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Ballers & Insecure Renewed By HBO For 2018

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The HBO logo incorporates Project Greenlight against a black backdrop.

HBO locked down their 2018 summer line up with renewals for Ballers and Insecure. Ballers will be coming back for its fourth season while Issa Rae‘s Insecure gets a third season as announced yesterday by Amy Gravitt, executive vice president, HBO Programming.

The rock in the driver's seat of an SUV on HBO.

“We’re thrilled that the summer lineup of BALLERS and INSECURE connected with our viewers out of the gate,” said Gravitt. “We're so proud to work with Dwayne, Issa and all of the amazing talents on both shows.”

An HBO poster for the series "Insecure".

The announcement does not shock us as both shows returned with record viewership for each of their respective seasons. Check out shows Sunday nights on HBO with Ballers at 10 PM ET and Insecure at 10:30 PM ET.

Show Press Release

For Immediate Release

HBO RENEWS BALLERS AND INSECURE

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8, 2017 – With both series seeing record viewership this season, HBO has renewed the comedy series BALLERS for a fourth season and INSECURE for a third season, it was announced today by Amy Gravitt, executive vice president, HBO Programming.

“We’re thrilled that the summer lineup of BALLERS and INSECURE connected with our viewers out of the gate,” said Gravitt. “We're so proud to work with Dwayne, Issa and all of the amazing talents on both shows.”

Looking at the whirlwind lifestyles and real-life problems of former and current football players, BALLERS stars Dwayne Johnson as ex-superstar Spencer Strasmore, who has reinvented himself as a financial manager for today’s players in sun-soaked Miami. Created by Stephen Levinson (HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire”), the hit comedy series returned for its ten-episode third season Sunday, July 23 (10:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.

Other cast regulars for the current season include: Rob Corddry, John David Washington, Omar Benson Miller, Donovan Carter, Troy Garity, London Brown, Jazmyn Simon and Dulé Hill.

Season three credits: BALLERS was created by Stephen Levinson; executive produced by Stephen Levinson, Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, Peter Berg, Evan Reilly, Rob Weiss, Julian Farino, Denis Biggs, Karyn McCarthy.

Created by Issa Rae and Larry Wilmore, INSECURE follows the friendship of two black women as they deal with their own real-life flaws while attempting to navigate different worlds and cope with an endless series of uncomfortable everyday experiences. Issa Rae, Yvonne Orji, Jay Ellis and Lisa Joyce star in the show, which returned for its eight-episode second season Sunday, July 23 (10:30-11:00 p.m. ET/PT).

Season two credits: INSECURE was created by Issa Rae and Larry Wilmore; executive produced by Issa Rae, Prentice Penny, Melina Matsoukas, Michael Rotenberg, Dave Becky and Jonathan Berry.