HBO ready for 'Road' show, 'Treatment'

January 22, 2007 HBO has picked up to series Linda Bloodworth-Thomason's one-hour comedy "12 Miles of Bad Road," starring Lily Tomlin, and the half-hour drama "In Treatment," starring Gabriel Byrne and executive produced by Mark Wahlberg. The premium cable network has ordered 40 episodes of "Treatment," from Wahlberg and Stephen Levinson, who also executive produce HBO's "Entourage." "Road," from "Designing Women" creator Bloodworth-Thomason, stars Tomlin as the matriarch of a wealthy Texas family whose real estate business and absurd wealth complicate the simplest family matters.

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