• ‘Empire’ Building: Lessons Learned From Fox’s Midseason Blockbuster
• Pilot Watch: Jamie Kennedy Joins NBC Pilot ‘Heart Matters’; Rachel Boston In CBS’ ‘For Justice’
• HBO should renew Looking, even though nobody watches
• Back to the D List: Kathy Griffin Leaked Email Reveals She Was ‘Nervous and Scared’ About Quitting ‘Fashion Police’
• Must READ TV: The Uncensored, Epic, Never-Told Story Behind ‘Mad Men’
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• The Business of Show: Stallone to Produce S.T.R.O.N.G. Series From Biggest Loser Creator
• HBO wants Game Of Thrones to last 10 seasons, probably won’t make a movie
• Must See TV: ‘Game of Thrones’ Cast Attempts to Explain the Show in 30 Seconds
• Scandalous: Here’s a Preview of Lena Dunham and Her Wig on Scandal
• ‘The Flash’: See Tom Cavanagh as Reverse-Flash (Photo)
• Love This: Jaime Pressly joining Mom as a series regular
• Outlander: Jamie skinny dips, even more ‘harrowing’ scenes in second half of the first season
• THE ROYALS Review: Not a royally good time
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• Seconded: We need a new Star Trek TV series. A real one.
• Woo-Hoo! Netflix is winning the war against cable TV
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• How is this still a thing: How TV dinners really look vs. how they’re advertised
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• WOW! ‘American Horror Story’ Mansion Sells for $3.2 Million
• You Take the Good You Take the Bad: Mike and Molly, Mom renewed for additional seasons
• PaleyFest 2015: Teen Wolf: Season 5 will refocus on Scott and Stiles’ friendship, and 7 other teases
• Post Mortem: Americans’ Alison Wright on Martha’s Panic, Doubts About Philip
• Pilot Watch: Paget Brewster To Co-Star In John Stamos Fox Comedy Pilot ‘Grandpa’
• Pilot Watch: Teddy Sears To Star In CBS Pilot ‘Doubt’
• That’s a Wrap: ‘The 100’ EP on Clarke’s Decision, That Ending and ‘A Very Different Season 3’
• Pilot News: Greek Grad Jake McDorman to Lead CBS Drama Limitless
• Sad But True: ‘Breaking Bad’s’ Vince Gilligan tells ‘jagoffs’ to stop throwing pizza on Walter White’s roof
• Game of Thrones: Arya’s season 5 makeover revealed
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• Les Moonves: Showtime Will Soon Launch A Direct-To-Consumer Streaming Service
The Three Best Sports-Themed TV Shows
Credit: Gage Skidmore
Despite national broadcasts of popular sports bringing in viewers in their millions, the primetime sports-themed TV show has struggled to gain even a fraction of this audience.
The issue seems to be that these comedies or dramas either risk losing casual viewers by focusing too greatly on the sport itself or turn off sports fans by not devoting enough time to the intricacies of the subject matter. [Read more…]
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• Funny Business: Ranking The Best Secondary Characters On ‘Bob’s Burgers’
• Pilot Watch: Tim DeKay To Co-Star In ‘Frankenstein’
• Pilot Shuffle: Bret Harrison Joins Fox Comedy Pilot ‘The Perfect Stanleys’ In Recasting
• ‘Sleepy Hollow’ Showrunner Exits Show, Inks Overall Deal With CBS TV Studios
• Watch It Now: The Grace Helbig Show gets premiere date and a promo
• Global Domination: Game of Thrones’ Will Simulcast Globally Every Week For Season Five
• Pilot Watch: NBC Orders Jerrod Carmichael Comedy to Series
• Scoop: Reign Casts Lost Girl Alum as Queen Elizabeth
• Jeremy Clarkson, Top Gear host, suspended by BBC after ‘fracas’
• The Good Wife Mystery Solved! Where Is Jess Weixler’s Robyn?
• COMMUNITY Q&A: Alison Brie on Weathering the Show’s Cancellation and Its Yahoo Rebirth
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt isn’t the new 30 Rock. It’s the new Bewitched.
• Sad But True: Syfy will not bring back ASCENSION as series.
• Bloodline Video: Meet Kyle Chandler’s Dysfunctional New TV Family
• Must Read TV: A Bombshell Confession on Girls Reveals How the Show Has Matured
Morning Static: EMPIRE, GAME OF THRONES, LOOKING & More!
• Trailer Park: Marvel’s Daredevil
• This Week in Tech: Apple lands HBO streaming service as a launch exclusive
• ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 5 Trailer #2: The Gods Demand Justice
• Jussie Smollett Of “Empire” Comes Out: “There Is No Closet”
• Charted: All the Brands in ‘House of Cards’
• Pilot Watch: Don Johnson To Star In ABC Pilot ‘Boom’
• Duh of the Day: The WALKING DEAD Companion Series Will Be On For A While
• Homeland Creator: ISIS ‘Too Evil’ to Include on Show
• Awwww Alert: The Cast Of “Greek” Still Hangs Out And It Is Melting Our Hearts
• Jon Stewart’s ‘Daily Show’ Replacement: Who Fans Would Choose
• Funny Business: Jim O’Heir On His New Film, ‘Middle Man,’ And Life After ‘Parks And Recreation’
• Checking In: 7 juicy teases for the insanely good new season of ‘Bates Motel’
• Woo-Hoo: Lucy Lawless Will Join Bruce Campbell On Starz’s ‘Evil Dead’ Series
• Mark Your Calendars: ‘Gotham,’ ‘New Girl’ and 9 more FOX season finale dates
• RIP: ‘The Simpsons’ producer Sam Simon dead at 59
• Broadcasters Are Going Movie-Crazy During Pilot Season These flicks are getting production money, even if they’re not very good
• Pilot Watch: Fox Delays ‘Luther’ Remake
• Reality: ABC Announces Major Twist in Next ‘Bachelorette’ Casting
• Preview: ‘The Flash’ trailer debuts Mark Hamill’s Trickster
• Spoiler Alert: ‘Better Call Saul’ Turns Corner From Good Toward Greatness
• Hail to the Chief: ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Welcoming President Obama This Week
• Must Read TV: What The Simpsons Owes to Sam Simon
• HBO should renew Looking… even though nobody watches
• Nielsen: Study of TV Viewers Backs Twitter’s Claims to Be Barometer of Public Mood
• Yummy! Now You Can Make Carol’s Cookies From The Walking Dead
Morning Static: SUPERGIRL, PALEYFEST, GAME OF THRONES & More!
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• Scoop: CBS Casts Young ‘Supergirl’
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• Nielsen Study: Strong Correlation Between Twitter TV Activity and General Audience Engagement
• Streaming News: Netflix To Release Jennette McCurdy Drama on Week-by-Week Basis
• Spoiler Alert: ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 5 Plot Synopses for First 3 Episodes Revealed
• Mark Your Calendars: ‘Nurse Jackie’ is set for final season
• True War Stories at NBC News: The trouble didn’t start with Brian Williams.
• John Stamos visits the ‘Full House’ house incognito, poses for a pic
• Will Gardner is returning to The Good Wife — kind of
• A&E’s The Returned: What’s in a Remake? Nothing Good Yet
• PaleyFest: ‘Homeland’ to Jump Ahead in Time, Shoot in Europe for Season 5
• Pilot Watch: ‘Six Feet Under’ Alum Lauren Ambrose to Star in ABC Cop Drama ‘Broad Squad’
• ‘Hannibal’ Season 3 Has A Premiere Date, New Time Slot, And Sickening Trailer
• Sink your Teeth into… Everything you need to know about ‘Teen Wolf’ Season 5
• Does Comedy Central Give Script Notes? Comedians Give The Lowdown At PaleyFest
• Exit Stage Right? Oscar Producer’s Tweets Suggest No 2016 Return For Zadan, Meron
• Bookmark This: PaleyFest 2015 TV Panel Schedule & Live Stream
• Culture Wars: When binge-watching turns to binge-bragging…
• For Canadian Eyes Only: Behind the scenes of Ontario’s campaign for a Netflix tax
• Raising the Broadcast White Flag: What Lies Behind Bell’s Radical Plan to Raise TV Fees, Block Content, Violate Net Neutrality & Fight Netflix
• Greendale Today: How Community’s Long Road to Yahoo Sets Up a Fresh Start for Season 6
• NBC Thursday Shake-Up: Allegiance Cancelled, The Slap on the Move
Funny Business: Showtime Releases Key Art and First Trailer for HAPPYish
Press Release: Today, SHOWTIME unveiled the poster art for its new half-hour comedy series HAPPYish, which premieres on Sunday, April 26th at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT. HAPPYish stars Oscar® and Golden Globe® nominee Steve Coogan, Kathryn Hahn and Emmy® winner and Golden Globe nominee Bradley Whitford. The series is a comedic, soul-searching examination of our pursuit of happiness and why it continues to be so elusive. Currently in production in New York, HAPPYish also features guest stars Emmy and Tony® Award winner Ellen Barkin, Emmy Award winner Carrie Preston, Molly Price and Andre Royo. To view the trailer, see below [Read more…]
Morning Static: DOWNTON ABBEY, THE BIG BANG THEORY, HBO & More!
• HBO Now: New report reveals everything you need to know about HBO’s streaming service
• Royal Watch: Kate Middleton Will Be Visiting The ‘Downton Abbey’ Set
• Pilot Watch: Fox Looks to Newcomer to Star Alongside Eric McCormack in ‘Studio City’
• Funny Business: Hannibal Buress, Natasha Leggero, Martha Stewart, and More Join the ‘Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber’
• The Business of Show: Networks Still Nagged By Weak Ad Growth As Upfront Market Approaches
• Good News: Netflix’s newest debut proves it might be the modern sitcom’s last hope
• Harve Bennett Dies: Producer Of ‘Star Trek’ Movies & TV Classics Was 84
• Casting Coup: Casting ’24’ Star Leslie Hope to Recur on CBS’s ‘Blue Bloods’
• Spotlight: Jane Krakowski on 11th Hour ‘Kimmy Schmidt’ Addition, Moving Past ’30 Rock’
• Trend Watch: Fox Is Developing an Expendables Event Series
• Cable Ace: HBO Developing Psychological Drama from ‘Entourage,’ ‘In Treatment’ Producers
• LLAP: Big Bang Theory pays tribute to Leonard Nimoy
• Pilot News: Originals’ Daniel Sharman Checks into CBS Medical Drama LFE
• Woo-Hoo! Martha Plimpton joins Dan Savage’s ABC pilot
• Now on Broadway: All the standard Larry David neuroses
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• Friday Fun: Here’s The ‘Archer’-‘Bob’s Burgers’ Face Swap You’ve Been Waiting For
• For Canadian Eyes Only: Mark Burnett, MGM and Canada’s Bell Media Unveil First Joint Reality Pilot
• News You Can Use: Career advice from Hollywood that applies to any industry
Morning Static: THE FOSTERS, STAR TREK, AMERICAN CRIME & More!
• How to save Star Trek: Make it the True Detective of science fiction
• Watch Before Judging: ABC Family’s ‘The Fosters’ Creators Defend 13-Year-Old Gay Male Kiss
• Cannot Wait: Tina Fey’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Is a Worthy Heir to 30 Rock• Must Read TV: Fifteen and Loving It
• Postmortem: Suits Boss on That Big Breakup and What’s Next
• American Crime Review: A Series With Something to Say
• Game Changer: HBO’s standalone service has a name and possible launch date
• ‘Supergirl’ Begins Filming – What to Expect: Premiere, Crossovers & More
• Pass the Kleenex: Read a Beautiful Eulogy for Harris Wittels by His Sister Stephanie
• Pilot Watch: ‘Homeland’s Raza Jaffrey To Co-Star In CBS Pilot ‘Code Black’
• The Big Tease: ‘Outlander’ Teases End of #Droughtlander With Homage to Series’ Original Poster
• Casting Roundup: Carl Lumbly Joins CBS Drama Series ‘Zoo’; Arielle Goldman In Cinemax’s ‘The Knick’
• Time Suck: ‘Game Of Thrones’ Actors Before They Became Really, Really Famous
• Pilot Watch: Anika Noni Rose to star in CBS’ For Justice pilot
• L.A. Mayor Cuts Production Red Tape, Appoints New Chief Film Liaison For City
• Cool Beans: Giovanni Ribisi To Play The Lead In Bryan Cranston-David Shore Pilot ‘Sneaky Pete’
• Late Night Wars: James Corden Says His ‘Late Late Show’ Will Be More Norton Than Letterman
• Casting Coup: ‘Hannibal’ Cast Adds Zachary Quinto for Season 3
• Pilot Watch: Jon Dore Cast As Lead In ‘The Half Of It’ CBS Comedy Pilot
• RIP Kruger: Seinfeld Actor Daniel von Bargen Has Died
• Newsworthy: Maddow Uses O’Reilly to Demonstrate Everything That’s Wrong with Cable News
• Controversy: Fresh Off the Boat Star Says the Lack of Asians on TV Is “Racism”
• Fun with Numbers: How Long Can A Spinoff Like ‘Better Call Saul’ Last?
Morning Static: SHARKNADO, THE ORIGINALS, DOWNTON ABBEY & More!
• Scary News: The Fate Of ‘Sharknado 3? Is In Jeopardy Due To A Production Crew Strike
• Pilot Watch: ‘The Originals’ Newbie to Co-Star in Julie Plec’s CW Pilot
• Shape Up: Jillian Michaels to host Spike TV fitness show
• Pilot Watch: Fred Savage Is Returning To Acting Alongside Rob Lowe In A New Fox Comedy
• Casting Coup: Bill Murray to guest on TBS comedy ‘Angie Tribeca’
• Not So Funny Business: IFC Cancels ‘Garfunkel and Oates’ After One Season
• Must Read TV: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and the Sunny Side of Surviving
• Animation Domination: Star Wars Rebels’ Adds Sarah Michelle Gellar to its Voice Cast for Season 2
• Pilot Watch: Jon Foo To Play Detective Lee In ‘Rush Hour’ CBS Pilot
• This Week in Tech: NBCUniversal Planning Online Comedy Subscription Service
• TV Review: DIG
• Pilot Watch: Mike Epps to Star in ABC’s ‘Uncle Buck’ Pilot
• Mark Your Calendars: Syfy Announces Premiere Dates for Final Season of Lost Girl, Bitten Season 2, and New Drama Olympus
• Cannot Wait: ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 5 Featurette Introduces the Sand Snakes
• Trailer Park: Yahoo’s New Season of Community Spoofs Age of Ultron Trailer A look at the brainy sitcom’s fabled return
• Profile: ‘American Crime,’ John Ridley’s New Series on ABC
• Who Knew? Amazon Prime’s most-streamed shows aren’t what you’d expect
• Funny Business: FXX Renews Jay Baruchel’s Man Seeking Woman for Season 2
• D’oh! Homer Simpson almost discovered the Higgs boson before any scientist
• Cool Beans: This Photographer Uses An iPhone To Insert TV And Film Scenes Into Real-Life Scenarios
• Pilot News: Carrie Preston Starring in NBC’s Empty-Nester Comedy
• Team CoCo: Watch ‘Conan’ cut loose in Cuba
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• Watch: Justin Bieber get groped by Jeffrey Ross in Comedy Central Roast promo
• Leonard Nimoy’s Funeral: Read Touching Eulogy for the Beloved Actor
• Sweet: Reports of Maggie Smith’s ‘Downton’ exit may be premature
• Harpo Studios to close in December, official says