HBO Revises Red Sox Documentary

By R. Thomas Umstead
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Home Box Office will tip its hat to the Boston Red Sox by revising its Emmy Award-winning sports documentary, Curse of the Bambino, to reflect the team’s first World Series win in 86 years.

The revised show will bow Dec. 10, network executives said.

HBO will inject 15 minutes of new footage into the one-hour special, which initially chronicled the love affair of Red Sox fans with their hard-luck team, according to network executives.

The new content will reflect the team’s record-breaking, comeback victory over the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series and its four-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series.

"Red Sox fans have passed through generations without enjoying a World Series parade in Boston," HBO Sports president Ross Greenburg said in a prepared statement. “Now we have an ending to this gripping 86-year-old story, and it is time to revise our documentary. We want to celebrate the last chapter in their story."

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.