The popularity of reality shows hasn’t been lost on HBO.
The pay television network will begin airing a four-episode reality series Sunday at 10:30 p.m. to help promote the May 5 Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather fight, which, not so coincidentally, HBO will show on pay-per-view.
ADVERTISEMENTThe first three shows will follow “The Sopranos” and “Entourage” the next three weeks and the fourth episode will be shown two days before the fight.
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Bill Simmons of ESPN.com was among those who were stunned that Bobby Bacala beat brother-in-law Tony Soprano in a fistfight on the season premiere of “The Sopranos” last Sunday.
“Has there been a bigger upset since Douglas-Tyson?” Simmons wrote. “We needed Jim Lampley and Larry Merchant to show up after the show to give us a historical perspective. Maybe even a little Harold Lederman. Oh-kay Jim, I scored that round 10-8 for Bobby Bacala ? he controlled the fight, worked the body well and gets the extra point for the knockdown.”
