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‘Will & Grace’ Revival Renewed for Season 2
14 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
NBC has already renewed its revived “Will & Grace,” nearly two months before the comeback even kicks off. Additionally, the broadcast channel has upped this fall’s run from 12 to 16 episodes.
Network Entertainment Chairman Bob Greenblatt announced the sophomore run and expanded freshman season Thursday afternoon at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour.
Season 2 will consist of 13 episodes, he said. »
- Tony Maglio
‘Famous in Love’ Renewed for Season 2 at Freeform
13 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
“Famous in Love” has been renewed for a second season.
The Freeform series stars Bella Thorne and hails from “Pretty Little Liars” creator Marlene King.
The renewal announcement was made by part of the cast — Bella Thorne, Keith Powers, Pepi Sonuga, Georgie Flores, Niki Koss — during a Facebook Live chat on Thursday, hosted on the Freeform show’s page. »
- Elizabeth Wagmeister
Sylvester Stallone to Guest Star on ‘This Is Us’ Season 2
16 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
“This Is Us” has booked Sylvester Stallone for a guest role on Season 2, creator Dan Fogelman announced at the Television Critics Association press tour on Thursday. “Kevin’s character is shooting his big movie and we needed a big co-star with him,” Fogelman said. “And So Sly Stallone is going to come and do a part on the show as Justin co-star/father figure on the film.” “Milo obviously knows him really well, and that was a big reason why he’s doing it,” Fogelman said. “We have a great script for him, I think it’s going to be really exciting. »
- Reid Nakamura
‘Escape At Dannemora’: David Morse Cast In Ben Stiller’s Showtime Limited Series
17 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
David Morse has been cast opposite Benicio del Toro in Showtime's limited series Escape At Dannemora, directed and executive produced by Ben Stiller. Escape At Dannemora, starring del Toro, Paul Dano and Patricia Arquette, is based on the headline-making true story of a 2015 prison break in upstate New York, which spawned a massive manhunt for convicted murderers Richard Matt (played by del Toro) and David Sweat (Dano). The pair were aided in their escape by married… »
Daniel Licht, ‘Dexter,’ ‘Children of the Corn’ Composer, Dies at 60
6 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Daniel Licht, composer for TV’s “Dexter,” died of cancer late Wednesday. He was 60.
Licht scored all eight seasons of “Dexter,” the Showtime serial-killer drama, from 2006 to 2013. Although he also wrote music for movies and other TV projects, it was his quirky music for “Dexter” – employing unusual sounds using bones, knives, scissors, duct tape, wine glasses, didgeridoo, Irish harp and other instruments – that became his best-known work.
Seven albums of “Dexter” music, all featuring his scores, were released. Licht himself played many of the percussion instruments in a 10-minute orchestral suite of “Dexter” music performed live at Poland’s Krakow Film Music Festival in 2015. »
- Jon Burlingame
‘What Would Diplo Do?’ Review: Delightful Viceland Comedy Drops Sick Beats Along With the Silly and Strange
8 hours ago | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
One of the highest compliments you can pay to a TV show is this: It knows exactly what kind of show it is. And that’s very much the case for “What Would Diplo Do?” the new Viceland scripted comedy showrun by and starring James Van Der Beek.
What is a Diplo? You don’t necessarily need to know the answer to enjoy the series, directed by Brandon Dermer and starring Van Der Beek as a world-famous DJ who travels the world with an eclectic crew of characters performing sick concerts and getting into hijinks. But the answer is that Diplo (born Thomas Wesley Pentz) is a real Edm artist who (theoretically) is nothing at all like Van Der Beek’s portrayal. And that fact is part of what makes the series work so well, as Van Der Beek pushes his character portrait beyond simple caricature into the most out-there realms. »
- Liz Shannon Miller
Nashville Recap: Hashtag Stressed
8 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Need to catch up? Check out the previous Nashville recap here.
Are you there, Luke Wheeler? It’s me, a troubled Nashville enthusiast.
Before you say anything, yes. I was one of the people routinely calling you out as a ridiculous corporate whore who’d slap his name on anything for the right price. Yes, I often mocked you for talking about your “brand” and “Luke Wheeler Worldwide” (whatever that was) and all of that ridiculousness.
But now I see the terrible truth of it all: You above anyone else in Music City could’ve helped avert the crisis that »
Steve Harvey Defends Staff Memo Scandal While Promoting New Daytime Show: ‘I’m Not a Mean-Spirited Guy’
10 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Steve Harvey found himself in hot water a few months ago when a harsh memo that he had sent his staff was leaked and went viral.
The staff memo in question — in which he wrote, “Do not come to my dressing room unless invited….Do not approach me while I’m in the makeup chair unless I ask to speak with you directly” — was leaked by a staff member from Harvey’s Chicago-based talk show who did not get a job on his new daytime show “Steve,” which shoots in Los Angeles and debuts this fall in national syndication.
In anticipation to the premiere of “Steve,” Harvey sat down with reporters on Thursday at the Television Critics Association press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif., during which he was immediately asked about the staff memo scandal.
“I learned two things from that email…I can’t write and I should never write,” Harvey »
- Elizabeth Wagmeister
‘Little Mermaid’ Live Postponed by ABC
10 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
ABC has postponed its live-musical version of “The Little Mermaid.”
The live production of the Broadway musical based on the classic Disney animated film had been scheduled for Oct. 3. No new premiere date has been set.
“We are postponing the Little Mermaid Live special,” an ABC spokesperson said in a statement. “We love the idea of doing a live musical and want to make it wonderful. The project is so unique that we are making best efforts to do it next year and want to give it all the attention it deserves.”
“The Little Mermaid” was set to be ABC’s entry in the live-musical broadcast trend that was kicked off by NBC’s “The Sound of Music Live” in 2013, and which Fox inserted itself into with “Grease Live.”
ABC announced in May that it would mount a live version of “The Little Mermaid.” “We really wanted to be in the game as well, and »
- Daniel Holloway
ABC Quietly Drops The Little Mermaid Live Musical
10 hours ago | TVGuide - Breaking News | See recent TVGuide - Breaking News news »
ABC won't be airing a live version of The Little Mermaid this fall after all. USA Today reports that the musical event has been postponed and will most likely be canceled.
The Little Mermaid was supposed to be ABC's first live musical event and was scheduled to air on Tuesday, Oct. 3. The network had
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- Sadie Gennis
Taken Mystery Solved: Find Out Why NBC Cut 6 Cast Members
10 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Call it Taken: Take Deux.
Back in June, TVLine broke the news that NBC pink-slipped six series regulars in the wake of the action-drama’s down-to-the-wire Season 2 pickup. The network also made a showrunner switch, tapping Person of Interest Ep Greg Plageman to replace Season 1 boss Alex Cary.
Per NBC Chairman Robert Greenblatt, the drastic overhaul stemmed from a belief that Taken “needed” a creative reboot. “There’s a better show in there,” the exec tells TVLine, noting that the “essence” of the series — leads Clive Standen (Bryan Mills) and Jennifer Beals (Christina Hart) — will remain in Season 2. “We love Clive and Jennifer, »
James Van Der Beek Dashes Our Dawson's Creek Reunion Hopes, Talks Viceland's What Would Diplo Do?
10 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
C’mon, I had to ask.
When James Van Der Beek came by TVLine’s Comic-Con suite, we spent the bulk of his interview talking about his bizarre new Viceland comedy, What Would Diplo Do? Van Der Beek stars (and writes, and produces, and serves as showrunner) in the series (Thursdays, 10/9c), in which he plays real-life electronic dance music DJ Diplo.
Diplo also executive-produces the series, which portrays him as a musical genius who’s kind of an oblivious jackass, and it’s a whole meta thing that Van Der Beek explains in the video much better than I’m doing here. »
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