CBS and Warner Bros. Television reached a 2-year, 48-episode agreement for seasons 11 and 12 of tentpole comedy The Big Bang Theory, bringing the hit back through the 2018-19 season. Big Bang, TV’s #1 comedy in viewers since 2010-11 and the top comedy in key demos for five straight seasons, is expected to serve as […]
Also on NBC’s summer slate: spin-off Little Big Shots: Forever Young, focusing on seniors, starting Wednesday, June 21 at 8p; the return of winter game show The Wall on Thursday, June 22 at 8p, followed by the season 4 bow of The Night Shift; new drama Midnight, Texas on Tuesday, July 25 at 10p; the […]
California lured 4 more series to the Golden State with its production tax credit. FX’s Legion and Fox’s Lucifer are pulling up stakes from Vancouver, while Showtime’s The Affair and Netflix’s The OA are leaving the Big Apple behind. The latest $57.3 million in tax credit allocation for 15 projects will generate an estimated $620 […]
Ryan Murphy is working on another anthology series for FX. Set in 1986, Pose examines the juxtaposition of several segments of life and society in New York City: the emergence of the luxury Trump-era universe, the downtown social and literary scene and the ball culture world.
For the first time, all 22 competitors in CBS’s The Amazing Race will be strangers who meet at the starting line. Teams will be determined by first impressions, with just moments to get acquainted before setting off. “For years, The Amazing Race fans have suggested we line up complete strangers and match them up at […]
Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives) will play an ambitious consultant in Fox workplace comedy pilot Type-A, about a team of consultants hired for dirty work like layoffs and downsizing. Longoria stars opposite Ken Marino (Marry Me).
NBC gave a 4-episode order for Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update, featuring SNL Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che, with drop-ins from their late night co-stars. “SNL is having its best season in a quarter of a century – how many shows can say that?! – so we didn’t want them to take the […]
Alec Baldwin is being honored by friends and co-stars in Spike TV’s One Night Only: Alec Baldwin. Described as part This is Your Life, part Dean Martin Roast, the special will be taped at the Apollo Theater NYC on Sunday, June 25, premiering on Spike Sunday, July 9 at 9p.
Tyra Banks has been named host of season 12 of NBC hit America’s Got Talent. “Tyra is the complete package: Out-of-this-world talented, funny, brilliant and all heart,” said Paul Telegdy, president, alternative and reality group, NBC Entertainment. “In whatever she has done, she has always connected with audiences around the world. Her vivacious spirit will […]