TV News

4 articles

4 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »

Fox has given a 13-epsiode straight to series order an untitled sci-fi dramedy series from Seth MacFarlane. The “Family Guy” creator is set to star in and exec produce the series, which is scheduled to debut in the 2017-18 season.

Production on the pilot for the series, produced by 20th Century Fox TV, will begin in late 2016. MacFarlane has had a longstanding first-look deal with the studio, which, like Fox Broadcasting, is headed by Fox Television Group CEOs Gary Newman and Dana Walden.

The show, set 300 years in the future, will tell the story of the Orville, a not-so-top-of-the-line exploratory ship in Earth’s interstellar fleet.

“I’ve wanted to do something like this show ever since I was a kid, and the timing finally feels right,” said MacFarlane. “20th and Fox have been good to me for many years, and of course, Dana and Gary have been fantastic bosses and true pals, »

- Daniel Holloway

13 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »

It looks like we’ll be getting a ringside seat to Leo Castellano’s Terrible Twos: The Mindy Project has been renewed for Season 5 at Hulu, TVLine has learned.

RelatedCable Renewal Scorecard 2015: What’s Coming Back? What’s Cancelled? What’s on the Bubble?

The streaming service is expected to formally announce the pickup at its Upfront presentation Wednesday morning in New York. The renewal comes as the ex-Fox comedy nears the end of its fourth season.

Fans concerned about the status of co-star Chris Messina moving forward may take some comfort in the fact that the actor’s »

13 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »

Hulu is staying the course with The Path, renewing the spiritually-tinged drama for Season 2.

RelatedCable/Streaming Renewal Scorecard 2016: What’s Coming Back? What’s Cancelled? What’s On the Bubble?

The streaming service made the announcement Wednesday morning at its Upfront presentation in New York. The pickup comes seven weeks into the series’ 10-episode rookie season (the Season 1 finale airs May 25).

The Path — which counts Parenthood and Friday Night Lights Ep Jason Katims as an exec producer and stars Aaron Paul, Michelle Monaghan and Hugh Dancy — follows a family at the center of a controversial Scientology-esque cult as they struggle with relationships, »

1 hour ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »

Syfy has revealed celebrity cameos and “Star Wars”-inspired poster art for “Sharknado: The 4th Awakens,” and Fyi has ordered an original series from Vox Entertainment, Vox Media’s programming and development division.

Casting:

Like past installments of the cult Syfy franchise, “Sharknado: The 4th Awakens” will boast an abundance of celebrity guest appearances.

Among those making cameos in the fourth installment, set to premiere July 31, are Stacey Dash, “Shark Tank’s” Robert Herjavec and Lori Greiner, David Faustino (“Married with Children”), Cynthia Bailey (“The Real Housewives of Atlanta”), Motley Crue’s Vince Neil, Wayne Newton and “Baywatch” stars Gena Lee Nolin and Alexandra Paul.

Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, David Hasselhoff and Ryan Newman will reprise their roles in “The 4th Awakens,” with Gary Busey, Tommy Davidson and Cody Linley also attached to star.  The next addition in the genre saga will take place five years after the »

- Alyssa Sage

1 hour ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »

This is sure to be a big issue tomorrow morning when Discovery releases its Q1 earnings, and holds its quarterly call with analysts. The cable programmer disclosed in an SEC filing this evening that last week it launched a plan that could include layoffs to “operate in a leaner and more directed cost structure and invest in growth initiatives, including digital services and content creation.” The effort should be complete by the end of September. Discovery began a… »

1 hour ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »

At the end of the second season of “Penny Dreadful,” the show’s characters were scattered to the four winds, having vanquished one formidable foe but at great personal cost. In the May 1 third-season premiere of the Showtime drama, the Victorian characters at the heart of the drama began to take their first steps out of self-imposed isolation.

But as creator John Logan explained in a recent interview, “Penny Dreadful’s” protagonists still have a long way to go before they’re reunited and able to take on the grave new challenges they’ll face this year. Vanessa Ives (Eva Green), Ethan Chandler (Josh Hartnett) and Malcolm Murray (Timothy Dalton) began the new season on separate continents, two of them far from their usual London haunts. The Creature (Rory Kinnear) was shivering in the Arctic, and his creator, Victor Frankenstein (Harry Treadaway), was suffering the after-effects of yet another relationship gone wrong, »

- Maureen Ryan

1 hour ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »

NBC News’s Lester Holt is conducting an “exclusive network TV interview” with Donald Trump today, among the pantheon of news outlets that have spoken today to Trump since the former NBC reality-tv star became the Gop presidential candidate ater Ted Cruz dropped out yesterday and John Kasich dropped out of today. And while many news orgs since Trump announced his candidacy, have gone to Trump’s HQ to conduct interviews, NBC Nightly News today went one step further than its… »

4 articles

IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.