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'Veep' Creator Armando Iannucci to Depart After Four Seasons (Exclusive)
23 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Veep's creator is leaving office. Armando Iannucci is departing the acclaimed HBO comedy after four seasons, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The pay cabler has tapped David Mandel (Curb Your Enthusiasm) to take Iannucci's place as showrunner. "We have had conversations with Armando for some time about the challenges of maintaining his family life in London and producing a show in the states," an HBO rep said in a statement. "Armando is not replaceable but we are confident that Veep will continue to be produced at the highest levels with new showrunner David Mandel. David has worked with HBO
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- Kate Stanhope
‘The Dark Tower’ Movie: Sony Pictures & Mrc Team On First Installment Of Stephen King’s Series
10 April 2015 10:11 AM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Exclusive: Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group chairman Tom Rothman has found a franchise to sink his teeth into. Sony Pictures has teamed with Mrc to co-finance The Dark Tower, Stephen King's novel series set in a world woven with magic and revolving around the gunslinger Roland Deschain. Sony will distribute what is planned to be the first in a series of movies. A complementary TV series is also being developed by Mrc. The new script is primarily based on… »
’20/20′ Ratings Surge, ‘Blue Bloods’ & ‘Grimm’ Steady, ‘Shark Tank’ Down
32 minutes ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Back in the race after 3 weeks off the air, an original Shark Tank (1.5/5) last night saw pitches from beekeepers and personalized plush toy makers as well as the duo from Focus Athletics trying to induce Mark Cuban and gang to invest in their lightweight runners. Down 17% among adults 18-49 from its last original, the entrepreneurial reality series was the top rated show of the night. Shark Tank also took a bite out of its 9 Pm time slot by 36% over Hawaii Five-o (1.1/4)… »
Watch: First Trailer for Dwayne Johnson’s HBO Football Drama ‘Ballers’
1 hour ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Dwayne Johnson is living the high life in the first trailer for his new HBO football drama.
Johnson plays a retired football player, who now lives vicariously through the young athletes whose finances he manages. Pool parties, yacht parties and house parties abound.
Omar Benson Miller also stars in the show alongside Rob Corddry, Peter Berg and Richard Schiff.
Johnson is exec producing with his “Pain And Gain” co-star Mark Wahlberg, Wahlberg’s manager, Steve Levinson, who also wrote the pilot, showrunner Even Reilly, and Peter Berg, who directed the first episode.
“Ballers” premieres on June 21 after season two of “True Detective” and before the debut of another freshman series, “The Brink.”
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- Maane Khatchatourian
‘Devious Maids’ Trims Regular Cast For Season 3
1 hour ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Lifetime’s soapy mystery Devious Maids will feature fewer full-rime cast members this coming season. I have learned that Edy Ganem and Drew Van Acker will no longer be regulars on the show but will both return for multiple episodes. Meanwhile, Mark Deklin, who joined as a new regular in Season 2, will not be coming back. Ganem’s Valentina and Van Acker’s Remi were among the guests at Rosie’s wedding interrupted by a bloody shooting that ended Season 2 in a cliffhanger… »
Devious Maids Season 3: Edy Ganem Only Appearing in 'Multiple' Episodes
3 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
It looks like Edy Ganem might be ready to throw in the towel dishrag.
While most of the Devious Maids cast is returning full-time for the Lifetime drama’s third season on June 1 (9/8c), Ganem will only appear in “multiple episodes,” TVLine has learned.
RelatedDevious Maids Post Mortem: Ep Talks Zoila’s Twist, the Big Return and More
This accounts for Ganem’s absence from the upcoming season’s first promotional photo, an omission fans of the primetime soap noticed immediately:
Per Lifetime, Valentina and Remi (Drew Van Acker) will “struggle to connect in the aftermath of the »
American Odyssey Sneak Peek: Peter Is Arrested — For [Spoiler]'s Murder
3 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
No good deed goes unpunished, as seen in this sneak peek from Episode 2 of NBC’s American Odyssey (Sunday, 10/9c).
RelatedNBC’s American Odyssey: Will You Continue on Odelle’s Journey?
In the midseason thriller’s premiere, corporate litigator Peter Decker (played by Peter Facinelli) grew suspicious about his client Societel’s payoff to Danny Gentry — a drone pilot who launched the strike on Sgt. Odelle Ballard’s unit in Mali. Gentry then was poised to tell all about the shady deal when he got mowed down in a hit-and-run.
This Sunday, Peter, reeling from Gentry’s death, sticks »
Ratings: Grimm Ticks Up, Amazing Race and Shark Tank Slip
3 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
NBC’s Grimm this Friday drew 4.8 million total viewers and a 1.1 rating, up 7 percent and a tenth and scoring its best demo number since Feb. 6.
RelatedMatt’s Inside Line: Scoop on Grimm Finale and More
Over on CBS, The Amazing Race drew 5.9 million and a 1.1, slipping 3 percent and two tenths. Hawaii Five-0 (8.6 mil/1.1) and Blue Bloods (10.1 mil/1.2) each ticked down in audience and one tenth in the demo.
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On ABC, the penultimate episodes of Last Man Standing (6.4 mil/1.2) and Cristela (5.2 mil/1.0) were flat, while Shark Tank (6.6 mil/1.5) slipped »
Big Bang Plays 'That Funky Music', Mary Jane Rocks Janelle Monae & More
4 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
When you need me I’ll be there… with an all new TVLine Mixtape!
What follows is an array of songs recently featured on your favorite shows, including artist and album information in case you want to add them to your personal collection.
Spoilers abound, and we chose songs we liked — but we always love to hear your thoughts and suggestions.
So peruse our playlist, then hit the comments with your favorite TV tunes. And remember: You can always submit questions or suggestions about TV music on Twitter @RyanSchwartz.
RelatedTVLine Mixtape: Your Favorite Songs From Jane the Virgin, Forever and »
Fareed Zakaria: Bill Maher Playing To “Applause Line” With Islam Comment
4 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Fareed Zakaria confronted Bill Maher when the HBO late night show host called Islam is the motherlode of bad ideas toward the end of debate last night about the conviction of Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and the death penalty. “You’re going to make a lot of news for yourself, and get a lot of applause line and joke lines,” Zakaria scolded, telling Maher he will not help effect change by insulting an entire religion. Zakaria told Maher he needed “some sense of respect”… »
TVLine's Performer of the Week: Vera Farmiga
4 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
A weekly feature in which we spotlight shining stars
The Performer | Vera Farmiga
The Show | Bates Motel
The Episode | “The Deal” (April 6)
The Performance | We’ve long thought that one of the marvels of Farmiga’s gloriously unhinged work as Bates Motel’s Mommie Dearest is that she’s always, always acting on (at least!) two levels. And never was that stunning duality on better display than in this week’s episode.
When Romero tried to convince Norma that she had to give up the incriminating flash drive for which sleazebag Bob Paris seemed more than willing to kill, her »
TV Shows are Becoming the New Film Franchise, and That's a Very, Very Bad Thing
6 hours ago | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
Last weekend, the seventh entry in the "Fast & Furious" franchise earned a record-breaking $143 million in three days. Not only is this a heaping ton of cash, but most franchises lucky enough to reach six or more entries start to see a downward trend in dollars soon after, if not even earlier. They don't typically surpass past entries by leaps and bounds — or, to speak in the language of Vin Diesel's movies — by so many cars falling out of so many planes and jumping through so many buildings. In fact, only 19 popular film series have made it to seven or more films — discounting "franchises" like Marvel movies (which is a studio backing many franchises) or all-encompassing labels like "National Lampoon." And only 10 of those don't fall into the bountifully repetitive horror genre. Of those 10, only four were still earning more with their seventh film than the films preceding it. The point being, »
- Ben Travers
BAFTA Sets Britannia, Ee Dates, Sbs Australia Nabs ‘Bosch’ Rights; Global Briefs
14 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts have announced today the dates for its upcoming BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Awards and the Ee British Academy Film Awards. The Los Angeles Britannia Awards will take place on Friday 30 October 2015, while the Ee Academy Film Awards are happening Sunday, February 14 2016. The Britannia Awards honor creative talents for contributions to collaboration between the Us and UK film and television industries. BAFTA’s highest film… »
‘Live From New York!’ Trailer: Tribeca Opener Chronicles ‘SNL’ Through The Years
15 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
“They said it would be a cross between 60 Minutes and Monty Python.” It turned out to be much more than that, something completely different — at least at the time of its mid-1970s debut — that endures as as a kind of “living time capsule” of U.S. life, politics, and pop culture. A chronicle of the fabled NYC and American institution, Live From New York! opens the Tribeca Film Festival on April 15. Whether you watched at its beginning or later or now or never (Really?), Sn… »
Disney/ABC TV Group Digital Chief Albert Cheng to Exit
16 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Albert Cheng is stepping down from his post as Disney/ABC Television Group’s top digital exec.
Cheng, exec VP and chief product officer of digital media for Disney/ABC TV Group, has been the architect of Disney/ABC’s digital initiatives for more than a decade. In a note to staffers, Cheng said he felt it was time to move on after achieving the goals of making Disney/ABC programming available on an array of digital platforms.
Noting ABC’s path-breaking decision to offer Web streaming of series back in 2006, Cheng observed: “We were streaming video before streaming became cool.” He also cited ABC’s partnership with Apple to include a video-streaming app in tandem with the launch of the iPad in 2010.
Cheng was tapped for the role of Disney/ABC TV’s digital media czar 10 years ago by then-Disney/ABC Group chief Anne Sweeney as it became clear »
- Cynthia Littleton
SAG-aftra Reaches Deal on New Industrial Contract
16 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
SAG-aftra has reached a tentative agreement on terms for a new Corporate/Educational & Non-Broadcast Contract. Formerly known as the Industrial Contract, it's one of the union's smallest collective bargaining agreements. Prior to the merger of SAG and AFTRA, it generated only about $10 million in session fees for SAG actors and extras, and only about $500,000 a year in residuals. It covers productions made for non-broadcast use, including those used in classrooms and… »
12 Monkeys Finale Recap: Out of Time
17 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
“It took time travel to create time travel.”
As expected, 12 Monkeys‘ Season 1 finale on Friday night was a bananas mind-bender that took no prisoners.
By the time it was all over, so many crazy questions were left up in the air that I almost forgot Aaron perished at the start of the episode. And not only does he die, but he does so after Cole beats him up for information as his ex Cassie watches. Then he burns to death after a fight between the men breaks out, his agonizing screams piercing the air as Cole convinces Cassie there’s »
‘Ballers’ Trailer: First Official Look At Dwayne Johnson’s HBO Series
17 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Here’s the initial trailer for HBO’s new half-hour series about current and former pro football players. Dwayne Johnson stars as Spencer Strasmore, one of the retirees. Cast also features Omar Benson Miller, John David Washington, Rob Corddry, Troy Garity, Donovan Carter, Jazmyn Simon, Taylor Cole and LeToya Luckett. Johnson is exec producing along with Pain And Gain co-star Mark Wahlberg, Wahlberg's manager Steve Levinson who wrote the pilot, showrunner Even Reilly, and… »
The Flash Sneak Peek: Arrow's Ray Seeks Help With a Performance Issue
17 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Don’t worry, Ray. It happens to a lot of guys… with exosuits.
RelatedMay Sweeps Scorecard 2015: Weddings, Deaths, Breakups, Sex, Resurrections, Firings and More!
In Tuesday’s episode of The Flash (The CW, 8/7c), Arrow‘s Ray Palmer pays a visit to S.T.A.R. Labs, with Felicity in tow, to seek help with his problem in keeping it up — “it” being his Atom suit. Because as Felicity makes clear in the clip above, he is plenty super where it counts.
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RelatedThe Flash Enlists Walking Dead Alum Emily Kinney as Atom Foe/Anti-Felicity
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How the Showrunner of 'Marvel's Daredevil' Made a Superhero Show Feel Human, and Laid the Groundwork for Season 2
18 hours ago | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
Read More: Review: 'Marvel's Daredevil' Season 1 Brings Us as Close to 'The Wire' as Marvel Can Get Steven S. DeKnight, who created the "Spartacus" empire for Starz after serving on the writing staffs of nerd-friendly series like "Smallville," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel," isn't the official creator of "Marvel's Daredevil" — he took over for fellow Joss Whedon acolyte Drew Goddard. But he brought more than enough comic book savvy to the series, as well as an Asian cinema-influenced knack for violence and an appreciation for the variety of stories to be found within the superhero "genre." Below, he tells Indiewire about what, exactly, a "PG-15" rating means, what Joss Whedon taught him about making genre TV work for the masses, and whether — in the mix of discussion about the other Marvel series which will follow "Daredevil" — if he was planning for Season 2. I just want to start...
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- Liz Shannon Miller
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