Syfy’s event series Ascension has signed Tricia Helfer to star the ‘not-so-secret power broker aboard the titular starship. As wife of the ship’s Captain, Viondra Denniger, her character is described as ‘beautiful, manipulative and dangerous.’ Ascension takes place aboard the starship nearly fifty years into its century-long journey to populate a new world. As the […]
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Carlton Cuse Brings The Returned to A&E!
Carlton Cuse’s American adaptation of hit French series The Returned has been picked up with a 10-episode order and a summer production start. The Returned is a unique take on the zombie genre and the North American debut of the original French series placed in the top five of Eclipse’s Favorite Fifteen + 5 earlier […]
Starz Orders Two Seasons of Seth MacFarlane Series!
Starz has ordered two ten-episode seasons of Blunt Talk from Media Rights Capital. The series, from the minds of Seth MacFarlane and Jonathan Ames, is a bout a transplanted British cable news host who uses the show as a platform to tell Americans how they should live, think and behave. Patrick Stewart will play the […]
Yahoo Slates Two Half-Hour Comedies for 2015!
Yahoo is making its original long-form debut with two half-hour comedies: Other Space, a sci-fi series about a spaceship on a routine mission that somehow winds up in a much more dangerous alternate universe; and Sin City Saints, a workplace comedy set in the front office of a basketball expansion team in Las Vegas that […]
Ferguson Announces End of Run on The Late Late Show!
Craig Ferguson has announced that he’s leaving as host of The Late Late Show. He made the announcement during taping of the show this afternoon. As a unique voice in late night television, Ferguson has gone is directions no one expected – between his robotic co-host Geoff, and his willingness to showcase his love of […]
SundanceTV’s The Red Road Gets Season Two!
The Red Road – SundanceTV’s second scripted drama series – may have started out with more potential than anything else, but it found its feet and became a very good show. Now it has been given a second six-episode season and, as someone who was on the fence about the show after its premiere, I’m […]
Fox Goes to High School with Live Performance of Grease!
Fox is planning a three-hour live musical event – GREASE LIVE – for 2015. ‘Grease is one of the most beloved musical stories ever told – and we can’t wait to bring it to our air in a spectacular live event,’ said Shana C. Waterman, Senior Vice President of Event Series for Fox. GREASE LIVE […]
And There They Were–Gone! First Look: HBO’s The Leftovers!
Suddenly 2% of the world’s population disappears. What do the rest of us do? Damon Lindeof’s The Leftovers explores the answer to that question on HBO each week beginning Sunday, June 29th (10/9C). Check out the trailer after the jump.
Disney Channel Announces July Start for Teen Bach Movie 2!
Remember all the fuss about Sharknado? Well, at the same point in time, a little movie called Teen Beach Movie on Disney Channel kicked its ass across pretty all demographics – winding up with several times times its audience numbers, yet nowhere near as much buzz. Well, Teen Beach Movie 2 is coming. Production starts […]
First Look: BBC America’s Musketeers!
Musketeers is BBC America’s contemporary take on the characters created by Alexandre Dumas – contemporary take not meaning contemporary setting. The series is set in 17th Century Paris, where ‘where law and order is more of an idea than a reality.’ The classic story of D’Artagnan’s search for justice leading to his encountering Athos, Aramis […]
Seth Meyers To Host 66th Primetime Emmy Awards®!
The new host of Late Night has another hosting gig – and it’s a big one. Seth Meyers has been named host of the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards®. The live awards show will be produced by Don Mischer Productions and will air one Monday, August 25th (8/7C) from the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. Check […]