Banshee Renewed for Season 2 by Cinemax

By Kimberly Roots | TVLine.com – Tue, Jan 29, 2013 10:05 AM PST

Talk about faking it until you make it.

Cinemax has moved quickly to renew Banshee, its new drama about a criminal pretending to be a town sheriff, for a second season.

The series is only three episodes into its 10-episode first season, which premiered Jan. 11. Season 2 is scheduled to debut in 2014.

Banshee, from True Blood‘s Alan Ball and House‘s Greg Yaitanes, stars Antony Starr and airs Friday nights at 10/9c.

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