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CBS replaces Wiley with Reisenbach
Amy Reisenbach will succeed Bridget Wiley as head of current programming at US broadcaster CBS…
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The CW axes Frequency, No Tomorrow
High-concept dramas Frequency and No Tomorrow will not return to US broadcast network The CW….
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Warner lines up DC digital service
Warner Bros. Television is working on a pair of original series for a soon-to-launch DC-branded…
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CBS greenlights Big Bang Theory offshoot
The Big Bang Theory, one the US’s most-successful sitcoms, is getting its first spin off….
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CW revives Constantine as toon
US broadcaster The CW is to revive the comic book-inspired Constantine – but as a…
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Westworld one of three HBO recommissions
Westworld’s stellar season one ratings have lead to the HBO sci-fi/mystery drama getting a second…
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Westworld UK launch bigger than Game of Thrones
Westworld’s debut in the UK was bigger than both Game of Thrones and Fortitude. The…
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Fox returns to Berlanti for Black Lightning
US broadcaster Fox has put another superhero drama from Greg Berlanti into development. The 21st…
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Amazon adapts The Departed for TV
Amazon Studios is adapting Oscar-winning crime movie The Departed into a television series, according to…
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Lionsgate nabs Warner exec in scripted push
Lionsgate has raided rival US studio Warner Bros. Television to hire Chad Kennedy as senior…
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Vampire Diaries dead, Bates Motel shut
The Vampire Diaries and Bates Motel will end after their respective final seasons. The CW’s…
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Netflix bags Disjointed Chuck Lorre series
Netflix has ordered a 20-part straight-to-series comedy from comedy guru Chuck Lorre and Warner Bros….
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Amazon poaches HBO comedy exec
Amazon Studios has hired HBO exec Nick Hall to become its head of comedy development….
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Ex-Warner Bros exec joins ABC cable net
Former Warner Bros. Television comedy exec Jana Steele Helman has joined US cable channel Freeform…
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Bad Robot boards Michael Jackson drama
J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions has become a coproducer on a Warner Bros. Television event…
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CBS bypasses second Rush Hour
Middling ratings have put paid to CBS’s hour-long drama series Rush Hour. The series, which…
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Supergirl flies to CW as Agent Carter crashes
The US networks are well underway in building their next generation of scripted shows, with…
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CBS pilots Training Day reboot
US broadcaster CBS is to pilot a reworking of Antoine Fuqua’s 2001 feature film Training…
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Office-style superhero comedy for NBC
US broadcaster NBC has ordered three comedy pilots, including one billed as The Office-meets-DC Comics….
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Warner Bros. veteran exits for WME
Long-serving Warner Bros. Television business development exec Dan Limerick has left the studio for talent…
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Warner works up Michael Jackson drama
Warner Bros. Television is working up a drama looking into Michael Jackson’s final days after…
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Foxtel calls on Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow
Australian cable platform Foxtel has acquired new season Warner Bros. superhero dramas Supergirl (above) and…
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Keshet Int’l launches US studio
Israel’s Keshet International has become the latest overseas content group to launch an LA-based production…
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NBC unveils new shows, cancels Constantine
US broadcaster NBC has unveiled new dramas and comedies for its 2015-16 slate, while axing…
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Netflix orders Green Eggs and Ham for TV
Netflix has ordered a television version of the Dr. Seuss children’s book Green Eggs and…
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Eva Longoria, Dolly Parton score NBC deals
Actress Eva Longoria and country singer Dolly Parton have secured new projects at US broadcast…
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Channel 5 examines NBC’s Mysteries of Laura
UK digital channel 5USA has bought NBC procedural The Mysteries of Laura. The Channel 5-owned…
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Abrams’ Westworld remake gets HBO order
US premium cabler HBO has confirmed a 10-episode order for a remake of 1970s sci-fi…
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Laura gets full season run on NBC
NBC has made Debra Messing vehicle The Mysteries of Laura its first new season drama…
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Sky Living buys Stalker from Warner Bros.
Sky Living has continued a busy round of commissions and acquisitions with the pick-up of…