WGN America’s new series, Outsiders, began production today in and around Pittsburgh, PA. The series, about an Appalachian clan struggling to maintain their world and way of live, was created and written by award-winning playwright Peter Mattei – who will executive produce along with Peter Tolan (Rescue Me) and Paul Giamatti. The Outsiders cast includes: David […]
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Spielberg, Amblin Television Bring Brave New World To Syfy!
The last time Steven Spielberg, Amblin Television and Syfy collaborated on a project it was for the Emmy-winning miniseries Taken. Now they are working on an adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s classic novel, Brave New World – to be written by Les Bohem – who wrote Taken – penning the script. Set in a seeming utopian […]
CONAN Goes To Comic-Con!
Conan O’Brien has no need to further establish his geek cred. Even if his nightly TBS talk show CONAN never set foot at Comic-Con, we’d accept that he is a big-time geek. But on top of his already fully established membership in geekdom, he is taking CONAN to Comic-Con. O’Brien will host the show from Speckles Theater for episodes […]
Gotham Season 1 Finale Falls off a Fire Escape
Gotham’s freshman season comes to a close in the only way it could – a meandering, mess of an episode that felt like it was all over the place. The show runners have no idea what they want Gotham to be. Is it a crime procedural that just happens to be set in pre-Batman […]
D’OH! Going For Thirty? FOX Orders Two More Seasons of The Simpsons!
Homer Simpson and his epically dysfunctional unique family will be with us for seasons 27 and 28. FOX made the announcement this afternoon. That begs the question: will The Simpsons be the first sitcom to achieve 30 seasons? After all, as Homer puts it, “I’ve outlasted Letterman, Jon Stewart and ‘McDreamy,’ because I have something […]
Abracadabra! The Magicians Ordered By Syfy!
Syfy has announced a big one. The network has greenlit The Magicians, a modern epic fantasy based on the trilogy of novels by Lev Grossman. The series stars Jason Ralph (above) as Quentin Coldwater, a graduate student who enrolls in Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy and, along with his classmates, discovers the magic they’re talking about – the […]
Summer of Darkness – TCM Presents 24 Hours of Noir!
TCM is bringing back its popular Summer of Darkness – 24 Hours of Noir – to run every Friday throughout June and July. The event will be hosted by Eddie Muller, President of the Film Noir Foundation and will feature classics like Curtis Hanson’s L.A. Confidential and Carol Reed’s immortal The Third Man (pictured). Summer […]
ABC Family’s Shadowhunters Casts Simon and Isabelle!
Casting for ABC Family’s hadowhunters is picking up steam as the network announced today that the roles of Clary’s best friend Simon and Shadowhunter Isabelle Lightwood have been cast. Alberto Rosende will play Simon and Emeraude Toubia will play the exotic Isabelle. Follow the jump for more.
NBC Expands SNL App To Close 40th Season!
NBC is expanding its Saturday Night Live app to close out the show’s fortieth season. The upgraded app expands to iPad and Android devices and includes hundreds of additional fan-requested sketches and new emojis. The upgraded app comes as SNL’s final three shows of the season are about to debut – with Scarlett Johannson hosting […]
Roots Remake Greenlit by A&E, History & Lifetime!
In what has to be a first, A&E, History and Lifetime have greenlit a remake of the ground-breaking limited series, Roots – the miniseries that told the origins of Author Alex Haley’s family in America. The event series, which will include original cast member LeVar Burton as an executive producer, will be simulcast on all […]
NBC To Make Complete Aquarius Series Available Online!
Fir the first time, a major network is trying the digital model on for size. Following its two-hour premiere on NBC, the network will offer all thirteen episodes of David Duchovny’s new series, Aquarius, available online. Aquarius is the story of an old school homicide detective (Duchovny) and the young undercover cop (Grey Damon) whose […]