HBO renews 'The Ricky Gervais Show' for a third season
Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington star
'The Ricky Gervais Show'
Credit: HBO
HBO has renewed "The Ricky Gervais Show," extending the animated podcast for a third season.
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The news of the third season pickup broke on Friday, April 8, hours before the premiere of the second season's penultimate episode in its regular 9 p.m. home.
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"The Ricky Gervais Show" is an animated rendering of the wildly popular podcast featuring Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington. To date, installments of the podcast have been downloaded more than 300 million times.Â
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The comedy comes to HBO via Media Rights Capital, in association with Wildbrain Entertainment.
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April 10, 2011 at 9:18PM EST Reply to CommentI haven't seen this show yet but I think Ricky Gervais is a funny guy. Another comedy I have really gotten into from HBO is the Eastbound and Down show. I really go into it after a few episodes and it really is funny. I work in the TV industry for Dish Network and I see a lot of shows but I don't like everything I see I am a little picky at times. I just found out that HBO will have 3 days free for Dish customers from the 15th to the 18th of April and if you haven't seen what HBO has been offering lately you should really check it out!