Netflix renewed Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, ordering 16 additional episodes that will air in two parts. The streamer originally ordered 20 episodes of the series, which imagines the origin of Sabrina the Teenage Witch as a dark coming-of-age story and was split into two 10-episode segments. The new season will begin production in 2019. Meanwhile, […]
Actor, producer, author and activist George Takei (Star Trek) is joining the second season of Ridley Scott-produced anthology series The Terror on AMC as a consultant and series regular. The new 10-episode season will air in 2019.
Former ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey is officially heading to Netflix as Vice President of Original Content. Dungey will report to Cindy Holland, Vice President of Original Content, and is expected to begin in February. Together, Dungey and Holland will team to set strategy for the streamer’s original series and oversee a key portion of […]
CBS All Access greenlit a sophomore season of Tell Me a Story, the psychological drama from Kevin Williamson and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment. Written by Williamson, the series is based on the Spanish format and reimagines the world’s most beloved fairy tales as dark twisted psychological thrillers.
Kevin Reilly has been tapped to oversee creative for WarnerMedia’s upcoming streaming platform. Reilly, the President of TBS and TNT and Chief Creative Officer of Turner Entertainment, adds heading Direct-to-Consumer to his purview. Reilly will continue to report to Turner President David Levy while also reporting to WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey on direct-to-consumer issues.
Food Network inked a new deal with celebrity chef Ina Garten that includes new seasons of Barefoot Contessa as well as several seasonal specials. “Our audience adores Ina – she is truly a culinary legend and embodies everything Food Network viewers crave,” said net President Courtney White.
Jake Gyllenhaal is set to star in the Netflix adaptation of The Helicopter Heist by Jonas Bonnier, exploring a 2009 robbery in Sweden when four men broke through the roof of a cash depot and flew off with millions. Story is based on extensive interviews with the robbers, who had previously refused to speak publicly. […]
Jennifer Garner and J.J. Abrams, who previously joined forces on Alias, are reuniting for My Glory Was I Had Such Friends. Apple gave a straight-to-series order to the one-hour limited drama starring and executive-produced by Garner and executive-produced by Abrams via his Bad Robot Productions banner. Project is based on the 2017 memoir of the […]
Megan Mullally (Will & Grace) will host the 25th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards January 27 in LA and simulcast live on TNT and TBS. Nominations were announced yesterday, with Netflix grabbing the most noms for the third consecutive year with 15 – almost twice as many as its nearest competitor. Amazon’s Prime Video scored […]
ABC is shuffling its schedule, putting freshman drama series A Million Little Things in a new plum Thursday 9p slot after Grey’s Anatomy for the remainder of the season. Not on the midseason schedule roster for the first time since it debuted is Dancing with the Stars, though it’s expected back in the fall. Instead, […]