NBCUniversal-owned US cable channel USA Network has commissioned its first ever comedy series, and will launch ABC’s Modern Family off-network for the first time. Among new programmes unveiled yesterday at the USA Upfront was Sirens from Apostle and Fox Television Studios and Playing House from Universal Cable Productions and American Work. Additionally, it has picked […]
Steven Spielberg, Dick Wolf and Sylvester Stallone are among the talent producing new programmes for Turner-owned US cable entertainment channels TBS and TNT. Spielberg is attached to Portal House, a scripted series about a group of young scientists who stumble upon a portal into the space-time continuum; and Peter Gunn, a re-telling of Blake Edwards […]
US cable channel AMC has ordered a new scripted drama – it’s first foray into original sci-fi programming – from the creator of Showtime crime series Brotherhood. Line of Sight will be a coproduction between AMC Studios and Fox Television Studios and tell the story of a transport safety board investigator that survives a plane […]
NBCUniversal-owned cable channel Syfy has ordered a Jamie Foxx-directed horror anthology series, a new Fox Television Studios drama and a trio of factual shows. At its Upfront this week, Syfy announced Hollywood actor Foxx’s Foxxhole Productions and Universal Cable Productions were working on an untitled scripted series that “tells creepy morality tales with themes such […]
Netflix has snagged exclusive UK and Ireland rights to the third season of the The Killing in a deal that has helped the latest series of the Forbrydelsen remake to get made. The streaming service will make episodes of the upcoming third season available to its subs in the UK and Ireland within a week […]
US cable network FX has ordered a second season of Cold War drama The Americans. The first series is currently going out on FX in the US and, four episodes in, the channel has placed an order for a new, thirteen episode season. The show was the most-watched debut of any FX series ever with […]
USA Network has renewed spy drama Burn Notice, its longest running original drama, for a seventh season. The US cable network has given the show a 13-episode pick up and is only the third show on the channel to reach 100 episodes. This follows the renewal of Suits. Burn Notice, which was created by Matt […]
