TCA: Cinemax Picks Up Second Season of ‘The Knick’

Beverly Hills -- Cinemax wasted no time greenlighting a second season of its original drama series The Knick, ahead of the series’ official debut Aug. 8.

The announcement of a second season for the Steven Soderbergh-produced series was made during HBO’s Television Critics Association summer tour presentation Thursday. The Knick, which centers on Knickerbocker Hospital and the groundbreaking surgeons working there during the early 1900s, stars Clive Owen.

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