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14 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »

Alex Gibney’s latest documentary Zero Days, which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in February, is getting a drama series treatment by Downton Abbey producer Carnival Films, part of NBCUniversal International Studios. The dramatic thriller, tentatively titled Stuxnet, will be written by Stephen Schiff (The Americans), with Gibney set to direct as well as produce alongside Marc Shmuger. The first season will be based on Gibney’s Zero Days, which Shmuger and Gibney… »

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Amazon’s “Hand of God” will come to an end after its second season, TheWrap has learned. “Hand of God,” which stars “Sons of Anarchy” vet Ron Perlman and “Body of Proof’s” Dana Delany, is set to return for a second season next year, which will conclude the drama’s run. The show centers on Judge Pernell Harris (Perlman), a hard-living, law-bending married man with a high-end call girl on the side, who suffers a mental breakdown and goes on a vigilante quest to find the rapist who tore his family apart. With no real evidence to go on, »

- Reid Nakamura

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

Netflix is officially a Spike Lee joint.

The streamer has placed a 10-episode series order for "She’s Gotta Have It", a contemporary remake of Lee’s 1985 seminal debut feature film. Lee will direct all 10 half-hour episodes and serve as an Ep with his producer-wife Tonya Lewis Lee.

The project had originally been eyed at Showtime.

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The series, similar to the film, centers on Nola Darling, a Brooklyn-based artist in her late twenties struggling to define herself and divide her time amongst her Friends, her Job and her Three Lovers: The Cultured Model, »

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

Syfy has picked up pilots for three potential series: “Haunted,” “Happy!” and “The Machine,” based on the 2013 movie of the same name.

All three drama hail from NBCUniversal’s in-house studio, Universal Cable Productions.

“The Machine,” based on the cult film that starred Caity Lotz and Toby Stephens, is set in a world that is being transformed by the emergence of artificial intelligence and explores the epic conflict between man and technology through the lives and motivations of six interwoven characters — each of whom holds the key to humanity’s victory or its destruction. The TV project will be exec produced by the film’s director Caradog James with Red & Black Films, and John Giwa-Amu, who also produced the original film, will serve as an Ep on the pilot.

“The Haunted” is a supernatural horror-drama that follows four siblings who reunite after their parents’ deaths. As they try to overcome their fractured personal relationships, they »

- Elizabeth Wagmeister

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

“I watch you,” Bill Clinton told The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah as he guested on the show tonight. “I'm one of your older demographics,” he said. Noah responded, lamely, that he thought Clinton was 18-34, which happens to be his target demo. “I don’t even think that when I look in the mirror,’ Clinton joked – a reference to Donald Trump having told Dr. Oz, that morning on his show, that when he looks in the mirror he sees a 35 year old man. Noah asked solicitously how Dem… »

2 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »

Updated with more details: NBC’s The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon made a total mess of Gop candidate Donald Trump’s hair tonight. In fairness, Fallon asked permission to wreak hair havoc,  first buttering up Trump, telling him his campaign has been “amazing and exciting,” and that “you say some shocking things…I can’t even believe.” “But I’m trying not to,” Trump said, showing how diplomatic he can be. “Can I mess your hair up?” Fallon finally got around to… »

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

Did Beauty and the Beast live happily ever after?

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The CW’s version of that tale as old as time came to a close on Thursday night, with VinCat out to 1) prevent Braxton’s bombing of the final cabal member, a crown prince, and 2) take down Braxton himself, to stop once and for all the manufacture of beasts.

First, Vincent and Catherine “cozied up to” the prince’s assistant, convincing him that his boss was in great danger. That gave them access to the prince »

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

James Stacy, who was Emmy-nominated for his role as a wheelchair-bound amputee in TV movie “Just a Little Inconvenience” and starred in Western series “Lancer,” died Thursday in Ventura, Calif. He was 80.

His turbulent life included being married to actresses Connie Stevens and Kim Darby, becoming a double amputee after a motorcycle accident, and serving prison time for child molestation.

His partner Antigoni Tsamparlis confirmed his death and said he had possibly suffered an allergic reaction after being admitted to the hospital.

Born Maurice W. Elias in Los Angeles, Stacy appeared on “The Donna Reed Show” (1958) and “The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet” (1952), and had a recurring role in “Wiseguy” (1990). He also appeared in numerous episodes of “Bonanza” (1973), “Gunsmoke” (1964-73) and received a producing credit for the film “My Kidnapper, My Love” (1980).

Appearing as a wounded Vietnam vet in “Just a Little Inconvenience” opposite Barbara Hershey, he hoped to encourage other amputees and persons with disabilities to fulfill »

- Joshua Terry

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

Did absence (of a known premise) make the TV viewer’s heart grow fonder? Or was it “(Concept) out of sight, out of mind”?

VideosAmerican Horror Story Season 6 Trailer Answers Another Big Question

FX’s American Horror Story: Roanoke revealed itself on Wednesday night to 5.14 million total viewers while scoring a 2.8 demo rating — down 12 percent and two tenths from the Hotel edition’s season premiere.

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FX, of course famously disowned itself last November of acknowledging same-day ratings, focusing only on Live+3 DVR playback totals once they come in. »

5 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »

Shrouded in mystery, the debut of what we now know is called American Horror Story: Roanoke last night proved you don't need Lady Gaga to get the wide-eyed eyeballs. Matching the demo performance of the final numbers of the season finale of America's Got Talent on NBC, the sixth installment premiere of the FX series from Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk snagged 3.572 million viewers among adults 18-49 for a 2.8 rating. The Sarah Paulson and Cuba Gooding, Jr. led Chapter 1… »

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Comedy writer-producer Suzanne Martin is reteaming with Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner’s Hazy Mills for another comedy series project. The single-camera half-hour has been set at NBC. Universal TV, where Hazy Mills is based, is the studio. Written by Martin, the untitled comedy centers on a sweet, funny but lonely funeral director who decides to have a one-night stand on his birthday with his complete opposite and winds up with a big, instant, messy family. It follows the… »

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Incumbents had a field day in the WGA East's latest council election, winning all six seats they were running for. Female candidates also fared well, picking up half of the 10 seats up for grabs. Incumbents re-elected include freelance writers John Auerbach, Kyle Bradstreet, Christopher Kyle and Beau Willimon, and staff writers Gail Lee and Kathy McGee. Newcomers elected include freelancers Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, A.M. Homes and Therese Rebeck, and staffer Matt… »

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Sandra Lee is moving from the kitchen to behind the scenes. The celebrity chef is turning her life story into a TV movie, Variety has learned exclusively.

Her 2007 best-selling memoir “Made from Scratch” has been optioned by Sony for the small screen. The book chronicles Lee’s troubled childhood, as she coped with an abusive, drug-addicted mother and the responsibility then placed on her to take care of her siblings.

Helen Verno, Sony’s executive vice president of movies and miniseries, bought the rights to Lee’s memoir after a chance meeting with Lee on a recent business trip. Judith Verno (“The Lizzie Borden Chronicles,” “Masters of Sex”) will serve as executive producer, as will Lee. The search is now underway for a writer to develop the screenplay.

“I’m so honored that Sony has optioned the rights to my life story, and to have Judith Verno confirmed as this project’s executive producer is an absolute »

- Debra Birnbaum

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

“House of Cards” creator Beau Willimon and five other incumbents won re-election to two-year terms for council seats for the Writers Guild of America East.

Voting opened on Aug. 24, with about 4,000 members eligible to cast ballots. The WGA East announced the results on Thursday.

Willimon was one of 16 candidates vying for seven open freelance seats. Three other incumbents — John Auerbach, Kyle Bradstreet, and Christopher Kyle — also won, along with newcomers Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, A.M. Homes, and Theresa Rebeck.

Gail Lee and Kathy McGee were re-elected to open staff seats, along with Matt Nelko, from six available candidates.

The WGA East negotiates jointly with the WGA West on the master contract with production companies. That deal expires on May 1 with no negotiations set yet.

Willimon promised in his candidate statement that he would be active in negotiations.

“Should I be re-elected to Council, I plan to be very involved in the negotiating process,” he »

- Dave McNary

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