Skip a newsletter last week? “In Case You Missed It” rounds up the top stories in our daily editions, so you can be up on the latest news, Cynopsis-style, in the worlds of linear, digital and sports television. Enjoy! Fuse has its sights set on culturally diverse influencers with a September 30 relaunch. On the way: […]
FOX is expanding its Empire. The network announced new drama pilot Star, from executive producer Lee Daniels, a possible companion series to the network’s breakout hit. “Like Empire, it’s set against the backdrop of the music business, but from a very different perspective,” said FOX chairman and CEO Gary Newman, noting that Star is set […]
The all-star cast of NBC’s holiday production of The Wiz Live! keeps growing. Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black) and Amber Riley (Glee) have signed to play Good Witches on the special airing Thursday, December 3. “We are so happy to welcome two actors we’ve admired and wanted so much to work with,” said […]
Cancelling TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting cost Discovery Communications a cool $19 million. During an earnings call on Wednesday, CFO Andy Warren cited higher restructuring and other charges of $19 million, “primarily due to content impairment charges from canceling TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting.” 19 Kids was yanked in May after it was revealed family […]
IFC ordered pilot presentations for three comedies: comedic panel show Great Minds, hosted by Dan Harmon (Community); a late night talk show hosted by comedian Jim Norton (Inside Amy Schumer), and satirical newsmag 1320 Seconds, created and helmed by Sara Schaefer (Late Night With Jimmy Fallon). “These pilots represent an exciting, aggressive move for us […]
TV One is producing two companion movies, Royal Family Thanksgiving and Royal Family Christmas, featuring an ensemble cast led by Vivica A. Fox, Romeo Miller and Debbi Morgan. The films will premiere on November 21 at 8p and December 5, respectively. Both are directed by Lance Kawas (Paid in Full), written by Rhonda Freeman-Baraka and […]
Ovation and crowd-funding platform RocketHub in October will launch Creative Studio, a joint initiative to assist artists in funding their creative projects. Creative Studio will provide pre-launch tips and training, marketing support, on-air promotion on Ovation TV, social media marketing and on-going support throughout fund-raising campaigns. Ovation and RocketHub are seeking projects to launch Creative […]
In a press conference yesterday, Amy Schumer made good on her promise to speak up in support of tighter gun control following the fatal shooting last month of two women at a screening of her film Trainwreck at a Louisiana theater. She joined Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) when he unveiled a plan that would make […]
Rock legend Jimi Hendrix takes center stage in the new Showtime doc Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church, premiering Friday, September 4, at 9p, across Showtime platforms. The special chronicles Hendrix’s largest U.S. performance at the Atlanta Pop Music Festival in July 1970 with never-before-seen concert footage, plus footage of the festival’s promoter, Paul McCartney, Steve Winwood […]
Fuse has its sights set on culturally diverse influencers with a September 30 relaunch. On the way: a new logo and programming that’s “edgy and relevant.” That includes the made-over net’s first original series, Transcendent, a docu-series about trans women performers at a cabaret, bowing Wednesday, September 30 at 11:30p; Fluffy Breaks Even, an unscripted […]
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