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"Bad Girls" breaking out on HBO

Mon May 26, 2008 8:27pm EDT

By Nellie Andreeva

Television

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Move over "Oz," some "Bad Girls" are coming to HBO.

The pay cable channel is reuniting with "Six Feet Under" creator Alan Ball to develop an American version of the long-running British drama about the staff and inmates of a women's prison. Ball will serve as an executive producer and supervise the writing.

"Bad Girls," which bowed out in 2006 after eight seasons on ITV, was praised for its portrayal of the complex relationships among female inmates. It currently airs on MTV Networks' gay-themed channel Logo. U.S. remake rights previously were held by the FX cable channel.

Women's prisons are a hot TV setting this year. Fox is developing a "Prison Break" spinoff that would take place at a female prison.

In addition to creating both the undertaker saga "Six Feet Under" as well as HBO's upcoming vampire drama "True Blood," Ball won an Oscar for writing "American Beauty." He recently made his feature directorial debut on "Towelhead," which he adapted from Alicia Erian's novel.

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