Carnivale Television Program

A Los Angeles writer who helps aspiring screenwriters learn their craft has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Home Box Office and the creator of HBO's offbeat fantasy-mystery series "Carnivale," claiming the series contains "remarkable and substantial similarities" to a novel that he had been working on since the 1980s.

A Los Angeles writer who helps aspiring screenwriters learn their craft has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Home Box Office and the creator of HBO's offbeat fantasy-mystery series "Carnivale," claiming the series contains "remarkable and substantial similarities" to a novel that he had been working on since the 1980s.

"Carnivale," HBO's offbeat fantasy/mystery series set during the Depression, has not been renewed for a third season. The show received five technical Emmys last September, but it never achieved the success of the channel's other dramatic series: "The Sopranos," "Six Feet Under" and "Deadwood." "We have decided not to renew 'Carnivale,' " HBO Entertainment president Carolyn Strauss said in a statement.

"Carnivale," HBO's offbeat fantasy/mystery series set during the Depression, has not been renewed for a third season. The show received five technical Emmys last September, but it never achieved the success of the channel's other dramatic series: "The Sopranos," "Six Feet Under" and "Deadwood." "We have decided not to renew 'Carnivale,' " HBO Entertainment president Carolyn Strauss said in a statement.

When the inevitable "Twin Peaks" and "X-Files" comparisons start, Dan Knauf will be ready. His Depression-era television show "Carnivale," about traveling carnies, debuting tonight on HBO, ambitiously stirs a pot of altered realities, figures sinister and righteous, supernatural powers and societal outcasts, then covers it all with a patina of carefully cultivated weirdness.

When the inevitable "Twin Peaks" and "X-Files" comparisons start, Dan Knauf will be ready. His Depression-era television show "Carnivale," about traveling carnies, debuting tonight on HBO, ambitiously stirs a pot of altered realities, figures sinister and righteous, supernatural powers and societal outcasts, then covers it all with a patina of carefully cultivated weirdness.