HBO has come in for some stick recently. The American pay-per-view channel's dominance of the must-see TV arena now seems to be over. After the huge successes of Sex And The City and
The Sopranos, it has struggled to find a new slate of dramas to keep the momentum going. The likes of Showtime (with
The Tudors and
Dexter) and new kid on the block AMC (home of the brilliant
Mad Men) have seemingly caught up. HBO's rejuvenation was dealt a bow with the writers' strike, but didn't every channel in America suffer? Anyway, HBO's latest idea to grab the viewers back is to make a drama series about a man with a huge
