ABC gave a full-season order to freshman series The Rookie. The Nathan Fillion-starrer, about a man following his dream to become a police officer, is growing the time period over the same point last year by 84% in total viewers (to 8.3 million) and 36% among A18-49 (to 1.5/7).
The Walking Dead star Andrew Lincoln, whose character left the AMC zombie drama on Sunday, isn’t going far. AMC announced a series of AMC Studios Original Films, starring Lincoln and written by chief content officer Scott M. Gimple, that are planned to continue the story of Rick Grimes. As part of Gimple’s multi-year plan for […]
Discovery is headed to the U.S.-Mexico border to document the work of law enforcement, as well as the stories of people who live there, in Border Live. Six-part multiplatform series launches Wednesday, December 5 at 9p. “Our goal with this project is to shine a light on epic stories through immersive experiences, and we will […]
HBO renewed Divorce, starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Thomas Haden Church, for a six-episode season three. The comedy’s first season consisted ten episodes; its second had eight.
Hulu expanded its licensing agreement with 20th Century Fox Television Distribution, cementing itself as the leading destination for premium animated series. The streamer added all 13 seasons of King of the Hill to its lineup, and locked in exclusive post-broadcasting streaming rights to Bob’s Burgers and Family Guy, as well as American Dad! and all […]
The Brady Bunch kids reunited for the first time in nearly 15 years to kick off HGTV’s upcoming series, A Very Brady Renovation (wt). Barry Williams, Maureen McCormick, Christopher Knight, Eve Plumb, Mike Lookinland and Susan Olsen were on hand for an on-camera walk-through of the Studio City house that was used in the sitcom’s […]
Lots of action at ABC, which gave a put pilot commitment to an untitled comedy starring, co-written and exec-produced by Hannah Simone (New Girl). Inspired by Simone’s nontraditional Indian family, series was developed at ABC Studios, which is producing. Former New Girl co-exec producer Matt Fusfeld and Alex Cuthbertson are writing and exec producing… Additionally, […]
CBS launched free, ad-supported 24/7 direct-to-consumer streaming network ET Live. Developed in collaboration with CBS Interactive and CBS Television Distribution’s entertainment newsmagazine Entertainment Tonight, the digital network taps into the ET legacy to offer continuous, original programming. At launch, ET Live is available at ETLive.com, via Android and iOS devices through the ET Live app, […]
Six weeks into season 5 of Bojack Horseman, Netflix renewed the animated series starring Will Arnett for a sixth season… Netflix also picked up a second season of adult animated comedy series Paradise PD; the renewal comes two months after it premiered the series about a backwater small-town police department that features the voice of […]
It’s official. Naomi Watts will lead the ensemble cast of HBO’s untitled Game Of Thrones prequel pilot… Jordan Belfi (American Curious) scored a recurring role in NBC’s Chicago Fire… Jaime Murray (Dexter) landed a key recurring role on upcoming fifth and final season of Batman prequel Gotham on Fox… Kristine Froseth (Sierra Burgess is a […]