Ugly Betty’s Michael Urie and Becki Newton reteam to star as brother and sister in Fun, which landed a pilot production commitment from CBS. Funeral home comedy comes from Michael Patrick King (2 Broke Girls), former Ugly Betty EPs Tracy Poust and Jon Kinnally and Warner Bros. TV.
Nickelodeon’s Are You Afraid of the Dark? premieres Friday, October 11 at 7p. Three-parter based on the ‘90s kids cult classic has been reimagined for a new generation.
Hitting it out of the park: South Park got a three-season renewal at Comedy Central, bringing Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s snarky hit through an unprecedented season 30. The Emmy- and Peabody-winning series is the longest-running primetime scripted series in cable. Season 23, during which the series will surpass its milestone 300th episode, will premiere […]
Done deal: JJ Abrams and his Bad Robot studio closed a five-year deal with WarnerMedia that sees Abrams keeping his TV business and moving his film business under the WM umbrella. The estimated $500 million pact, which came after many other companies attempted to woo Abrams, also includes games and digital content. Bad Robot had […]
Whoopi Goldberg will play 108-year-old prophet Mother Abagail in CBS All Access’ adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand. Also onboard are Jovan Adepo (When They See Us), Owen Teague (Black Mirror), Brad William Henke (Orange Is the New Black) and Daniel Sunjata (Rescue Me), along with previously announced cast members James Marsden (Westworld) and Amber […]
BET Networks appointed Amy DuBois Barnett as Senior Vice President and General Manager of BET Digital. Previously, Barnett was Chief Content Officer for theGrio and EVP, Digital for theGrio’s parent company, Entertainment Studios.
Songland was renewed by NBC. The songwriting competition is averaging a 1.1 rating among A18-49 and 5.1 million total viewers in Live+7 Nielsens so far this season, and has produced six songs that hit a #1 ranking on the iTunes music chart.
Animal Planet debuted Give a Dog a Home Live! on Tuesday with Puppy Bowl’s Dan Schachner serving as host. The show has been billed as cable’s first live weekly animal adoption series and will air live at 12p on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Each day, audiences will visit shelters and centers around the U.S. to meet […]
HBO renewed comedy The Righteous Gemstones for a second season. The series, which debuted on August 18, stars Danny McBride, Jody Hill and David Gordon Green and centers on a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed and charitable work.
Adam Stotsky is exiting his post as president of E!, ending 18 years at NBCUniversal. Stotsky, who informed the company staff of his departure on Monday via an email, will work on his transition with Frances Berweick, President, Lifestyle Networks, NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment. Berweick will take over Stotsky’s responsibilities in the interim.
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