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The fourth and final eight-episode season of Cinemax’s Emmy-winning drama series Banshee will premiere on January 29, the premium pay cabler announced today. Alan Ball, Greg Yaitanes, Jonathan Tropper, Peter Macdissi, Adam Targum and Ole Christian Madsen will executive produce. Robert F. Phillips is producer. Debuting…

In advance of The Knick launching its second season on October 16 on Cinemax, the entire first season will be a special presentation on the HBO digital platforms HBO Now, HBO Go and HBO On Demand, as well as online affiliate portals, for a limited 10-week period, starting Friday, August 14. Non-HBO and Cinemax…

UPDATE, 8 AM, with Cinemax confirmation: Cinemax has made it official. The premium cabler announced today in a statement that Banshee’s fourth season will be its last. Its eight-episode Season 4 will premiere in January. PREVIOUS, July 28, 7:52 PM: Though the network hasn’t confirmed it, we’re hearing that Cinemax’s…

The Cinemax drama has been busy ramping up its cast lately, and now comes word that Eliza Dushku is joining Banshee. The drama series from Alan Ball centers on Lucas Hood (Antony Starr), an ex-con and master thief who assumes the identity of the sheriff of Banshee, PA, where he continues his criminal pursuits while…

Ana Ayora (The Big Wedding, Chop Shop) has booked a season-long arc on Season 4 of Cinemax's Banshee. The drama series from Alan Ball centers on Lucas Hood (Antony Starr), an ex-con and master thief who assumes the identity of the sheriff of Banshee, PA, where he continues his criminal pursuits while enforcing his own…

Longtime recurring Matthew Rauch has been promoted to regular for the upcoming fourth season of Cinemax’s drama series Banshee. Rauch first appeared as Clay Burton in the January 2013 pilot and recurred in the role some two dozen times over the course of the first three seasons. He’ll now continue as Clay as a series…

Chris Coy (Treme) has joined the cast of Banshee as a new regular for the Cinemax drama’s upcoming fourth season. He will reprise the role he originated in a guest starring stint on the show’s current third season as Calvin, brother to Kurt Bunker (Tom Pelphrey) who hides his true feelings behind a mild exterior. Bansh…

Cinemax has picked up Banshee for an eight-episode fourth season. Today’s announcement comes a month into the Emmy-winning series’ third season. Antony Starr (Wish You Were Here) stars as Lucas Hood, an ex-con and master thief who assumes the identity of the sheriff of Banshee, Pa., where he continues his criminal…

Cinemax’s Emmy-winning series Banshee will return for its 10-episode third season on Friday, January 9 at 10 PM, the pay cabler confirmed today. The action series stars Antony Starr (Wish You Were Here) as Lucas Hood, an ex-con and master thief who assumes the identity of the sheriff of Banshee, Pa., where he…

Chiké Okonkwo has signed for a multiepisode arc on Cinemax‘s Banshee. He will play Lennox, a mysterious business associate of crime kingpin Kai Proctor (Ulrich Thomsen). Anthony Starr and Ivana Milicevic also star in the series, which returns for Season 3 in 2015. Okonkwo co-starred in the BBC miniseries Paradox and…

The debut of The Knick, already picked up for a second 10-episode season last month by Cinemax, started off with few fireworks. The heavily promoted 10 PM August 8 premiere of the Steven Soderbergh-directed and Clive Owen-starring period medical drama drew an average of 354,000 viewers. With three replays on that…

Cinemax‘s action drama just keeps building steam. Last night’s Season 2 finale of Banshee beat the premium channel’s viewership record by 24%. The 10 PM airing drew am audience of 733,000, zipping past the record of 591,000 set by the February 7 episode of the series. Adding in the 11 PM replay, Banshee scored 968,000…