I Heart Rome

HBO’s Rome may have fallen already (due to high production costs), but that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy the sudsy sandals-and-scandals drama’s second – and final – season, which will premiere on Sunday, Jan. 14, at 9 p.m. ET.

In order to prepare you for the grandiosity of this show’s second season (which will pick up after the death of Gaius Julius Caesar, played by Ciarán Hinds, at right), HBO will air a special encore of the first season, starting tonight at 8 p.m., and concluding on Sunday at 8 p.m.

Also returning to the tube next Sunday are Ricky Gervais’ Extras, also on HBO, at 10 p.m., with a season to feature such guest stars as Orlando Bloom, David Bowie, and Harry Potter’s Daniel Radcliffe, and 24, on FOX, at 8 p.m., with the first half of its four-hour, two-night premiere.

Clearly, next Sunday night is going to be busy.

Photo: HBO.com (Rome).