TCA: HBO’s ‘Barry’ Returns in April

HBO's 'Barry'
Bill Hader in HBO's 'Barry' (Image credit: HBO)

HBO’s Emmy-winning dramedy Barry returns for its third season on April 24, part of a number of announcements made by the premium service during its Television Critics Association Winter press tour session Tuesday.

The eight-episode, third season of the series, which stars Bill Hader, returns with lead character Barry Berkman -- played by Hader -- attempting to untangle himself from the world of contract killing and to fully immerse himself in acting, but finding that getting out is messy, according to HBO.

The first two seasons of Barry received a total of 30 Emmy nominations and six Emmys. Also starring in the series is Henry Winkler, Stephen Root, Sarah Goldberg and Anthony Carrigan. Barry is executive produced by Hader, Alec Berg, Aida Rodgers and Liz Sarnof.

--HBO also announced a spring launch of The Time Traveler’s Wife, a six-episode series that tells the story of a married couple dealing with the effects of time travel, according to the network.  The series stars Rose Leslie, Theo James, Desmin Borges, and Natasha Lopez.

--HBO will shine a light on the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force in a new six-episode limited series We Own This City, premiering April 25. The series, executive produced by The Wire’s George Pelecanos and David Simon and based on the book by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton, chronicles the corruption and moral collapse that befell an American city in which the policies of drug prohibition and mass arrest were championed at the expense of actual police work, said the network. 

--In May the network will debut a new documentary series, George Carlin’s American Dream, which chronicles the life and work of legendary comedian George Carlin told through never-before-seen archival material and interviews with comedians such as Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld and Stephen Colbert.■
 

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