The following news story comes from Alex Strachan, Canwest News Service. To view the full article click here.
The future remains a mystery for The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.
The acclaimed BBC-HBO adaptation of the popular series of mystery novels by Alexander McCall Smith, starring Broadway veteran Jill Scott as Precious Ramotswe, a lady detective "of traditional build" in her native Botswana, is still alive HBO president Michael Lombardo told Canwest News Service at the semi-annual gathering of the TV Critics Association.
Despite strong reviews, the series did not fare as well as other recent HBO dramas like True Blood and Hung, or established programs like Entourage and Big Love, all of which will return with new seasons.
True Blood is averaging 11 million viewers for HBO, and is the pay cable channel's most-watched series since The Sopranos.
It would be "an incorrect assumption" to think that The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency has been cancelled, though, Lombardo said, even though it was pointedly left out of HBO's programming announcements for the 2009-'10 season.
"We're actually in conversations now and are trying to figure out the next step," Lombardo told Canwest News Service.
Two of the series' original creators, feature-film directors Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack, passed away shortly after production began on The No. 1 Ladies' Detective's first season.
"It's been a challenge because, as you know, the creative vision behind that show unfortunately passed away," Lombardo said. "So we're trying to figure that out."
HBO's programming president, Richard Plepler, concurred.
"The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency did very well for us critically and with audiences, and we're very proud of it," Plepler added. "So we're going to try to figure out a way to get it back."
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