Shonda Rhimes, Common and Norman Lear have joined forces as executive producers on America Divided, a documentary series ordered by EPIX. Created by Solly Granatstein, Lucian Read and Richard Rowley, each episode will focus on celebrities exploring inequality in the context of their own lives. To date, America Ferrera, Jesse William, Zach Galifianakis, Amy Poehler […]
#NoBrainer: Spike TV renewed Lip Sync Battle for season three. “Lip Sync Battle is a multiplatform pop-culture phenomenon that has played an integral role in delivering a new and broader audience to Spike,” said Kevin Kay, net president, of Spike’s most-watched original series ever. The new season, taping later this year, will consist of 20 […]
FX’s Fargo was among the big TV winners at Sunday’s 21st annual Critics’ Choice Awards. The series took home four trophies, followed by USA Network’s Mr. Robot with three wins. Here’s the complete list of television trophies from the event, which was simulcast on A&E, Lifetime and LMN: Best Comedy Series: Master of None Best […]
NBC set Sunday, March 13 at 8p as the premiere date for alternative series Little Big Shots. The comedy is exec-produced by Ellen DeGeneres and Steve Harvey, who will also host. Series pits Harvey going toe to toe with “some of the smallest performers with the biggest talent,” ranging from a 4-year-old basketball phenom to […]
USA is off the fence about Playing House, renewing the comedy for season three. News broke at TCA on Thursday, when series creators/stars Lennon Parham and Jessica St. Clair badgered USA president Chris McCumber during his opening remarks with queries about the fate of their show, until he assured them they’d be back. While season […]
Marissa Ronca has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Head of Programming, and Puja Vohra to Executive Vice President, Marketing and Digital at truTV. Both will continue to report to network president Chris Linn.
Late Night host Seth Meyers extended his contract with NBC Entertainment through February 2021. Said Meyers, who started in February 2014, “I can’t thank NBC enough for continuing to support our show and this more than makes up for my disappointment in not getting cast in The Wiz.” Meyers will also host a 2016 New […]
Showtime placed a 12-episode order for season seven of Shameless. Season six is airing Sundays at 9p. “Shameless has clearly resonated with audiences as evidenced by their steady growth on Sunday nights over the past 6 years,” said Showtime Networks president of programming, Gary Levine. The net also announced season premiere dates for season five […]
Al Jazeera America is shutting down by April 30. In a memo to staff, network CEO Al Anstey said the decision to fold the news net, launched in August 2013, “is driven by the fact that our business model is simply not sustainable in light of the economic challenges in the U.S. media marketplace.”
Ted Danson (CSI: Cyber), who shot to fame on NBC’s Cheers (1982-1993), and Kristen Bell (House of Lies) have been cast in NBC comedy Good Place, about a woman trying to turn over a new leaf. The network ordered 13 episodes of the Michael Schur (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) series, produced by Universal Television, 3 Arts Entertainment […]
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