Stephen Soderbergh medical series The Knick could do more than teach viewers about hospital life before antibiotics. It could finally put all those "Skin-emax" jokes to rest. Early reaction from critics and press offers hope The Knick might put Cinemax on the prestige content map, as Mad Men did for AMC. A second season was ordered before the first began its run Aug. 8. At a bit more than 14 million subscribers, according to SNL Kagan, Cinemax is less than half the size of big sister HBO, at more than 29 million.
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