Showtime renewed The Chi for a second season, with Ayanna Floyd Davis (Empire, Hannibal) signed on as EP and showrunner. The series exploring the humanity behind the headlines on the South Side of Chicago goes back in production later this year.
The body of former Glee star, Mark Salling, was found hanging from a tree near his home in Sunland, CA. He was 35. The actor had pleaded guilty to child pornography charges last month and was scheduled to be sentenced on March 7.
Nina Tassler, former CBS Entertainment Chairman, and producer Denise Di Novi have launched PatMa Productions, a multi-platform independent studio aimed at amplifying diverse voices. “We recognize that diverse voices from diverse backgrounds make innovative storytelling, which is good for business, and we are excited to work in partnership with an array of creatively talented people […]
Netflix renewed Fuller House for season 4. The streamer said in October that the revival of ABC’s 1987-1995 comedy was its second most “binge raced” (when fans watch an entire season in one 24-hour period) series, after Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.
Grammy fans were not amused when CBS’s coverage of the PGA Tour’s Farmer’s Insurance Open ran long on Sunday, eating into the Grammys red carpet show. With the Open in a 3-way playoff, CBS stuck with golf 38 minutes after red carpet coverage was slated to start – leaving just 22 minutes for fashion chat. […]
Former CNN host and Celebrity Apprentice contestant Piers Morgan, who interviewed President Donald Trump for UK’s ITV during the World Economic Forum at Davos, contends his friend is “absolutely” mentally capable of being a successful president. “He’s a bull in a china shop and not everyone’s cup of tea, clearly,” Morgan said on BBC One’s […]
Also in reboot mode is CBS, picking up pilots for Cagney and Lacey (1982-1988), produced by CBS Television Studios and MGM Television, and Magnum, P.I. (1980-1988), from CBS Television Studios and Universal Television. In addition, the net ordered pilots for cop drama Chiefs, and comedies Here Comes the Neighborhood, about a nice guy who moves […]
Oscar winner Helen Mirren will star in four-part HBO/Sky miniseries Catherine the Great, which begins filming later this year. Project explores the tumultuous and sexually charged court of history’s most powerful female monarch. Mirren is also set as EP on the miniseries, written by Nigel Williams (Elizabeth I, Wodehouse in Exile) and directed by Philip […]
Freeform released its lineup of TV and movies for February. Season 2 of Beyond bows Thursday, February 1 at 8p; Grownish returns on Wednesday, February 7 at 8p, followed by Alone Together at 8:30p; and The Fosters is back with Season 5B on Tuesday, February 6 at 8p. The network celebrates the 80th anniversary of […]
Meryl Streep has joined the season 2 cast of HBO’s Big Little Lies, as the mother of Perry Wright (Emmy winner Alexander Skarsgard). She joins fellow Oscar winners Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman, who star and exec produce.
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