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'Bad Judge' Showrunner Liz Brixius Out
23 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
The new NBC sitcom Bad Judge appears to be in need of some behind-the-scenes order. Bad Judge showrunner Liz Brixius has exited the show, NBC confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. Deadline first reported her departure. The series, set to premiere Oct. 2, stars Kate Walsh as a strict judge who loves to party when she's not behind the bench. Her life is about to undergo a lot more scrutiny, thanks to an 8-year-old boy whose parents she sent to jail. Brixius joined Bad Judge in May after signing a two-year development deal with NBC in 2012. She
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- Ryan Gajewski
NBC's Bad Judge Loses Showrunner
23 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Four episodes into filming its freshman run, NBC’s Bad Judge has been met with some bad news.
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Nurse Jackie cocreator Liz Brixius, who was named the new comedy’s showrunner in May, has vacated that post due to “creative differences,” our sister site Deadline reports.
Brixius’ successor as showrunner was not immediately named, but there is expected to be no delay in the comedy’s Thursday, Oct. 2 premiere.
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Created by Chad Kultgen (The Incredible Burt Wonderstone) and »
10 First-Time 'SNL' Hosts We Want This Fall
6 September 2014 6:00 PM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
While it's nice to have the dependable guest hosts like Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, and Jimmy Fallon turn up to make "Saturday Night Live" fantastic, sometimes you need a new host to remind you why NBC's show is still so vital going into its 40th season. We picked ten people who've never hosted "SNL" before but have good reason to finally do it now. Who has the chops to join Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, and Jay Pharoah on the main stage? Not many people, honestly, but these 10 stars should be up to the challenge. »
- Louis Virtel
TV Review: ‘Sons of Anarchy,’ The Final Season
10 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Given its initial premise and appalling body count, the fact “Sons of Anarchy” has credibly reached a seventh and final season is in itself an accomplishment. Yet this fall’s driving theme — unrelenting revenge and retribution — practically ensures a series already characterized by over-the-top violence will be even more steeped in creatively conceived gore. Few programs seem more closely linked to the id of their brain trust than this one, and showrunner Kurt Sutter has set the stage for an operatic finish. That said, watching “Sons” ride toward the sunset — taking its excesses with it — evokes as much relief as regret.
Without giving too much away (and Spoiler Alert only to those not fully up to date on last season’s events), the Samcro motorcycle club, under the stewardship of Jax (Charlie Hunnam), is grappling with some beyond-usual family issues. Sure, Jax killed his stepfather, assumed control and tried to »
- Brian Lowry
Chuck Todd Inaugurates New Look On ‘Meet the Press’
8 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
The disproportionate attention showered on the Sunday discussion shows has made remodeling “Meet the Press” seem like a momentous occasion. NBC News didn’t want to leave much to chance with Chuck Todd’s debut as host, enlisting President Obama as his co-star — and surrounding him with other NBC talent, in what felt like an “It takes a village” approach. Yet the nature of these shows is such that facial hair notwithstanding, the new “Press” still feels a lot like the old “Press.”
“As you can see, we’re making a few changes around here,” Todd — a solid interviewer, if by no means a TV natural — said by way of introduction, while treating his own arrival at the helm of the long-running franchise as a historic event.
Todd has earned a reputation as a D.C. insider and policy wonk, although that doesn’t address one of the fundamental problems plaguing these programs — namely, »
- Brian Lowry
Watch a Sneak Peek of Jeff and Jordan's Engagement on Big Brother
2 hours ago | TVGuide - Breaking News | See recent TVGuide - Breaking News news »
Another Big Brother wedding is in the works — and the proposal will air on Sunday's episode of the show.
On Friday, former contestant Jeff Schroeder popped the question to his girlfriend and Season 11 castmate Jordan Lloyd in the Big Brotherbackyard. "Five years ago we met here, so I wanted to come full circle," Schroeder told Lloyd, before getting down on one knee.
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- Liz Raftery
Greg Berlanti, ‘Jane the Virgin’ and ‘Flash’ Stars Talk Up Changing Roles for Women
5 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
The superhero world may seem to be a boys club but if Greg Berlanti has his way, we could see some new super-faces in features and on television.
On the carpet Saturday at the Paley Center’s Fall Preview of CW’s “The Flash” and “Jane the Virgin” Berlanti told Variety that he agrees with the fans who are clamoring to see a female superhero writ large on the screen.
Berlanti, exec producer of “The Flash” and CW’s “Arrow,” recalled being a fan of Wonder Woman and Batgirl as a kid, and noted that he thinks there’s enough interest for the super-verse to take on new kinds of heroes, including female leads. Berlanti’s remarks come on the heels of reports that he is eyeing a Supergirl series.
“I think it’s going to come next,” he said of the coming boom in female superheroes. “You look at »
- Shelli Weinstein
DirecTV, Raycom Media Blackout Ends Just in Time for NFL Games
5 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
DirecTV and broadcaster Raycom Media ended a seven-day standoff that had blacked out Big Four network affils in key markets such as Cincinnati, Cleveland and Charlotte, N.C.
The sides came to terms shortly before Sunday’s 1 p.m. Et NFL kickoff time, which was not a surprise given the amount of blowback from viewers if pigskin action such as the Cleveland Browns-Pittsburgh Steelers game (pictured) had been disrupted.
Some 53 Raycom stations in 37 markets went dark on DirecTV on Sept. 1 after months of wrangling over a new retransmission consent pact. Both sides accused the other of overreaching in the negotiations.
In announcing the restoration of the stations, DirecTV’s chief content officer Dan York took made a final plug for the FCC to act on proposals to overhaul the retrans rule that forces MVPDs to negotiate with local broadcasters for access to their signals. York noted Raycom’s recent run-ins with other providers. »
- Cynthia Littleton
Video: Is the Veronica Mars Spin-Off, as Dick Puts It, 'Pretty Awesome'?
7 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Would fun catchphrases, “barely dressed hot chicks” and a motorcycle give you enough reasons to sample a Veronica Mars spin-off about Dick Casablancas, P.I.?
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A new teaser is out for Play It Again, Dick, the web series premiering Sept. 16 on the CW Seed channel and offering a mighty meta tale in which Mars costar Ryan Hansen lobbies to co-opt the success of this year’s Kickstarted movie sequel into a series of his own.
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Bryan Fuller's High Moon Pilot for Syfy: Watch the First Four Minutes Now
7 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Ready for something out of this world?
Syfy, which earlier this year passed on Bryan Fuller’s High Moon pilot, is repackaging the 90-minute opener as a TV movie, and we’ve got an exclusive first look at the heart-stopping first four minutes.
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An adaptation of John Christopher’s 1969 young adult sci-fi novel The Lotus Caves, the project — penned by Jim Danger Gray (Pushing Daisies) — is set in a future in which the countries of Earth have established colonies to mine the moon’s resources. However, chaos erupts after a new life form is discovered. »
Quotes of the Week from Dallas, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Legends, B&B and More!
10 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
The kids are officially back to school, but how well would they do on a pop(-culture) quiz about the funniest TV zingers from the past week?
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Make sure they’re well-prepared for whatever curve balls come their way by introducing them to Quotes of the Week, our countdown of the best retorts, one-liners and punch lines from the small screen over the last seven days.
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This week we’ve got a couple tributes to Joan Rivers, a hair-y situation on Legends, »
Watch a sneak peek of the 'Big Brother' Jeff and Jordan engagement
12 hours ago | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »
The ultimate Big Brother alliance was formed on Friday when former players Jeff Schroeder and Jordan Lloyd got engaged in the Big Brother backyard and then celebrated with this season’s current crop of contestants. (Sadly, neither the Zingbot nor Otev made an appearance. Nor was Mr. Pec-tacular around for this particular bit of Big Brother history. Still stuck in Pandora’s Box perhaps?)
The ultimate Bb reality showmance moment — with apologies to Mike Boogie’s season finale proposal to Krista back in season 2 —will air on tonight’s episode (and will include country star Brett Eldredge performing for the happy couple. »
- Dalton Ross
'The Chair' premieres as Starz' first original unscripted series
21 hours ago | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »
Whether it’s a small indie flick or a summer blockbuster, making a movie isn’t easy. First you need an idea, then a script, money, and lots and lots of people to fill all the roles—both on camera and off. In its first original unscripted series, Starz gives viewers a front-row seat to this complicated world in The Chair.
The premise is simple enough: Two aspiring filmmakers are given the chance to make their first feature film with the help of executive producer Chris Moore, who you might remember also produced the late Project Greenlight. What makes The Chair »
- Jake Perlman
Outlander Recap: Rent-to-Throne
23 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
December 24th, 9 pm Eastern Standard Time. From here on in, I shoot without a script —
Oh, wait. Wrong “Rent.”
In my defense, this week’s episode of Outlander and the Tony-winning Broadway musical with which it shares a name both center on a ragtag group full of drama and feature a catchy song, complete with hand motions, sung ’round a long table. Only the TV series, however, can boast (repeatedly!) shirtless Jamie, hot pee as a household solvent and “Your mother” jokes in Gaelic.
“Hot what now?” you ask? Dinna fash; it’ll all make sense as we review what »
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