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Nov 28 2018
News: CBS Announces Winter Schedule Plans For New and Returning Comedies Including FAM Starring Nina Dobrev
CBS announced the comedy portion of its winter 2019 scheduling moves, including the series premiere of FAM and the return of MAN WITH A PLAN. CBS will premiere the new comedy FAM on Thursday, Jan. 10 (9:30-10:00 PM, ET/PT) after MURPHY BROWN completes its season order. FAM stars Nina Dobrev and Tone Bell in a comedy about a woman whose vision of a perfect life with her adoring fiancé and his wonderful parents is radically altered when her 16-year-old, out-of-control half-sister unexpectedly comes to live with her. Also, MAN WITH A PLAN will return for its third season on Monday, Feb. 4 (8:30-9:00 PM, ET/PT) after HAPPY TOGETHER completes its season run. MAN WITH A PLAN stars Golden Globe Award winner Matt LeBlanc in a comedy about an old-school guy confronting the modern challenges of parenting, marriage and family.
Nov 27 2018
News: CBS Announces Winter Schedule and Mid-Season Slate of Reality Programming Including Two New Unscripted Competitions
CBS is building a strong roster of reality programming at midseason with the premieres of two new unscripted competitions, THE WORLD’S BEST and MILLION DOLLAR MILE, and the return of three fan favorites, BIG BROTHER: CELEBRITY EDITION, SURVIVOR, and THE AMAZING RACE.
Nov 27 2018
Video/News: Showtime Presents Sommore: A Queen With No Spades Comedy Special Premiering Dec 21
Stand-up comedian Sommore brings a full house of class and sass for the debut of her new one-hour comedy special, SOMMORE: A QUEEN WITH NO SPADES, on Friday, December 21 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME. In the special, directed by Kevin Layne and Scott Woolley and filmed at the Faena Theater in Miami Beach, Sommore commands the stage with her frank and fearless take on today’s issues and her unique perspective on life, politics and individual choice.
Nov 26 2018
News: Starz Announces Series Orders For P-Valley and Hightown
Starz announced the series pickups of “P-Valley” (working title), based on her play Pussy Valley, and “Hightown,” formerly called “P-Town,” from Rebecca Cutter (“Gotham”), Gary Lennon (STARZ Original series “Power”) and Jerry Bruckheimer TV.
Nov 26 2018
Videos: Season 10 Archer – Ball of Energy and Rock Creature Pam
Archer Season 10 Cast Chats: Malory’s (voiced by Jessica Walter) character is going balls to the wall in Season Ten. Rock creature Pam (voiced by Amber Nash)? What are her hopes and dreams?
Nov 26 2018
Video/News: Smithsonian Channel’s Laws of the Lizard May Reveal Big Secrets About Life on Earth, Premiering Dec 26
Biologists and wildlife filmmakers Nate Dappen and Neil Losin launch a year-long adventure in search of the secrets of an unassuming reptile in Smithsonian Channel’s LAWS OF THE LIZARD. Dappen and Losin travel to remote forests and tiny islands across the Caribbean and Latin America to uncover how a tiny reptile can reveal the fundamental rules of nature – what they call the “LAWS OF THE LIZARD.” Winner of the 2018 Jackson Hole Science Media Awards’ top prize, the Grand Helix, LAWS OF THE LIZARD will premiere on Wednesday, December 26 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Smithsonian Channel.
Nov 26 2018
Video/News: TNT’s New Drama I Am the Night From Patty Jenkins, Starring Chris Pine Premieres Jan 28
Written by Sam Sheridan and inspired by true events, I Am the Night tells the gripping story of Fauna Hodel (India Eisley), a teenage girl who is given away at birth, and grows up outside of Reno, Nevada. Fauna lives more-or-less comfortably with the mysteries of her origin, until one day she makes a discovery that leads her to question everything. As Fauna begins to investigate the secrets of her past, she meets a ruined reporter (Pine), haunted by the case that undid him. Together they follow a sinister trail that swirls ever closer to an infamous Los Angeles gynecologist, Dr. George Hodel (Jefferson Mays), a man involved in some of Hollywood’s darkest debauchery, and possibly, its most infamous unsolved crime.
Nov 26 2018
Video/News: Second Half of The Walking Dead Season 9 and Season 3 of Ride With Norman Reedus Premieres Feb 10
AMC’s “The Walking Dead” will return for the second half of season nine on Sunday, February 10 at 9:00 p.m. ET/ PT. And the season three premiere of “Ride with Norman Reedus” will air at midnight that same evening. The second half of “The Walking Dead” season nine finds our groups of survivors, both old and new, continuing to deal with the impact of events that took place during the six years that have passed. “Ride with Norman Reedus” follows Reedus, a motorcycle enthusiast, as he hits the open road to explore local bike culture and celebrate the best and brightest collectors, mechanics, and craftsmen around the country. Each episode features Reedus and a riding companion as they journey across an unknown terrain and experience the culture surrounding them… with plenty of time for unplanned detours and tire changes.
Nov 19 2018
Video/News: Disney Channel’s Daughter/Father Comedy Sydney to the Max Premieres Jan25
A heartwarming and sentimental comedy, “Sydney to the Max” centers around the experiences of a sociable, goodhearted middle schooler named Sydney Reynolds and her protective, doting – and sometimes clueless! – single dad Max as they navigate the challenges of growing up. Set during two timeframes, decades apart, flashback scenes to young Max and his best friend Leo in the 1990s parallel many of the funny predicaments Sydney and her BFF Olive get themselves into. VHS camcorders, bleached skater hair and other ’90s-defining “relics” aside, Sydney and Max come to realize, aided by Sydney’s kicky grandmother Judy, who’s well-versed in Max’s childhood antics, that they have more in common than either realizes.
Nov 19 2018
News: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 6 Set to Air Summer 2019 and Renewed For Seventh Season
Even before the sixth season is scheduled to air this summer 2019, ABC gives “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” season 7 order. As you recall, in the epic season 5 finale,
“The End” – Coulson’s life or death is the challenge the team finds themselves in, as the wrong decision will cause the destruction of Earth.
Nov 15 2018
News: Syfy Announces First Original Late Night Animated Series Alien News Desk
Set to debut early 2019, ALIEN NEWS DESK is a weekly, half-hour topical animated series set in an extraterrestrial newsroom. Voiced by Emmy® nominated comedian Will Forte (alien news anchor “Drexx Drudlarr”) and “Saturday Night Live’s” Heidi Gardner (alien co-anchor “Tuva Van Void”), the 12-episode series will cover up-to-the-minute news and commentary about the universe’s most baffling species – the inscrutable Humans of Planet Earth.
Nov 13 2018
CBS All Access Allows Viewers to Become the Detective In Original True-Crime Series Interrogation
CBS All Access announced a new original straight-to-series order for INTERROGATION, a true-crime drama series in which the viewer becomes the detective.
INTERROGATION is based on a true story that spanned more than 30 years, in which a young man was charged and convicted of brutally murdering his mother. Each episode is structured around an interrogation taken directly from the real police case files. The first nine episodes of the series will be available to watch in any order, and the conclusive season finale will be released at a later date.
Nov 10 2018
Video/News: Freeform’s Holiday Rom-Com No Sleep ‘Til Christmas Starring Dave and Odette Annable Premieres Dec 10
Dave and Odette Annable will star in “No Sleep ‘Til Christmas,” an unexpected and whimsical holiday romantic-comedy about two insomniac strangers plagued by exhaustion. What seems like an odd coincidence, and frankly a disruption to their lives, might be more meaningful than they’d like to admit. “No Sleep ‘Til Christmas” premieres Monday, Dec. 10, at 9:00-11:00 p.m. EST/PST on Freeform.
Nov 10 2018
News: It’s A Wonderful Lifetime A Special Week Featuring Five Nights of Premieres Starting Nov 21 – 25
This Holiday season Lifetime is giving you 6 straight weeks of cheer with over 60 holiday titles to enjoy – 23 premieres of brand new movies – 5 in a ROW during Thanksgiving week alone – 2 original holiday specials …..and a partridge in a pear tree!
Nov 08 2018
Video: Netflix’s Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle In Theaters Nov 29, Launching Globally Dec 7
Acclaimed actor and director Andy Serkis reinvents Rudyard Kipling’s beloved masterpiece, in which a boy torn between two worlds accepts his destiny and becomes a legend. Mowgli (Rohan Chand) has never truly belonged in either the wilds of the jungle or the civilized world of man. Now he must navigate the inherent dangers of each on a journey to discover where he truly belongs. Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andy Serkis, Freida Pinto, Matthew Rhys and Naomie Harris lead an all-star cast along with newcomer Rohan Chand in this visually spectacular and emotionally moving adventure.
Nov 07 2018
News: Freeform’s Annual 25 Days of Christmas Programming Starts Dec 1
With Christmas around the corner, Freeform’s beloved “25 Days of Christmas” programming event begins on DEC. 1. This year’s holiday lineup event includes the premieres of Freeform Original Features “Life-Size 2,” with Tyra Banks and “grown-ish”’s Francia Raisa from airing SUNDAY, DEC. 2, at 9:00-11:00 p.m. EST/PST, and “No Sleep ‘Til Christmas,” with Dave and Odette Annable airing MONDAY, DEC. 10, at 9:00-11:00 p.m. EST/PST. Additionally, the network will premiere the “Pop Up Santa Holiday Special” on MONDAY, DEC. 3, at 9:30-11:00 p.m. EST/PST, bringing Christmas cheer in unexpected places, and a new installment of “Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings: Holiday Magic” on SATURDAY, DEC. 8, at 8:00-9:00 p.m. EST/PST. Freeform joins ABC, Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior in celebrating “25 Days of Christmas” across all networks.
Nov 07 2018
Video/News: Tyra Banks Returns In Freeform’s Original Film Life-Size 2 Premiering Dec 2
In “Life-Size 2,” Grace Manning (Francia Raisa) is the 20-something CEO of Marathon Toys, a huge toy company started by her mother that is most famous for manufacturing the iconic Eve doll. Grace is also in the middle of her quarter-life crisis, realizing she is in over her head as CEO. To make matters worse, her wild-child ways are causing the company’s stock to plummet. With the help of her young next-door neighbor, Grace’s old Eve doll (Tyra Banks) magically awakens to help get Grace back on track and give her the confidence to be the woman and leader Eve knows Grace can be.
Nov 07 2018
News: Sundance Now and Shudder Acquire Season 2 and 3 of Sky Original Drama Series A Discovery of Witches
On heels of Sky UK’s greenlight announcement for second and third seasons of the captivating series “A Discovery of Witches,” Sundance Now and SHUDDER has confirmed the acquisition of both seasons. The first season is set to premiere on both the services in U.S. and Canada on January 17, 2019. Adapted from Deborah Harkness’s critically-acclaimed and bestselling “All Souls trilogy,” “A Discovery of Witches” is a modern-day love story, set in a world where witches, vampires and daemons secretly live and work alongside humans, hidden in plain sight. Starring Matthew Goode, Teresa Palmer, Alex Kingston, Valerie Pettiford, Lindsay Duncan, Owen Teale, Edward Bluemel, Aiysha Hart, Trevor Eve, Malin Buska, and Gregg Chillin.
Nov 06 2018
News: Lifetime Greenlights Two Original Movies Based on Novels – Pride and Prejudice: Atlanta and Very Valentine
Lifetime is set to adapt a pair of beloved book titles for two new original movies, Pride and Prejudice: Atlanta, featuring an all-African American cast for a modern take of the Jane Austen classic and New York Time’s best-selling author Adriana Trigiani’s Very Valentine starring Kelen Coleman and Jacqueline Bisset, from Sony Pictures Television. Pride and Prejudice: Atlanta and Very Valentine join Lifetime’s growing roster of movies developed from popular novels including a trilogy of films from Jane Green and five movies based on VC Andrew’s Casteel series set to debut in 2019 on Lifetime.
Nov 06 2018
News: ABC Picks Up Full-Season For The Rookie Starring Nathan Fillion
“The Rookie” has been given a full-season order, as announced by Channing Dungey, president, ABC Entertainment. As the force’s oldest rookie, John Nolan (Nathan Fillion) is met with skepticism from some higher-ups who see him as just a walking midlife crisis. If he can’t keep up with the young cops and the criminals, he’ll be risking lives including his own. “The Rookie” stars Nathan Fillion as John Nolan, Alyssa Diaz as Angela Lopez, Richard T. Jones as Sergeant Wade Grey, Titus Makin as Jackson West, Mercedes Mason as Captain Zoe Andersen, Melissa O’Neil as Lucy Chen, Afton Williamson as Talia Bishop and Eric Winter as Tim Bradford.
Nov 06 2018
News: MTV Studios Plans To Reimagine Groundbreaking Scripted Series Undressed
Celebrated for its honest take on gender, class and race, “Undressed” helped launch the careers of hundreds of young actors and behind the scenes talent, including: Christina Hendricks, Jason Ritter, Max Greenfield, Brandon Routh and Chad Michael Murray, as well as Damon Lindelof (“Lost”), Lizzy Weiss (“Switched at Birth,” “Blue Crush”) and Steven S. DeKnight (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”). Roland Joffé, the two-time Oscar® nominated director who created and executive produced “Undressed,” is set to EP the scripted series which is currently in development.
Nov 02 2018
News: Four-Part Limited Series AXIOS Debuts On HBO Nov 4
Directed and produced by Emmy® winner Matthew O’Neill (HBO’s “Baghdad ER”) and Perri Peltz (HBO’s “Remembering the Artist Robert De Niro, Sr.”), the show will highlight the week ahead in politics, business and technology – and the topics shaping the future. Each edition of AXIOS will feature coverage of a timely big issue, followed by documentary shorts, illuminating interviews with major newsmakers and trustworthy insights delivered with AXIOS’ signature “Smart Brevity” in a succinct, shareable format.
Nov 02 2018
News: Freeform Announces the Cast for Breckman Rodeo (wt)
Freeform announced a pilot order for “Breckman Rodeo” (working title) from creator/writer Steve Lerner and the executive producers of the award-winning drama “The Americans,” Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields. “Breckman Rodeo” (working title) is an ensemble drama about a group of young rodeo riders in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The show centers on Ashley, a rodeo-as-hell sparkplug who refuses to stay within the lines that have been drawn for her, and her boyfriend Brant, a rodeo prodigy torn between a content, quiet life and the rocky climb to superstardom. Brant, Ashley and their friends will have to reconcile the traditional values of their sport and their upbringing with the changing realities of the 21st century.
Nov 01 2018
News: Bravo’s Vanderpump Rules and New Docuseries Unanchored Premieres Dec 3
Bravo Media delivers double the drama and twice the fun with the season seven premiere of “Vanderpump Rules,” immediately followed by the series premiere of the new docuseries “Unanchored,” on Monday, December 3 at 9pm & 10pm ET/PT. Following nine best friends aboard a 56-foot catamaran for three weeks in the Bahamas, “Unanchored” will air new episodes on back-to-back nights every Monday and Tuesday at 10PM ET/PT.
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