HBO Renews Big Love For A Third Season

In HBO’s first major programming move since it changed regimes, the cable network has renewed Big Love for a third season. HBO has picked up 12 episodes of the show, in which Bill Paxton and Chloe Sevigny star as members of a polygamous family in Utah. Writing is set to begin next month; lensing is skedded for November. The renewal, which comes earlier than expected, will ensure the season is completed and ready to air by the time a possible labor stoppage shuts down production in June.