HBO announced at Wednesday’s Television Critics Association summer press tour that the 10-episode second season of Rome, premiering in January 2007, will likely be its last. Chairman and CEO Chris Albrecht explains, "It’s an enormous undertaking to do a regular series 6,000 miles away in a foreign country." (As if Vancouver can’t pass for Italy.) In other HBO news: Starting in September, the movie showcase which has called Saturday night home for 15 years is moving to Sunday, opposite NBC’s new NFL coverage, followed by The Wire; Larry David is close to signing on for another, probably final round of Curb Your Enthusiasm; Spike Lee’s Hurricane Katrina doc, When the Levees Broke, premieres Aug. 16; David Bowie, Orlando Bloom and Ian McKellen are among the guest-stars lined up for Season 2 of Extras, arriving in January; a Kelly Clarkson concert will air in February; and Big Love’s sophomore season is a good bet to bow next June.
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