"ARLI$$" HAS STORIES TO TELL, AND HBO PLANS TO TELL THEM

          HBO has renewed "Arli$$," according to John Dempsey of
     DAILY VARIETY.  HBO execs "declined to comment on the
     decision," but sources said that the network could make the
     announcement "within the next two weeks."  Dempsey wrote
     that the return of "Arli$$" was "unexpected," as it "was
     facing cancellation," but when "word of the show's impending
     doom got out to the media last month, particularly to the
     sports pages, HBO got deluged with thousands of e-mail
     messages urging that 'Arli$$' stay on the air."  HBO will
     pick up the show for 12 more episodes -- the same number as
     each of its first three seasons (DAILY VARIETY, 10/26).