Jimmy Kimmel’s hidden camera prank show Revenge Of the Nerd (working title) got an eight-ep order from Discovery. Series, which hails from the Kimmelot Banner, will star former NASA engineer-cum-YouTube personality Mark Rober and be exec-produced by Kimmel and Rober. The duo will scour the planet to catch evil-doers in the act, and punish them […]
Scott Bros in the house: HGTV extended its talent deal with twins Drew and Jonathan Scott through 2022. Also known under the moniker of their popular series the Property Brothers, the Scotts also received pick-up orders for Property Brothers: Forever Home and a new season of their competition series Brother vs. Brother. As exec producers […]
Will Ferrell is in to topline and produce a Netflix feature film based on the streamer’s doc The Legend of Cocaine Island, about a small-business owner who comes across the legend of a buried stash of cocaine worth $2 million hidden in the Caribbean. Peter Steinfeld will pen the script; Ferrell will produce with Gloria […]
It’s official: NBCUniversal announced CEO Steve Burke will step down on August 14, following the Tokyo Summer Olympics. Jeff Shell, currently Chairman of NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment, will become CEO on January 1; Burke’s title will change to Chairman. “I cannot thank Steve enough for the incredible impact he has had on this entire company,” […]
CBS All Access renewed Star Trek: Picard for season two, ahead of its series launch on January 23. Like Star Trek: Discovery, new episodes of season one will drop weekly.
Segments of TBS’s Full Frontal with Samantha Bee filmed amid the protests in Hong Kong will air Wednesday, December 18 at 10:30p. “There was a huge march the day we left of hundreds of thousands of people – I’m sure it was in celebration of us being there and not people being excited we were […]
ABC canceled summer series Reef Break after one 13-episode season. Poppy Montgomery (Without a Trace) was star and executive producer of the crime drama, which averaged 2.85 million viewers in Live+3 Nielsens and an 0.4 rating among A18-49.
Walt Disney Television renewed nationally syndicated talk show Tamron Hall in more than 80% of the country, including the ABC Owned Television Stations Group and the Hearst Television stations. “As one of the highest-rated new talk shows in five years, Tamron Hall is connecting with audiences in such a powerful and unique way, and we […]
It’s the end of the line for Brockmire. IFC confirmed that the Hank Azaria-starring and executive produced show’s upcoming fourth season, bowing in March, will be its last. “From the beginning, Brockmire was conceived as a four-season story, and we are so proud to see it written and produced to its creative conclusion,” said IFC […]
In new Discovery Channel series Reclaimed, homesteaders who purchased mining claims for pennies on the dollar enlist two experts to help unearth hidden treasure. Launching Thursday, January 9 at 9p, the series is part of Discovery’s new “Off the Grid Thursdays” block, along with Homestead Rescue (premiering January 2) and Building Off the Grid, beginning […]