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Barely a month after it was renewed for Season 4, TNT’s The Last Ship now has also been commissioned for a fifth adventure, it was announced on Thursday — days before the action-drama’s Season 3 finale airs.

RelatedThe Last Ship Renewed for Season 4 at TNT

“The Last Ship has taken viewers on an exciting ride through three truly thrilling seasons,” TNT original programming Evp Sarah Aubrey said in a statement. “We look forward to watching the cast and production team ratchet up the drama, action and suspense even more over the next two seasons, through summer 2018.”

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9 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »

Exclusive: Warner Bros Television is closing a deal for the fall literary sensation novel The Nix, and the elements are dazzling. Meryl Streep is going to star and produce with J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot. Abrams will likely direct at least some of the episodes. The first novel by Nathan Hill is a sprawling generational tale that focuses on a hippie-era mother who gets national press exposure for throwing rocks at a conservative governor on the presidential campaign… »

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NBC has bought a script for procedural drama “First Responders” from executive producer Vin Diesel, Variety has learned exclusively.

Diesel will produce hourlong series by way of his One Race Television shingle, which is under a first look deal with Universal Television, the studio behind “First Responders.” The project is currently in development.

“First Responders” is described as a dynamic, high-action procedural about young veterans struggling to reintegrate into society, while heroically saving civilian lives along the way. The elite team is the best Search and Rescue operation in the country, and is run by husband-and-wife duo, Doc and Lil Pierce, whose Southern California coastal base provides a sense of community and surrogate family for their ex-military staff. While Doc and Lil can save anyone else’s life in the darkest times, they have been unable to find their own son and will stop at nothing to solve the mystery of his disappearance and bring him back »

- Elizabeth Wagmeister

21 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »

John Hostetter, who recurred in dozens of Murphy Brown episodes starting in Year 1 and appeared in about 100 films and TV shows, has died. He was 69. His family said he died Friday of cancer complications in New Smyrna Beach, Fl. Hostetter was best known for playing John, the imperturbable stage manager of Fyi, the newsmag-within-a-show featured in Murphy Brown. Starring Candice Bergen as the titular investigative reporter and anchor, the CBS sitcom ran for 10 seasons… »

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Greg Berlanti‘s adaptation of DC comic book “Black Lightning” has landed at Fox, which has given it a pilot production commitment. The husband-and-wife team of Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil are writing the project, which centers on one of DC Comics’ first African-American superheroes, first introduced in 1977. The character was created by Tony Isabella with Trevor Von Eeden. Also Read: Greg Berlanti to Develop 'Black Lightning' DC Superhero Series Black Lightning’s everyday alter ego is Jefferson Pierce, who made his choice: he hung up the suit and his secret identity years ago, but with a »

- Linda Ge

30 minutes ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »

Fifty years ago today the pop culture landscape was changed forever when NBC aired the premiere of Gene Roddenberry’s visionary sci-fi series Star Trek. You all know the story of course: The Desilu production was controversial in its time and often struggled in the ratings, but acquired a devoted fanbase that managed to save it from cancellation in season 2. Even so, it was ultimately axed after its third season and appeared headed for obscurity. That is until the series… »

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