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ABC Chief Channing Dungey Talks ‘Scandal’ End Plan, TGIT’s Future
10 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Through five seasons, “Scandal” has consistently been among broadcast’s highest rated dramas. With the sixth season of the Shonda Rhimes-produced series set to debut Jan. 26, ABC entertainment president Channing Dungey discussed with Variety whether a plan for when and how to end the show is yet in place.
“I would say yes, in Shonda’s head,” Dungey said in an interview Tuesday at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena, Calif. “I know already that she has some great ideas for next season, which will be season seven. We have not really talked about what happens after that. But I love the show and I would happily keep the show on as long as she feels that she has creative runway to write the show.”
Dungey was promoted to programming head of ABC last year after six years of leading drama development for the network. In that role and in her new position »
- Daniel Holloway
ABC Sets Premiere Dates for ‘American Crime,’ ‘Once Upon a Time,’ More
17 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
ABC has unveiled its midseason lineup, including premiere dates for the third season of John Ridley’s Emmy-winning limited series “American Crime” and fan favorite drama “Once Upon A Time.”
“American Crime” will return March 12, with its ensemble cast of Felicity Huffman, Regina King, Timothy Hutton, Lili Taylor, Connor Jessup, Richard Cabral and Benito Martinez. This season’s storyline focuses on the plight of undocumented workers.
“American Crime” is created and executive produced by Oscar-winner John Ridley (“12 Years a Slave”). Michael J. McDonald also serves as executive producer. “American Crime” is produced by ABC Studios.
“Once Upon a Time” will return March 5, followed by the two-hour premiere of “Time After Time.” Executive produced by Kevin Williamson, “Time After Time” tells the story of famed science fiction writer H.G. Wells, who is transported to modern day Manhattan in pursuit of Jack the Ripper. Once Wells arrives in New York, he finds a world he never thought possible and »
- Debra Birnbaum
New Amy Schumer Stand-Up Special to Debut on Netflix in March
17 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Amy Schumer is returning to the spotlight.
Netflix announced on Tuesday that the streaming service will launch an original stand-up special starring the comedian on March 7. The performance was originally recorded in November 2016 at the Bellco Theater in Denver.
Netflix’s Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos commented, “… Amy Schumer is a boundless threat and a one-of-a-kind talent. We couldn’t be more excited that she’s making Netflix her home for her next stand-up comedy special.”
This special joins a long list of recently debuted and upcoming comedy specials on Netflix. In October, Chris Rock was announced to star in two original specials as part of a $40 million deal. The next month in November, Dave Chappelle cut a three-special deal with Netflix as well.
Schumer’s 2015 HBO special “Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo,” earned three Emmy Award nominations and a WGA nomination. She is also known for her Comedy Central show “Inside Amy Schumer” and starring »
- Seth Kelley
Ratings: Arnold’s ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ Loses 1 Million Viewers From Disappointing Premiere
17 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Things aren’t getting any better for Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “Celebrity Apprentice.” The new-look NBC reality competition shed a million viewers last night from its already soft start a week ago. The post-Trump era slipped 15 percent week over week in the advertiser-sought 18-49 demographic. To be fair, Monday saw some particularly tough competition from Espn’s College Football Championship, which surely drew a number of males away from the broadcast. ABC’s “The Bachelor” — which skews more female — did better, and the Disney-owned broadcaster won Monday in the main demo. CBS took prime time in total viewers. Also Read: Trump Mocks Arnold's 'Apprentice'. »
- Tony Maglio
‘The Fosters’ Renewed for Season 5 by Freeform
17 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Freeform has renewed drama “The Fosters” for a fifth season. The renewal insures that the series will pass the 100-episode mark.
Created by Peter Paige and Bradley Bredeweg, “The Fosters” tells the story of a blended family living on Long Island and led by a lesbian couple. The series has received a Television Academy Honors Award and GLAAD Media Award. In the first half of season four, which aired last year, the series averaged a 0.38 live-plus-same day Nielsen rating among adults 18-49 and 891,000 total viewers. The midseason finale, which originally aired on Freeform Aug. 29, drew a 0.44 demo rating in live-plus-same day numbers and 989,000 total viewers.
Seaon four resumes Tuesday, Jan. 31 at 8 p.m.
“The Fosters” is executive produced by Jennifer Lopez, Bredeweg, Paige, Joanna Johnson, Greg Gugliotta, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, and Benny Medina, and is produced by Nuyorican Productions, Inc. in association with Freeform.
The series stars Teri Polo, Sherri Saum, Hayden Byerly »
- Daniel Holloway
Aziz Ansari to Make ‘Saturday Night Live’ Hosting Debut
16 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Aziz Ansari will make his debut hosting “Saturday Night Live” in January the NBC late night variety show announced Tuesday. “Rogue One” star Felicity Jones will host the Jan. 14 episode, with musical guest Sturgill Simpson, while “Master of None” star Ansari will host Jan. 21 with musical guest Big Sean. More to come… Kicking off January with two great shows! #SNL pic.twitter.com/EbJ4L3wS89 — Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl) January 10, 2017 »
- Linda Ge
‘The Goldbergs’ 1990s Spin-Off: Creator Adam F. Goldberg Wants to Celebrate Teachers as More Than Kid-Hating Misfits
10 hours ago | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
“The Goldbergs” fans may soon get to see what family matriarch Beverly Goldberg looks like a decade later.
Meeting with reporters Tuesday at the Television Critics Association press tour for his new ABC sitcom “Imaginary Mary,” series creator Adam F. Goldberg also shared a few details from the ’90s-set “Goldbergs” spin-off now in the works.
Goldberg said he and writer Marc Firek are set to turn the script in to ABC tomorrow, and that the pilot includes at least one scene with “Goldbergs” star Wendi McLendon-Covey as Bev.
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“We want her to be in the pilot,” he said. And even though the new show takes place ten-ish years later, the character (based on Goldberg’s real-life mother) won’t look any different: “My mom looks the same as she did in the ’80s,” he said. “She has the same giant hair to this very day. »
- Michael Schneider
‘Duck Dynasty’ Producers File $100 Million Extortion Suit Against ITV
13 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
“Duck Dynasty” producers Scott and Deirdre Gurney have filed a lawsuit against ITV Studios after being ousted from their namesake company, TheWrap has learned. The producers claim the studio used launched and “outrageous campaign of intimidation and extortion” in order to lower the cost of Gurney Productions, of which ITV acquired a majority stake in 2012. Filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday, the new suit is seeking $100 million in damages. In addition to ITV, the suit also names individuals Brent Montgomery, Andrew Garard and David McGraynor as defendants. Also Read: 'Duck Dynasty' Producers Plan Countersuit After Being »
- Reid Nakamura
Reba McEntire and Marc Cherry Series Picked Up to Pilot at ABC
18 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
ABC has ordered a pilot for the Marc Cherry and Reba McEntire series, Variety has learned.
The untitled hourlong drama marks a return to ABC for Cherry, the creator of “Desperate Housewives,” and McEntire, following her sitcom “Malibu Country.”
The pilot follows Ruby Adair (McEntire), the sheriff of colorful small town Oxblood, Kentucky, who finds her red state outlook challenged when a young FBI agent of Middle Eastern descent is sent to help her solve a horrific crime. Together they form an uneasy alliance as Ruby takes the agent behind the lace curtains of this southern gothic community to meet an assortment of bizarre characters, each with a secret of their own.
“I am thrilled to be coming back home to ABC,” said Cherry. “What makes it all the sweeter is Reba McEntire is coming with me. And we can’t wait to share with our fans this wonderful Southern Gothic soap opera we’ve been cooking »
- Elizabeth Wagmeister
Joel and Ethan Coen Tackle TV with Western Anthology ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’
8 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
The Coen brothers are taking another stab at the TV biz.
Joel and Ethan Coen are developing the limited series “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” through Annapurna’s new TV division. The Coens wrote the script and will direct the project, which Annapurna describes as a “Western anthology.”
The Coens were given executive producer credit on FX’s “Fargo,” but were not actually involved in the development or production of that series (which was loosely inspired by their iconic film).
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“Buster Scruggs” reps the latest attempt by the Coen brothers to move into TV, a trend that has increased in recent years among auteur filmmakers. In 2011, the Coens developed the hour-long single-camera comedy “HarveKarbo” for Fox. The project, which they co-created with Phil Johnston, was developed through Imagine TV but ultimately didn’t move forward.
In a press release, »
- Michael Schneider
‘Urban Myths’ Trailer Offers First Look At Joseph Fiennes As Michael Jackson
3 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Joseph Fiennes is barely recognizable – as himself, anyway – in full Michael Jackson drag in this first trailer for Urban Myths, Sky Arts’ upcoming (and, judging by this clip, pretty hilarious) eight-episode comedy series based on bizarre celebrity tall tales. Debuting January 19 in the U.K., Urban Myths offers such believe-it-or-not stories as a post-9/11 road trip taken by Jackson (Fiennes), Elizabeth Taylor (a dead-ringer Stockard Channing) and Marlon Brando (Brian… »
Taboo Series Premiere: Shovels and Keys
4 hours ago | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
If anything will draw people to Taboo it’s Tom Hardy, known for his portrayal of Bane, Mad Max, and John Fitzgerald in The Revenant. Taboo is different from those previous roles, but has a similar theme as several other shows on television now. Hardy is a big name to attach to a series, but I wonder if the plot of Taboo can meet him. Taboo only has eight episodes in this first season, and I’ll admit, the series premiere left me wanting. I wonder how much they spent to make just one episode. It looks and feels like a movie. Hardy’s
Taboo Series Premiere: Shovels and Keys »
- Dara Driscoll
This Is Us Recap: Toby's Fate Revealed
5 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Need to catch up? Check out the previous This Is Us recap here.
The year 2016 took a lot of people from us. But was This Is Us‘ Toby one of ’em?
This week’s episode let us in on Kate’s beau’s fate quickly, revealing within the first few minutes that he did not die after collapsing at Randall’s home on Christmas Eve. Turns out it was “just” arrhythmia — but the condition indicates he’s got bigger cardiac problems, which prompts his hasty declaration of love to Kate… and then a lot of worried waiting while Tobes undergoes »
President Obama’s Farewell Address: The Best Motivational Speech TV Has Ever Seen
5 hours ago | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
Over the course of his eight-year term, discussion surrounding President Barack Obama’s speech-making skills has always touched on one recurrent point: The man knows how to inspire. His speeches are legendary both for their content and craft, with nearly everyone in agreement over his extraordinary oratory capabilities.
So heading into the president’s farewell address Tuesday evening, a disheartened nation looked once more for that motivation, that inspiration, that secret power only the best speeches contain — the ones usually given by fictional TV presidents, and rarely matched by their real-life counterparts.
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Only this time, the bar that needed to be met seemed too high. Not only has fear caked the nation since election day, but mere hours before President Obama took the stage at McCormick Place in Chicago, a story »
- Ben Travers
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Recap: Aye, Robot
5 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. resumed Season 4 on Tuesday night with Lmd May (or “MayBot,” as the cast calls her on set) now embedded within the team, while Aida forged ahead with her agenda — reclaiming the Darkhold tome that changed the game for her android self.
RelatedS.H.I.E.L.D. EPs on Finally Playing With LMDs, Emotional Fallout
Aida’s new ‘tude is not kept secret long at all. Rather, it is revealed quite quickly, once Radcliffe and Fitz head over to the former’s mod pad to power down his creation and wipe her hard drive, to eliminate any Darkhold knowledge. »
Grey's Greenlights #JaprilTheSequel
5 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Coming soon to a home theater near you: #JapriltheSequel.
Grey’s Anatomy is planning a follow-up to last season’s standalone Jackson/April episode, which was dubbed #JapriltheMovie, Sarah Drew reveals to TVLine. Actually, it’s well beyond the planning stage — the episode’s already been shot and is slated to air in March.
RelatedIs Grey’s Anatomy Losing Another Doc?
“It’s just the two of us and we go to Montana on a case,” Drew explains. “And we’re forced to face each other and be in small spaces and navigate a whole bunch of stuff together, and »
‘Taboo’ Ep Steven Knight On Working With Tom Hardy & Future Of ‘Peaky Blinders’
6 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Spoiler Alert: This article contains details of tonight's Taboo debut on FX. “With any period piece I think the thing to do is forget that it's not contemporary when you're writing and to have the characters feel as much as possible like characters that you would know,” executive producer Steven Knight says of Taboo, his 1814-set Tom Hardy-starring series that debuts tonight on FX. Depicting the once-thought-dead and now-scarred James Keziah Delaney’s return to London… »
Hollywood Bids Goodbye To President Barack Obama: “Here To Show Our Love”, Says Shonda Rhimes
6 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Hollywood responded quickly to President Barack Obama’s farewell address tonight – in fact some big-name fans didn’t even wait for the speech to start before saying their goodbyes. Shonda Rhimes tweeted a selfie from Chicago with the note, “Here to show our love for our Potus,” Russell Simmons simply quoted Martin Luther King Jr. about the arc of moral justice and Ellen DeGeneres suggested Twitter couldn’t contain her full emotions. Here’s a sampling of the so-long… »
Teen Wolf Recap: Room With a Clue
6 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
We already knew that the Ghost Riders were large, evil and terrifying — but delicious? That’s definitely new information.
RelatedTeen Wolf: [Spoiler] Announces His Return in the Final Season
With Theo’s reluctant assistance, Scott and his pack successfully captured a Rider on Tuesday’s Teen Wolf, only to have their efforts thwarted by an unlikely new threat: Mr. Douglas! With only Theo standing guard outside the Rider’s cage, it was no sweat for Mr. Douglas — or whatever that handsome bastard’s real name is — to push him aside, murk the Rider and nom on its brains.
And for an after-dinner treat, »
Being Mary Jane Season 4 Premiere: Grade Mj's Big Move to New York
6 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
New city, new job, same ol’ drama for Being Mary Jane‘s titular boss lady.
The Bet hit returned for its fourth season Tuesday, picking up one year after Niecy’s tasing made national headlines. In fact, that very incident is what spurred Mary Jane’s relocation to New York City; her show apparently took a much harder look at police brutality after that, ruffling more than a few feathers at the network and leading to her less-than-amicable departure.
RelatedExclusive: Being Mary Jane Casts Love & Hip Hop Star, Senator Cory Booker in Season 4
But it wasn’t long before Mj »
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