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Starz’s original series Boss will premiere its second season on Friday, August 17. Boss stars Kelsey Grammer in his Golden Globe-winning role as Chicago Mayor Tom Kane and co-stars Connie Nielsen, Hannah Ware, Jeff Hephner, Kathleen Robertson, Troy Garity and Rotimi. New addition to the Lionsgate TV-produced show for Season 2 are series regulars Jonathan Groff (Glee) as Ian Todd, a smart and ambitious young advisor to Kane, and Sanaa Lathan (Nip/Tuck), Alderman Ross’ strong-willed and politically savvy Chief of Staff. Rapper T.I. will recur as Trey, a former gangbanger with designs on a career in City Hall. Additional guest stars include Amy Morton as State Senator Catherine Walsh, who has been defeated in her bid for Governor three times but is now determined to win. Behind the scenes, Dee Johnson has joined as executive producer alongside series creator Farhad Safinia, Kelsey Grammer, Gus Van Sant, Brian Sher and Stella Bulochnikov.
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I’m actually really excited for this. The first season was flawed but had a lot of cool over the top moments that worked. No surprise season 2 starts a month before the Emmys, Starz is definitely fishing for that after Grammer won the Globe.
It will be cancelled at the end of the season once people realize what a dull boring waste of time the show is.
Loved the pilot, very smart and muscular stuff, but then the show became needlessly, unsustainably, and implausibly dark (i.e. the mayor’s adversaries getting whatingcked left and right as a substitute for more nuanced and believable story turns). And the cable nudity seemed almost comically gratuitous, real “Hitchhiker” stuff. So I dunno, kinda crashed and burned for me, at the same time that “Homeland” was showing the right way to roll stuff out. But Kelsey was great (if a bit overwrought), so I’ll probably give season 2 a look….
Agreed on everything. Such a strong start, and I loved Gus Van Sant’s style, but it got so dreary as the season dragged on. Like what he did to his daughter made sense but still came out of nowhere. Still, Kelsey Grammar was phenomenal, so I’ll give it a shot again, too.