After 25 years at Sony Pictures Television, Harry Friedman is stepping down as Executive Producer of Wheel of Fortune and JEOPARDY! when his contract expires on May 1, 2020. Friedman shared his decision with the staffs of both productions on Thursday, gathering the group on the JEOPARDY! stage. “I think all of you know how […]
Netflix drama 13 Reasons Why will be back for a fourth and final season. The SVOD service announced the news of the show’s renewal – and end – ahead of its Season 3 launch on Friday, August 23.
ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC have teamed for a lawsuit against free streaming app Locast, provider of local TV signals, reports the Wall Street Journal. Despite its non-profit status, the nets say Locast’s “founding, funding and operations reveal its decidedly commercial purposes.” Locast contends it operates within copyright laws which allow “boosters” of local broadcast […]
Showtime gave a straight-to-series order to Rust, starring Jeff Daniels (The Looming Tower), who will executive produce and reteam with writer Dan Futterman (Capote). Family drama, co-produced with Platform One Media, will explore the tattered American dream through the eyes of a compromised chief of police in a Rust Belt town.
A former America’s Next Top Model contestant is suing Ryan Seacrest’s production companies and Bravo over a scene in the series Shahs of Sunset in which she appears nude, despite not giving permission to be filmed. In the suit filed July 25, Kiara Belen claims she appeared in an episode of the Bravo show that […]
Fast Color, a TV series from Viola Davis and Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions based on the 2018 sci-fi film, is in development at Amazon. The movie’s scribes Julia Hart and Jordan Horowitz and their Original Headquarters are also in on the series, as is Mickey Liddell’s LD Entertainment. The film, which revolves around three generations […]
truTV’s The Carbonaro Effect is headed to national syndication. Trifecta Entertainment & Media is launching the hidden camera prank series as two weekly half-hours in September, with 93% of the country cleared.
Netflix renewed Trinkets for a second and final season. The sophomore run of the YA series about three high school girls, based on the Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith novel, is slated to launch in 2020.
Mary J. Blige will headline Starz’ Power spinoff, Power Book II: Ghost, now in pre-production. “I’m a huge fan for life, and I’m so grateful to be a part of it,” the singer/actress told the TCA summer press tour crowd.
Hulu ordered Love Beth, a comedy created, directed, written and exec produced by Amy Schumer, as part of a new first-look deal with the Trainwreck star. Series is slated to launch in late 2020.
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