USA Network has tapped Catherine Hardwicke (“Twilight,” “Miss You Already”) to direct the first two episodes of the new drama series EYEWITNESS. From Universal Cable Productions (UCP), the US adaptation of the successful Norwegian crime thriller (original title “Øyevitne”) explores a grisly crime from the point of view of the eyewitness. Scott Peters (“V,” “THE 4400”) joins Adi Hasak (Creator, “Shades of Blue”) and Jarl Emsell Larsen as Executive Producer. Peters will also direct multiple episodes of the 10-episode series. The drama will be adapted for American television by Hasak.
Feb 04 2016
Video: Coldplay Rocks the Valentine’s Day Episode of HAWAII FIVE-O Feb 12
HAWAII FIVE-0 will feature four songs from Grammy Award-winning band Coldplay in their Valentine’s Day episode, to be broadcast Friday, Feb. 12 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT), on the CBS Television Network. The songs, all from the band’s latest album A Head Full of Dreams, include “Adventure of a Lifetime,” “Amazing Day,” “Birds” and “Everglow.”
Feb 04 2016
*UPDATED* Casting News: Jason Patric and Djimon Hounsou Joins Season Two of WAYWARD PINES Airing Summer 2016 on Fox
Jason Patric (“Rush,” “Narc”) has been cast in a leading role in WAYWARD PINES, the hit psychological thriller event series returning for a second season this summer on FOX. Patric will portray DR. THEO YEDLIN, a confident, driven surgeon whose leadership skills will prove invaluable to the residents of Wayward Pines.
Feb 04 2016
TV News: Syfy Greenlights Futuristic Thriller INCORPORATED to Series
Syfy announced it has greenlit to series INCORPORATED, a futuristic thriller from Matt Damon, Ben Affleck & Jennifer Todd’s Pearl Street Films, CBS Television Studios and Universal Cable Productions. The 13-episode first season of the new drama series is expected to premiere on Syfy in Fall 2016. Set in a near future where corporations have unlimited power, INCORPORATED centers around Ben Larson (Sean Teale, “Reign”), a young executive who conceals his true identity to infiltrate a very dangerous corporate world to save the woman he loves. But he’ll soon learn that he’s not the only one whose secrets may have deadly consequences.
Feb 04 2016
TV News: Lifetime New Original Movie THE REAL MVP: The Wanda Pratt Story Set to Premiere May 7
Lifetime continues its partnership with Academy Award nominated, Golden Globe, Grammy, SAG and Emmy Award winner Queen Latifah, Shakim Compere and their Flavor Unit team to bring the inspiring true story of Wanda Pratt, a single mom who struggled and sacrificed to raise her two sons Tony and Kevin Durant, in the Lifetime Original Movie The Real MVP: The Wanda Pratt Story (working title). Named 2014’s NBA Most Valuable Player, Kevin captured the hearts of the nation with a speech dedicated to Wanda for all she has done to get him there. Executive produced by Queen Latifah, Shakim Compere and Wanda Pratt, production on the two-hour film is currently underway in Vancouver. Set to premiere in celebration of Mother’s Day this year, The Real MVP: The Wanda Pratt Story is produced by A+E Studios.
Feb 04 2016
USA Network Renews Colony for a Second Season
Feb 02 2016
New Smithsonian Channel™ Docu-Series, Alaska Aircrash Investigations, Goes BTS with the NTSB on March 13
The new Smithsonian Channel series, ALASKA AIRCRASH INVESTIGATIONS, goes behind-the-scenes with unprecedented access to the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) Alaska “Go Team.” For the first time, The NTSB has allowed a television crew to follow its Alaska unit as it investigates the more than 125 crashes that occur in the state every year. The series, comprised of six hour-long episodes, premieres Sunday, March 13 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
Feb 02 2016
Casting News: Annaleigh Ashford Joins the Cast of THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW>
Tony Award winner Annaleigh Ashford (“Sylvia,” “You Can’t Take It With You,” “Masters of Sex”) has been cast as COLUMBIA, the castle’s feisty live-in groupie, in the two-hour television event THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, airing this fall on FOX. Ashford joins previously announced cast members Laverne Cox (Dr. Frank-N-Furter, “Orange is the New Black”), Victoria Justice (Janet, “Victorious”), Ryan McCartan (Brad, “Liv & Maddie,” “Heathers: the Musical”), Adam Lambert (Eddie, “Glee”), Reeve Carney (Riff Raff, “Penny Dreadful,” “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark”), Staz Nair (Rocky, “Game of Thrones”) and Tim Curry, the original Frank-N-Furter, who returns as the show’s Criminologist Narrator.
Jan 31 2016
Grimm – “Eve of Destruction” Review. Who’s That Girl?
After more than a month hiatus, Grimm returns with an all new episode “Eve of Destruction.” Originally titled “The Return,” and also set to air last week on January 22, Grimm writers and producers seem to have taken their time with the reintroduction of Bitsie Tulloch back into the series. I never believed Juliette (Tulloch) had died but what transpired in “Wesen Nacht,” coupled with her surprise “Eve of Destruction,” sets the stage for an all too intriguing episode.
Jan 30 2016
TV News: E! Green lights Second Scripted Series The Arrangement *UPDATED* with Premiere Date
E! announced today the network’s second scripted series “The Arrangement,” a Cinderella story for modern times with a dark and complicated Hollywood twist. Produced by Universal Cable Productions, the 10 episode one-hour series stars Josh Henderson (“Dallas”), Christine Evangelista (“Chicago Fire”), Michael Vartan (“Alias”) and Lexa Doig (“Continuum”). The pilot was written by Jonathan Abrahams (“Mad Men”), who will serve as executive producer on the series.
Jan 29 2016
TV Promo: Arrow – Target Trailer
Jan 29 2016
Grace Gummer Cast as Mr. Robot Series Regular
Jan 29 2016
Casting News: Starz and FreemantleMedia’s AMERICAN GODS Cast Ricky Whittle as Shadow Moon
Starz and FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) announced that Ricky Whittle (“The 100,” “Austenland”) has been cast as Shadow Moon in the upcoming adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed contemporary fantasy novel, American Gods. The series will begin shooting in April.
Neil Gaiman said, “I’m thrilled that Ricky has been cast as Shadow. His auditions were remarkable. The process of taking a world out of the pages of a book, and putting it onto the screen has begun. American Gods is, at its heart, a book about immigrants, and it seems perfectly appropriate that Shadow will, like so much else, be Coming to America. I’m delighted Ricky will get to embody Shadow. Now the fun starts.”
Jan 29 2016
TV News: Fox to Air Inaugural ELECTRONIC MUSIC AWARDS and FOUNDATION Show On April 23
Los Angeles-based production company TV4 Entertainment, electronic music luminary Paul Oakenfold and Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) today announced a partnership to create and broadcast the inaugural ELECTRONIC MUSIC AWARDS & FOUNDATION show, to air Saturday, April 23 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Filming on April 14 at the SLS Hotel in Los Angeles, the first-ever Electronic Music Awards & Foundation (EMAF) show will feature electronic music’s leading artists, creatives, executives and visionaries (to be announced).
Jan 28 2016
Suits – “Blowback” Retrospective. Club Fed.
Jan 28 2016
TV News: Smithsonian Channels’ Lion Whisperer Kevin Richardson Returns In PREDATOR ROAD TRIP Special Feb 24
He’s called the “Lion Whisperer” because he shares an extraordinary bond with Africa’s most fearsome predators. Now Kevin Richardson faces his biggest challenge yet – a battle to transport 27 lions, 4 black leopards and 14 hyenas to a new home, a sanctuary on the edge of the Dinokeng Game Reserve in South Africa. Smithsonian Channel follows Richardson and the move in a new special airing in two-parts, PREDATOR ROAD TRIP: BACKSEAT LIONS, premiering Wednesday, February 24 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, and PREDATOR ROAD TRIP: HYENA BREAKOUT on Wednesday, March 2 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
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