HBO is looking to push their programming even more left-field with the announcement of a new half-hour drama that tackles gender transformation.

Variety reports that the network has tapped In Treatment show runners Anya Epstein and Dan Futterman to develop a show centered on the story of a woman transforming into a man.

The show, entitled T, is said to be inspired by an episode of the public radio show “This American Life.”

HBO has tackled gender transformation before with the 2003 telepic Normal. And in film Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman received earned an Academy Award nomination for her role as a pre-operative male-to-female transsexual in the film Transamerica.

While the show will no doubt inspire growing interest as it advances in development and ultimate premiere, is this the type of show that audiences will gravitate towards week after week?

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