Season 3 of Big Love

After a writer's strike, cast members filming movies, and law enforcement raids on real polygamous compounds, HBO's hit show, Big Love is starting it third season, tonight.

Fans, like me have been waiting over a year for Big Love to return. We have been watching the re-runs of the first two seasons on the many networks of HBO, if we don't have them on DVD.

Big Love follows the Polygamous Mormon Henrickson family of Sandy, Utah. Bill leads his three wives Barb, Nicki, Margene, and all his children.

The family owns Henrickson Home Plus, a hardware super store that competes with Lowe's, Home Depot, and Walmart. They also own a slot machine and video poker company known as Weber Gaming.

The Henrickson's have their up and downs like every family. Nicki's father, the jailed Prophet of the Juniper Creek compound and her siblings make life interesting.

Here is what www.hbo.com says about this season of Big Love:

""As if juggling three wives weren't tricky enough, Season Three of Emmy®- and Golden Globe®-nominated 'Big Love' finds modern polygamist Bill Henrickson (Bill Paxton) tackling problems outside his three-house suburban home. Bill attempts to create some much-needed financial security by expanding from Henrickson Home Plus into Weber Gaming. And as he continues to try and extricate himself from family and business ties to the Juniper Creek compound, he discovers that the prophet Roman Grant (Harry Dean Stanton) is difficult to elude. The power struggles between first wife Barb (Jeanne Tripplehorn), second wife Nicki (Chloë Sevigny) and third wife Margene (Ginnifer Goodwin) continue - especially regarding the possibility of adding a fourth. And then there are the assorted family troubles he has to deal with including the growing pains of his two oldest, Sarah (Amanda Seyfried) and Ben (Douglas Smith), and the endless challenges brought on by his brother Joey (Shawn Doyle), their father Frank (Bruce Dern) and mother Lois (Grace Zabriskie) - not to mention three mothers-in-law. Bold, funny and wholly original, 'Big Love' continues to explore the evolving institution of marriage through this typically atypical family.

The executive producers of 'Big Love' are Playtone's Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman and series creators Mark V. Olsen & Will Scheffer (writer of HBO's 'In the Gloaming'), who produced the independent feature film 'Easter.'

'Big Love' stars Bill Paxton ('Twister,' 'A Simple Plan'), Jeanne Tripplehorn ('The Firm'), Chloë Sevigny (Oscar®-nominated for 'Boys Don't Cry,' 'Dogville'), Ginnifer Goodwin ('Walk the Line,' 'Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!'), Harry Dean Stanton ('The Green Mile,' 'Anger Management'), Bruce Dern ('Monster') and Grace Zabriskie ('Twin Peaks'). Other regulars include Amanda Seyfried ('Mamma Mia!' 'Mean Girls'), Shawn Doyle ('Don't Say a Word'), Daveigh Chase ('Lilo & Stitch'), Joel McKinnon Miller ('After the Sunset'), Douglas Smith ('Sleepover'), Melora Walters ('Cold Mountain' and Jolean Wejbe ('Gilmore Girls'). Also featured: Mary Kay Place ('Sweet Home Alabama'), Matt Ross ('Good Night, and Good Luck') and Tina Majorino ('Napoleon Dynamite').""

Big Love will be broadcast on Sunday at 9pm, with many replays throughout the week. Big Love can also be seen on the HBO on Demand Service.

I also regularly watch HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, True Blood, and Little Britain USA. I also watch the comedy and other specials that are offered from this network.