Cinemax Greenlights ‘Strike Back' For Fourth and Final Season

By R. Thomas Umstead
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Cinemax’s original action series Strike Back will return for its fourth and final season in 2014, said network officials.

The military drama, which launched in 2012 as Cinemax’s first original series, will end after its 10-episode fourth season, according to Kary Antholis, president, HBO Miniseries and Cinemax Programming.

The first three seasons of Strike Back, a collaboration between Cinemax and British Sky Broadcasting, is currently available on the pay TV service’s MaxGo TV Everywhere offering as well as VOD service Max On Demand.

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.