Big Love on SBS
 
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Fans of The Sopranos and Six Feet Under rest easy. SBS has guaranteed an 8.30 timeslot for the HBO hit drama, Big Love.

Big Love provides an intriguing insight into the long outlawed practice and hidden world of polygamy. Featuring a stellar movie star cast including Bill Paxton, Chloe Sevigny and Jeanne Tripplehorn, the 12 part series centres on Mormon patriarch Bill Henrickson (played by Paxton) with his three wives and their seven children. Bill struggles to balance the financial and emotional needs of Barb, Nicki and Margene, who live in separate, adjacent houses and take turns sharing their husband each night. While managing the household finances together and routinely sharing "family home nights," they try to keep simmering jealousies in check and their arrangement a secret — polygamy is illegal in Utah and banned by the mainstream Mormon Church.

Produced by Warner Bros, Big Love made up part of Nine’s output deal but they decided to on sell when approached by SBS late last year.

Director of Television and Online Content Matt Campbell said "Frankly were delighted but also a bit surprised Nine passed on this little gem. I think they deemed it too edgy for their audience but when it comes to drama edge is what people have come to expect from SBS."

The success in the US and UK has seen Big Love renewed for a second series.

"With our growing stable of international drama series, including Don Matteo, The Emmy award winning Eagle and If The Dead Could Speak (another HBO production), SBS is assembling a formidable line-up of the worlds best drama". Campbell said.

"Were committed to demonstrating it’s not just the US that produces slick and engaging drama series. Over the coming months SBS will allow all Australians to explore dramas from diverse places like Sweden, Spain, Denmark, Italy and France, not to mention our own commissioned Australian dramas The Circuit, Kick and Major Crime."

Big Love will begin on SBS mid 2007.
 
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Originally published March 2, 2007
 
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