An elite team of searchers use advanced data algorithm and groundbreaking science and tools to analyze five decades of Bigfoot sightings, and pinpoint when and where to encounter the beast, in investigative-adventure series Expedition Bigfoot, premiering Wednesday, December 4 at 10p on Travel Channel.
Box office smash Avatar will be available on Disney+ when the streamer launches in the US, Canada and The Netherlands on Tuesday, November 12 – news that director James Cameron announced via video on Friday. Avatar will join a previously announced slate including nearly 500 films and 7,500 television episodes.
Decorating competition The Great Christmas Light Fight is back for season seven on Monday, December 2 at 8p. ABC also gave a pick-up for season eight, to air in 2020.
CBS is planning to remake James Corden’s long-running Sky game show, A League Of Their Own, and will turn to the late night host for help tweaking it for U.S. audiences. Series will be produced by Fulwell 73, which includes Corden as a partner, and CPL Productions, creator of the UK format.
Food Network has begun production on a six-episode reboot of Food Network Challenge, which ran from 2005 to 2011. Hosted by Ian Ziering (Sharknado), series pits the country’s top cake makers, bakers and sugar artists against each other in two rounds of theme battles. The season premiere will celebrate holiday film A Christmas Story, and […]
AMC canceled Lodge 49 after two seasons. “This wonderful show gave audiences fresh and unforgettable characters in a world that did not exist anywhere else on television,” said AMC of the well-reviewed series, which during its sophomore run averaged 132,000 viewers A18-49 and 428,000 total viewers in Live+3, down 40% from season one.
HBO ordered a Game of Thrones spin-off, House of the Dragon, from George R.R. Martin and Ryan Condal. Show is set 300 years before GoT and tells the story of the House of Targaryen. Condal will team with Miguel Sapochnik for showrunner duties.
NBC News plans to go 24/7 with its NBC News Now streaming service. The move involves hiring more than 70 staffers to bolster digital operations, while a vertical devoted to science and climate reporting will get cut and become daily coverage, and “Left Field,” a unit devoted to experimental video, will be phased out. The […]
Producer Dick Wolf is taking his brand of storytelling to the podcast medium with Wolf Entertainment’s Hunted, headlined by Parker Posey. Produced in partnership with Endeavor Audio, project follows a Deputy U.S. Marshal (Posey) charged with leading one of the most treacherous manhunts in U.S. history.
NBCUniversal is taking ShoppableTV out of beta. The ad unit, which allows viewers to buy, from their phone, products featured on a show, has been tested with sponsors like Lacoste during the French Open and Walmart on Today. Shoppable ads will now be used across unscripted programming, including Sunday Night Football. NBCU said the average […]