MTV will air An Inconvenient Special, focused on climate change, on Wednesday, August at 7:30p. Al Gore hosts the town hall forum in connection with his upcoming film, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power. Viacom Networks takes its part with “An Inconvenient Week” the week of July 31, offering social, digital and on-air support across […]
Syfy acquired both seasons of short-form web series Con Man, set at fan conventions. The news broke, appropriately, during San Diego Comic-Con. Con Man, from Firefly’s Alan Tudyk, began with a 2015 Kickstarter campaign with Tudyk, his Firefly co-star Nathan Fillion and producer P.J. Haarsma; the web episodes will be combined into half-hour installments for […]
The setting for FXX’s Archer shifts from LA to “Danger Island,” a remote beach in the South Pacific, for season 9, it was revealed at Comic-Con. After a dark season 8, things will lighten up with “quicksand, cannibals, and super intelligent monkeys,” said exec producer Matt Thompson. Animated series returns in 2018.
Season 5 of CW’s The Originals will be its last. “It’s both a gift and a burden to be able to control the ending of a series,” said Julie Plec, creator/showrunner of the Vampire Diaries spin-off. Plec asked Comic-Con fans to “celebrate with us, cry with us, visit with us, watch us next spring.”
After months of negotiations, Ryan Seacrest confirmed his return as host of American Idol in its new home on ABC. Live with Kelly and Ryan co-host Kelly Ripa broke the news on the daytimer on Thursday; Seacrest will continue to tape Live from NYC. Seacrest, who hosted Idol during its entire Fox run from 2002-2016, […]
Discovery Communications and Scripps Networks Interactive are talking merger, according to numerous reports, reviving a discussion that ended in 2014. Combining the companies, with strong nonfiction brands like Discovery, TLC, HGTV and Food Network, as well as ratings and advertising growth, could offer more leverage in carriage negotiations, as well as make for a robust […]
Comedy Central’s @midnight is coming to an end Friday, August 4, after 600 episodes. The late-nighter has averaged between 400,000-490,000 total viewers, delivering 250,000-300,000 among A18-49.
The 2018 Sundance Film Festival will feature a greater spotlight on television than the Robert Redford-founded fest has had in the past. Sundance has been elevating the presence of the small screen for several years, with several cable broadcast nets premiering series there. Next year’s event will include a new section titled “Indie Episodic” tailored […]
Alec Baldwin goes from SNL presidential impersonator to Col. Nathan Jessep in NBC’s upcoming live drama A Few Good Men. Playwright Aaron Sorkin will exec produce and adapt his own 1989 play for the broadcast. “Alec Baldwin is the gift that keeps on giving at NBC, and we’re excited to have him starring in Aaron […]
The season 7 bow of Game of Thrones delivered 10.1 million viewers on Sunday, reports HBO. Counting replays and early streaming numbers, viewership hit 16.1 million, a single-day record for the show.
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