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‘Avengers’ TV Show Star Patrick Macnee Dies at 93
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Patrick Macnee, famous for his role on “The Avengers” British TV series, died Thursday of natural causes at his home in Rancho Mirage, Calif. He was 93.
Macnee, who played John Steed in the spy-fi show, died with his family at his bedside.
“Wherever he went, he left behind a trove of memories,” a statement on the actor’s website read. “Patrick Macnee was a popular figure in the television industry. He was at home wherever in the world he found himself. He had a knack for making friends, and keeping them.”
“The Avengers” initially focused on Dr. David Keel (Ian Hendry) and his assistant (Macnee), but Macnee’s famously bowler hat wearing, umbrella-wielding intelligence officer (he never used a gun) became the protagonist when Hendry exited the series. Macnee played the part alongside a succession of strong, female partners, including Honor Blackman, Diana Rigg and Joanna Lumley. The show ran »
- Maane Khatchatourian
Transparent Renewed for Season 3, Months Ahead of Season 2 Release
9 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Amazon has greenlit a third season of Transparent, well in advance of the Golden Globe-winning dramedy’s Season 2 release date.
Related: Christina Ricci to Play Zelda Fitzgerald in Amazon Drama Pilot Z
On board for Season 3 are Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award winner Jeffrey Tambor, Critics Choice Award nominee Judith Light, Gaby Hoffmann, Amy Landecker and Jay Duplass, while series creator Jill Soloway will continue on as showrunner, as part of her new overall deal with Amazon Studios.
“I am so thrilled that I get to share more of the Pfeffermans’ story with the world,” Soloway said in a statement. »
Univision Won’t Show the Miss USA Pageant After Donald Trump’s Controversial Immigration Comments
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In his quest to become America's next president, Donald Trump used a significant portion of his campaign announcement to insult Mexican immigrants: "When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people," he said. Since then, Mexico has threatened to withdraw from the Trump-owned Miss Universe pageant, and Latin singer J Belvin canceled his Miss USA performance. Now Univision is sending an even louder message: The world's largest Spanish-language network will not broadcast the upcoming Miss USA pageant or any of Trump's Miss Universe Organization pageants, it announced on Thursday. Univision says its news division will continue to cover the U.S. presidential election, including Trump. Earlier this year, Univision signed a long-term contract »
- Dee Lockett
The Scream Queens Premiere Date Has Finally Been Revealed!
24 June 2015 4:29 PM, PDT | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Praise Emma Roberts! The star took to Instagram today to finally tell us how long we have to wait for Ryan Murphy's glorious horror comedy Scream Queens, and it's actually not that long! Kind of! According to the promo image that Emma posted, the series will officially debut on Tuesday, September 22 on Fox. Say it with us now: Yassssssss! Scream Queens also stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Lea Michele, Abigail Breslin, and Keke Palmer, along with some cameos by Ariana Grande and Nick Jonas. The show follows the sorority Kappa Kappa Tau, led by president Chanel (Roberts), as it becomes the target of a serial killer. But really, the show is all about the fabulous clothes, comebacks, »
‘Project Runway’ Gets Kids’ Spinoff; Lifetime Renews ‘Project Runway All Stars’
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Lifetime is taking another step on the catwalk with another “Project Runway” spinoff — this time, with teenage contestants. The cabler has greenlit “Project Runway Junior,” which will debut this fall.
Lifetime has also renewed “Project Runway All Stars” for a fifth season, slated for early 2016.
“Project Runway Junior” will showcase the next generation of designers with contestants ages 14 to 17 competing. The new series will be co-hosted by Tim Gunn and supermodel Hannah Davis (pictured below) with judges Christian Siriano, who famously won Season 4 of the flagship “Project Runway,” and Aya Kanai, exec fashion editor of Cosmopolitan and Seventeen Magazine. The new series, which comes after “Runway” host Heidi Klum has expressed interest in a younger version of the show, thanks to her own children, will film this summer in New York.
“Junior” hails from The Weinstein Company, Sara Rea Productions and Full Picture with Bob and Harvey Weinstein exec producing with Patrick Reardon, »
- Elizabeth Wagmeister
Heroes Reborn: First Trailer Teases Hiro, Hrg, Evil Zachary Levi and More
6 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Finally — and just in time for San Diego Comic-Con — NBC has released the first trailer for Heroes Reborn, and it offers your first real glimpses at returning faves Hiro and Hrg (played by Masi Oka and Jack Coleman), as well as Chuck alum Zachary Levi’s ominous newcomer.
RelatedNBC Sets Fall Premiere Dates for Heroes Reborn, Earlier Chicago Fire and Others
Other original Heroes on board for the 13-episode revival (premiering Thursday, Sept. 24 at 8/7c) include Sendhil Ramamurthy (as Mohinder Suresh), Cristine Rose (Angela Petrelli), Jimmy Jean-Louis (The Haitian) and Greg Grunberg (Matt Parkman).
New faces, meanwhile, include Dylan Bruce »
Ratings: USA Hacker Drama ‘Mr. Robot’ Opens Ok Wednesday
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USA drama “Mr. Robot,” which was picked up for a second season before it even premiered, opened to decent numbers on Wednesday night — especially considering it was made available four weeks early as part of a unique windowing strategy by the network.
According to Nielsen estimates, “Mr. Robot” averaged a 0.46 rating in adults 18-49 and 1.752 million viewers overall in the 10 p.m. hour, retaining 75% of its demo lead-in from “Royal Pains” (0.61 rating in 18-49, 2.13 million viewers overall). It skewed very male, with about 62% of its 18-49 audience comprised of men.
The pilot of “Mr. Robot” was released online early in part due to a fear of hacking, and has garnered nearly 3 million views across multiple non-linear platforms in the last four weeks.
While the 0.46 rating isn’t anything to boast about, it’s high enough to outdraw other recent basic-cable drama premieres, including USA’s “Complications” (0.41), TNT’s “Proof” (0.37), Syfy »
- Rick Kissell
Kevin Costner in Talks to Star in David E. Kelley’s Amazon Legal Drama
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Kevin Costner may be headed back to the smallscreen.
Costner is in talks to star in Amazon’s new legal drama from David E. Kelley, Variety has learned. Costner has been in talks for the role for the past few weeks, sources say.
This marks the biggest TV project to date for the streaming service and would mark Amazon’s first straight to series order. The company usually allows audiences to watch and provide feedback on what pilots should be turned into series.
This would also mark Costner’s first-ever series regular role. His starred in the History miniseries “Hatfield & McCoys.” Costner will place a reputable-lawyer-turned-alcoholic whose fired from the high-profile firm he co-founded.
David Semel (Ally McBeal, Dawson’s Creek, Madam Secretary) is rumored to direct the pilot, written by Kelley. Costner would also executive produce. Kelley’s most recent credits include CBS’ The Crazy Ones and NBC’s Harry’s Law. »
- Maane Khatchatourian
Patrick Macnee, Star of The Avengers 1960s Spy Series, Dead at 93
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British actor Patrick Macnee, most recognizable to American audiences for playing secret agent John Steed in the 1960s cult-favorite TV series The Avengers, has died of natural causes at age 93.
He briefly reprised his iconic, umbrella sword-wielding role for the short-lived mid-‘70s revival The New Avengers.
Macnee’s post-Avengers TV credits included the title role in ABC’s CIA series Gavilan, the 1989 miniseries Around the World in 80 Days, voicing the opening credits for TV’s original Battlestar Galactica, the CBS drama P.S.I. Luv U, the syndicated action-adventure series Thunder in Paradise and, most recently, a 2001 episode of Frasier. »
Masters of Sex Season 3: Lizzy Caplan Says Her Upcoming Kiss With [Spoiler] Is 'Not What You'd Think'
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Come July 12, Lizzy Caplan will break her own record.
That date is the third season premiere of Masters of Sex, the Showtime series in which Caplan stars as sex-research pioneer Virginia Johnson. But the day also officially marks the first time that Caplan, who got her TV start in 1999’s Freaks and Geeks, will have been a series regular on a series lasting longer than two seasons.
Video Watch Masters of Sex‘s Season 3 Trailer
“Party Down was the only other show I did that went more than one season, but those were 10-episode seasons and we shot them in 10 weeks, »
Comedy Central Streaming All ‘Daily Show’ Episodes to Bid Jon Stewart Goodbye
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Comedy Central is bidding “Jon voyage” to host Jon Stewart by streaming all “Daily Show” episodes online, starting with the premiere, across multiple platforms.
“Your Month of Zen” begins with Stewart’s first show from Jan. 11, 1999, and culminates on the night of his final episode on August 6. The monthlong continuous online stream, consisting of nearly 2,000 episodes, begins at noon Et on June 26.
Stewart announced he was leaving his 16-year post as “The Daily Show” host in February. It was later revealed that South African comedian and “Daily Show” contributor Trevor Noah will fill Stewart’s satiric shoes.
Comedy Central Radio on SiriusXM will join the stream from August 1 to 3. The 48-hour weekend event dubbed “Jon Voyage” will also be available through the SiriusXM App on smartphones.
Recently, thedailyshow.com held a “News Your Own Adventure” poll, allowing fans to vote for their favorite “Daily Show” clips from 20 categories. The winning »
- Reece Ristau
Scream Video: Bella Thorne Takes a Deadly Dip in First Scene from Premiere
1 hour ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
A pretty redhead takes a dip in her parents’ hot tub while they’re out of town, all the while receiving creepy texts from an apparent Peeping Tom — what could possibly go wrong?
VideosTeen Wolf Season 5 Premiere: Watch [Spoiler] Return in First 6 Minutes
MTV on Thursday released the opening scene from the Scream pilot, premiering June 30 at 10/9c, which finds Bella Thorne in the exact scenario mentioned above. And in case you have your sarcasm detectors turned all the way off, you can anticipate that she won’t be sticking around for scene No. 2.
But Thorne’s character is the merely »
Barack Obama-David Attenborough Interview to Air on BBC America
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President Obama has opened the White House to naturalist David Attenborough in an exclusive interview that will air this Sunday on BBC America.
The interview, which was recorded in May, discusses the future of the planet, their shared passion for nature and what we can do to protect it.
“We’re not moving as fast as we need to and part of what I know from watching your programs, and all the great work you’ve done, is that these ecosystems are all interconnected,” Obama says during the interview. “If just one country is doing the right thing but other countries are not then we’re not going to solve the problem, we’re going to have to have a global solution to this.”
The focus on natural history is a big interest for the cabler. It is co-producing Alastair Fothergill’s “The Hunt,” a series about predators and their »
- Whitney Friedlander
Paramount TV Adapting George Hodgman’s Memoir ‘Bettyville’
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Paramount TV announced Thursday that is adapting “Bettyville,” journalist George Hodgman’s memoir of returning to his small Missouri town to care for his ailing mother.
John Hoffman (“Looking,” “Grace and Frankie”) is penning the half-hour dramedy. He and Hodgman will exec produce with Archer Gray’s Amy Nauiokas and Anne Carey.
“With ‘Bettyville,’ George Hodgman has written an exquisite memoir that is unflinchingly real and deeply touching. It’s a narrative that resonates and entertains, and we are thrilled to have an opportunity to adapt it for a television audience,” said Amy Powell, president of Paramount Television. “We are also excited to be partnering with John Hoffman, a great talent and seasoned storyteller, as well as Amy and Anne, who share our passion and vision for developing high-quality, original programming.”
The book is said to be a sometimes hysterical, sometimes heart-wrenching story of a mother and son who are »
- Whitney Friedlander
TiVo CEO Wants Cable Companies to Embrace Cord Cutting
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TiVo CEO Tom Rogers has an interesting proposition to cable operators. His pitch: Encourage consumers to cut the cord, and still make money from their TV viewing without having to pay any money to broadcast or cable networks.
Rogers’ magic bullet for pay TV operators that also offer broadband access is the company’s over-the-air (Ota) DVR, which is capable of recording shows from broadcast networks like ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox. TiVo has been selling this Ota DVR to consumers for as little as $49 upfront per month, and then making some healthy revenue with its $15-a-month service fee.
At the Bernstein Future of Media Summit, Rogers said Thursday that he wants to take the same technology to operators. “When I talk about the opportunity for a TiVo Ota for the cord cutter, that isn’t just a retail proposition,” he said, according to Reuters. Rogers added that many operators »
- Janko Roettgers
Emmy Screening Room: Masters of Sex's Caitlin FitzGerald Is Seen
3 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
June 26 — the cutoff date for the 2015 Emmy Awards nomination voting — is only a day away. And that’s a source of both great anticipation and nameless dread for those of us obsessed with quality television.
RelatedTVLine’s Full Lineup of 2015 Dream Emmy Nominees
Team TVLine has already brought you our Dream Emmy Ballots in 10 key Emmy races — click here to see our picks! — but we wanted to make one last push on behalf of a few favorites whose work was so outstanding this year that the possibility of a snub makes us want to get in touch with our inner »
TVLine Items: First Manhattan Teaser, Will Ferrell's HBO Field Day and More
3 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Pop quiz: How much evil does it take to do good?
That’s the very question that Wgn America’s Manhattan is hoping to solve in its upcoming second season, for which a trailer was released Thursday.
RelatedCSI‘s William Petersen Eyes TV Return With Major Manhattan Gig
In the video below, Frank and Liza Winter, Abby Isaacs, Fritz Fedowitz and more Los Alamos residents crack under the pressure of a polygraph test — until one of them decides to hint at the unsettling truth of his work on The Hill.
Scroll down to watch the new teaser for Manhattan, which returns this October. »
AMC Restructure Names Olshansky, Reinhardt as Co-Heads of AMC Studios
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AMC Networks elevated Rick Olshansky and Stefan Reinhardt to co-heads of its inhouse AMC Studios, giving the two executives oversight of its efforts to produce and control more of the programming that appears on outlets like AMC and SundanceTV.
Both executives will report to Charlie Collier, president of AMC, SundanceTV and AMC Studios. Olshansky, head of business affairs of AMC, is based in Los Angeles and Reinhardt, senior VP of finance and studio operations for AMC Networks, is based in New York.
The studio will now oversee production and business affairs functions across AMC and SundanceTV.
Broadening the studio’s role comes as AMC Networks wants to own more of the scripted content its networks use and work more diligently to monetize them in international markets. “Expanding the scope and solidifying the leadership of AMC Studios is an important step in the continued evolution of AMC Networks, as content ownership »
- Brian Steinberg
Bloomberg TV’s New Show ‘What’d You Miss’ Aims for Broader Crowd
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Bloomberg LP, one of the biggest names in buttoned-down business talk, is about to unveil a new TV show seeking instead to push the limits on a more broadly appealing kind of financial chatter.
The company’s business-news cable network sports a plethora of shows with names like “Market Makers” and “Bloomberg West.” But its newest program has a title that is rather informal: “What’d You Miss?” will debut Monday in a “soft launch” and feature a host whose main expertise comes from digital journalism and a co-host who vows to find a way to “tell my mom why it matters” when explaining the most important news of the day. They intend to make ample use of data, graphics and charts.
“What’d You Miss?” will rely on the avuncular personality of Joe Weisenthal, who arrived at Bloomberg to oversee its consumer-focused markets coverage in November of last year »
- Brian Steinberg
TBS Orders Weatherman Competition Series From Funny or Die, Mark Burnett
4 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
TBS has ordered a latenight comedy-reality series revolving around weathercasters that hails from Funny or Die and Mark Burnett’s United Artists Media Group.
“Funny or Die Presents America’s Next Weatherman” is set to bow at 11 p.m. Aug. 8. The series will feature a competition among 12 contestants — male and female — to win $100,000 and the chance to deliver a weather report on CNN’s “New Day” morning show.
The series will put a comedic twist on reality-competition tropes but producers emphasized that the competition is genuine. TBS has ordered eight episodes. Matt Oberg (“The Comedians,” “The Mindy Project”) is set as host.
“America’s Next Weatherman” promises to take “everything we know — or think we know — about weathercasters and then uses it to put 12 competitors through the wringer for a chance at the big time,” said David Eilenberg, senior VP of unscripted development, latenight and specials for TBS and TNT. »
- Cynthia Littleton
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