled only by its fetish for series about sex (Tell Me, Real Sex, etc.) and showbiz (Entourage, Extras, etc.). That gives me an idea for a treatment I could pitch to HBO: "Showbiz Sex Shrink"!• Read and react to Bruce's opinions on The Sopranos' SAG Awards wins, Celebrity Rehab vs. Celebrity Apprentice and more!• Share your own raves and rants about other shows on the Reader Cheers & Jeers discussion board.• We may feature your Cheer or Jeer on TVGuide.com or in TV Guide magazine!
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How’s this for an interesting show concept? A series that airs five days a week, 30 minutes a pop, for nine weeks straight in “real time”. Definitely different. But whatever you do, don’t be expecting your typical therapy show with this one. HBO’s In Treatment focuses on one shrink (Gabriel Byrne), his four patients (who each have a different time slot Mondays through Thursdays) and his own therapy session (with Dianne Wiest) on Fridays. Turns out this uniquely formatted series is an adaptation of a mega-hit in Israel. Hey, Idol was a “borrowed” idea, too, and look how insane people are over that one!Watch it now! | More online videosYour take: What do you think of the 30 minutes, five days a week, for nine weeks format? Overkill, or kind of cool?
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HBO has set a Jan. 28 premiere for Gabriel Byrne's In Treatment, which will air a new episode every Monday through Friday. Each half-hour shows a "session" between Byrne's psychotherapist and one of his patients.... It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia creator/star Rob McElhenney proposed to cast mate Kaitlin Olson on Dec. 7 at Danny DeVito's beach house.... SOAPnet's "Serial Bowl V" New Year's Day marathon this year presents 13 Season 4 episodes of One Tree Hill, which launches its new season Jan. 8 on the CW.
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Melissa George, formerly of Alias, swears she doesn't watch TV, but now that she's starring in a new HBO series, In Treatment with Gabriel Byrne and Dianne Wiest, she'll have to at least TiVo her own show. The new drama is based on the Israeli series Therapy and George tells TV Guide, "I play a patient and Gabriel Byrnes is my therapist. The whole show is in one room. It's just a monologue of me, very troubled, but very humorous, lots of love, lots of drama. On HBO you have the freedom to say whatever you want. HBO's genius. I'm very happy to be working for them. You can take risks and for an actress it's a pretty good gig.” Also starring are Josh Charles, Blair Underwood, and Embeth Davidtz. An air date has not been announced but HBO has picked up 40 episodes. —reporting by Paula Paige
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