
Director/writer/actor/all-around television genius
Paris Barclay has been upped to executive producer status on HBO's
In Treatment, according to
Daily Variety. Barclay, an openly gay TV veteran, has a long list of LGBT-inclusive credits, including directorial stints with
Weeds, In the Life, ER, Dirt, and, most recently,
In Treatment, which he co-executive produced and directed 12 of the 43 half-hour episodes in the show's first season, including the episode in which
Blair Underwood's character comes to realize he is gay.
In Treatment was recently nominated for three Primetime Emmys, including a Best Actor nomination for the series' star,
Gabriel Byrne. HBO has ordered 35 episodes for the second season, and asked several new producers to sign on, including
Hagai Levy, Warren Leight, Mark Wahlberg and
Stephen Levinson.