Cartoon Network renewed Ben 10 for a second season. Since its April launch, the animated series has reached nearly 41 million viewers across linear, mobile and VOD platforms. In addition to new aliens, season 2 will include new console and mobile games, as well as other immersive experiences.
Lin-Manuel Miranda is joining the DuckTales chorus. The Hamilton mastermind is lending his voice to the Disney XD animated series reboot, set to premiere later this year, in the recurring role of Gizmoduck. The series got a season 2 renewal ahead of its summer launch. Miranda is in good company in the children’s entertainment realm. […]
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah hit its most-watched week ever in Live+SD, with a delivery of 1.045 million total viewers P2+ for the week of May 15. That surpasses Noah’s premiere week as host of the Comedy Central cornerstone in September 2015 (1.019 million).
The passing on Thursday of former Fox News chairman and CEO Roger Ailes, a TV news pioneer and player in Republican politics who founded FNC in 1996 and resigned in the wake of sexual harassment allegations last summer, prompted a wide range of responses. Said Rupert Murdoch, executive chairman of 21st Century Fox, “A brilliant […]
Saturday Night Live will have to find a new Drunk Uncle. With his comedy, Me, Myself & I, picked up by CBS, SNL staple Bobby Moynihan is leaving the NBC sketch show after 9 seasons. Season finale airs tomorrow.
Young Sheldon will have a special Monday launch behind mother ship Big Bang, then move to Thursdays. 9JKL and Me, Myself & I will join the Monday comedy block, while SEAL Team will air Wednesdays at 9p, S.W.A.T. takes the Thursday 10p slot and Wisdom of the Crowd follows 60 Minutes on Sundays at 8p.
Extreme prospectors risk their lives deep in the bush of British Columbia for the chance to find hundreds of million of dollars in gold on Devil’s Canyon, launching Tuesday, June 6 at 10p on Discovery.
There’s a follow-up in the works to Paolo Sorrentino’s The Young Pope. The New Pope, a joint production between HBO and Sky, will go into production late next year in Italy. Casting for the title role and additional roles is expected to begin soon.
Among the big news: Katy Perry was revealed as the first judge on the American Idol reboot. Plus, for the second consecutive year, Jimmy Kimmel will host the Oscars, airing Sunday, March 4. Kimmel is also teaming with Justin Theroux to produce an untitled live sitcom special that will bring viewers classic sitcom scripts acted […]
Kevin Costner is set to star in Yellowstone, the first scripted series greenlit for the Paramount Network. He’ll play John Dutton, a man who controls the largest contiguous ranch in the U.S., under constant attack by those it borders. Series goes into production this fall, to debut in Summer 2018.