As part of the channel’s strategy to bring the most compelling stories exclusively to Sky customers, Sky Atlantic HD today announce plans to premiere the eagerly anticipated second seasons of US shows The Newsroom, House Of Lies, & Smash this summer.

With their debut seasons garnering award wins and nominations for cast and crew at the Golden Globes®, Primetime Emmy® and Grammy Awards, the welcome return of these three shows this summer further demonstrates Sky Atlantic HD’s commitment to bringing world-class entertainment from the finest talent from both on and off screen exclusively to Sky customers.

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Sky Atlantic have today announced that dark comedies House Of Lies (Season 1) and NURSE JACKIE (Season 4) will premiere exclusively to Sky customers on Tuesday 2 October at 10pm and Tuesday 9 October at 10.35pm respectively.

Based on the hit tell-all book from best-selling author Martin Kihn (House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time), HOUSE OF LIES stars Golden Globe® winner and Oscar®, BAFTA® and Emmy® nominee Don Cheadle (Ocean’s Twelve, Crash, Hotel Rwanda) as Marty Kaan, a highly successful, cutthroat consultant who is never above using any means (or anyone) necessary to get his way with his clients. Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) also stars as Jeannie Van Der Hooven, a razor-sharp, Ivy League graduate who works at Marty’s firm. Marty’s life is further complicated by his acerbic ex-wife Monica (Dawn Olivieri, The Vampire Diaries), psychoanalyst father Jere miah (Emmy® award winner Glynn Turman, In Treatment) and young son Roscoe (newcomer Donis Leonard Jr.)

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