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Preacher is about to close the book on Season 2, but another Seth Rogen-Evan Goldberg-Garth Ennis collaboration might be heating up. Initially eyed for Cinemax, a take on superhero satire The Boys is nearing a straight-to-series order at Amazon.

It may not be King of the Hill, but Mike Judge is back in the animation business. The Beavis and Butthead and Silicon Valley creator’s new country music comedy Tales From the Tour Bus has officially booked a September Cinemax premiere with new details.

Whatever hopes we had for The Knick Season 3 were hammered into its coffin like needles in Dr. Thackery, and Steven Soderbergh isn’t going to make it any easier. The series director now reveals that a particular aesthetic may have killed Season 3, which itself would have moved mid-century.

If cord-cutting was starting to seem more complex than a cable package itself, Hulu is here to help. Just in time for Game of Thrones, the streaming service has announced HBO and Cinemax add-ons for your subscription.

Cinemax wasn’t kidding with their intent to re-re-brand as an action network. Atop a Strike Back renewal, the network is now picking up Tong Wars drama Warrior, based on an idea by Bruce Lee, and produced by Furious franchise director Justin Lin.

Cinemax’s adaptation of Max Collins’ Quarry certainly took its time getting to TV, but the post-Vietnam drama became something special in the first run. The network’s return to more action-oriented far seemingly pulled the plug, however, and now co-creator Michael D. Fuller confirms the Logan Marshall-Green drama has reached an end.

Cinemax is getting back into hard-hitting action, and there’s no better series to lead the charge than a revived Strike Back. See Season 5’s reboot in (figurative) action with a first production photo, and new details of the Jordan-Hungary shoot.

Even as prospects on The Knick returning for Season 3 had gone dark for a year, the Steven Soderbergh medical drama made headlines with one star seemingly confident in its end. Now, Cinemax confirms Dr. Thackery’s story has died on the table, as the network returns to more action-oriented fare.

When last we heard, Steven Soderbergh had in mind to reboot Cinemax’s The Knick for an additional two seasons, even after an explicit end to Dr. Thackery’s story. Sadly, one series star offers a bleak update on the prospect, claiming “I’ve heard it’s done.”

King of the Hill creator Mike Judge may have briefly returned to his animated roots with a Beavis and Butthead revival in 2011, but Cinemax may grant him a longer stay. The Silicon Valley creator has been given a series order for Mike Judge Presents: Tales From the Tour Bus, an animated country music series.