Cinemax has announced that they’ve ordered a fourth season on Banshee, their original dramatic series. There will be eight new episodes.
Season three of Banshee is currently airing and five installments have run thus far. There are 10 episodes in the third season so the season finale should air on March 13th.
Here’s the official press release:
EMMY(R)-WINNING SERIES “BANSHEE” TO RETURN TO CINEMAX FOR ITS FOURTH SEASON IN 2016
NEW YORK, Feb. 12, 2015 – The hit action series BANSHEE will return to CINEMAX in 2016 for a fourth season of eight episodes, which will shoot in Pittsburgh, Pa., it was announced today by Kary Antholis, president, HBO Mini-series and Cinemax Programming. The Emmy(R)-winning show is currently in its third season, with episodes debuting Fridays at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT). BANSHEE’s fourth season will be executive produced by Alan Ball, Greg Yaitanes, Jonathan Tropper, Peter Macdissi, Adam Targum and Ole Christian Madsen.
Returning cast and crew will be announced when they are confirmed.
BANSHEE’s third season launched last month to rave reviews. Yahoo! called the show “wildly witty,” and the Huffington Post described BANSHEE as “one of TV’s most reliable pleasures,” while the A.V. Club noted, “The BANSHEE team remains in full command of their instrument.” TV Guide has described BANSHEE as “addictively entertaining” and Grantland said the show is “a whole hell of a lot of fun.”
Debuting in Jan. 2013, BANSHEE stars Antony Starr (“Wish You Were Here”) as Lucas Hood, an ex-con and master thief who assumes the identity of the sheriff of Banshee, Pa., where he continues his criminal pursuits while enforcing his own code of justice.
In addition to Starr, season three stars include Ivana Milicevic (“Untitled Cameron Crowe Project,” HBO’s “Mind of the Married Man”) as Carrie Hopewell, a notorious jewel thief who lives in Banshee under an assumed identity with her family, which has recently learned of her criminal past; Ulrich Thomsen (“The Celebration”) as Kai Proctor, an intimidating, wealthy businessman who believes he is above the law; Frankie Faison (“The Good Wife,” HBO’s “The Wire”) as Sugar Bates, a powerful and wise former boxer and ex-con who is now the owner of the local watering hole; and Hoon Lee (“The Blacklist”) as Job, a dangerous transvestite computer hacker who assists Lucas and Carrie in their criminal enterprises.
In Sept. 2013, BANSHEE received a Primetime Emmy(R) Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role.
Season three credits: BANSHEE was created by Jonathan Tropper and David Schickler; executive producers, Alan Ball, Greg Yaitanes, Jonathan Tropper and Peter Macdissi; producer, Robert F. Phillips.
What do you think? Do you like the Banshee TV series? Are you happy that it’s been renewed? How long do you think the series should continue?
If only, Banshee would run for another two seasons………….
We need more seasons!!
love the series, it’s right up there with Breaking Bad ! Gritty & witty….
Banished is one poo f the best tv shows I have ever seen. Most new shows start off slow so you get to learn the plot and characters. Banished started right in at a 10 and continued going up from there. I will stop watching the station if the discontinue the show because the are telling me they don’t know what’s good. I don’t know how they get the info on whose watching what when but my family wasn’t asked. My husband and I and f o ur grown children watch it like people watched a m American idol. We… Read more »
Please don’t cancel not everyone can get Netflix. This is one of the most entertaining shows and one of the only reasons I pay extra for Cinemas. You keep pulling good shows there’s know use for me to keep paying for these extra channels. They are why people in my area pay that much to keep these on.
Addictive on so many levels! Continue please!!!!
Keep the show Cinemax!! We love it. Boost viewers & ratings with broader advertising on abc, nbc, etc.
Addicted to Banshee! Show should be advertised more on Abc, & Nbc, etc. Starz advertise “Power” on “Regular” channels. No one knows about Banshee. “ADVERTISE!!!!!!!”
Brilliant show, so deserves to be renewed but! only 8 episodes feels like we have been
cheated, I could sit and watch for hours love this show.
Love the character Lucas Hood, really good acting from Antony Starr, it’s going to be
a very long wait for the next season.
Why! hasn’t this show not won any awards or at least get nominated, they so totally
deserves it.
Very glad to see that Banshee is going to have another season!! It’s one of the best shows on
any channel KEEP IT UP CINEMAX!!!!
Hello Can someone recommend me about some similiar t.v series like banshee which include action and sex i really likes this t.v show
Another brilliant show to watch is Strike Back, once you watch the first episode you
will be hooked.
The two lead actors Sullivan Stapleton and Philip Winchester are so good as their characters Scott and Stonebridge, lots of action and sex.
Banshee presents some of the most entertaining and compelling shows currently showing on TV. Characters are extremely well developed and superbly depicted by excellent casting. Fight scenes are simply the best ever depicted on TV! Show is a wonderful escape after a hard week’s work….Keep it up CineMax and the whole Banshee crew!!!!
Well said
Love this show. It is the main reason that I subscribed to Cinemax. When the show is over and is no longer on Cinemax I will be cancelling my subscription. Keep it coming, this is by far the best series that I have ever followed.
I am very pleased with the high level of Acting , directing, writing and overall production of Cinemax’s series Banshee! I have followed this series from the intensely exciting and unique beginning to the anxiously awaiting for every episode feeling I have now and will luckily look forward to now in 2016 ! This is a new style of filming and a totally new feel to an action series that leaves you hanging and waiting for more after every episode. The only other series that I feel compares to this is Cinemax’s Strikeback which I hope continues some how into… Read more »
Love, love, love this show! Keep it coming Cinemax!