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‘The Morning Show’ Will Enter 2024's Media-Scape “Mid-Chaos”
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USA Reenters Scripted With ‘The Rainmaker’ Reboot From Jason Blum
The series, from writers Jason Richman and Michael Seitzman, is produced by Lionsgate and Blumhouse.
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Hostage Recovery Drama ‘The Envoy’ in the Works From Alexi Hawley, Lionsgate TV
The scripted series, which is in development, is based on a June Vanity Fair story and reunites the key creative team behind Netflix's 'The Recruit.'
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‘House of the Dragon’: The Story So Far, Heading Into Season 2
What should you remember before the 'Game of Thrones' spinoff's fiery return? Here are the broad strokes.
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‘The Morning Show’ Will Enter 2024’s Media-Scape “Mid-Chaos”
The Morning Show has a knack for writing itself into a corner. “It requires a lot of junk food to manage the stress,” says executive producer Charlotte Stoudt. “Part of me was like, ‘Who is that season three showrunner? I have a few words for her!’” As said season three showrunner, Stoudt is joking. She’s […]
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USA Reenters Scripted With ‘The Rainmaker’ Reboot From Jason Blum
USA Network is reentering the scripted originals space. The NBCUniversal-owned basic cable network has handed out a straight-to-series order for a reboot of The Rainmaker, from producers Lionsgate TV and Blumhouse TV, marking its first non-shared scripted series since 2020. The cabler, which saw its former hits Suits and White Collar pop on Netflix, currently […]
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Hostage Recovery Drama ‘The Envoy’ in the Works From Alexi Hawley, Lionsgate TV
The Recruit, The Diplomat and The Night Agent are about to be joined by The Envoy. Lionsgate Television has optioned the rights to a June Vanity Fair story about the work of the U.S. special envoy for hostage affairs and is teaming with The Rookie showrunner Alexi Hawley to develop a scripted series titled The […]
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‘House of the Dragon’: The Story So Far, Heading Into Season 2
As a warrior queen once screamed, “Where are my dragons?” It’s the question that’s lingered for Game of Thrones franchise fans for almost two years now, as the audience eagerly awaits for the second season of prequel series House of the Dragon to drop. Well, good news, friends: It’s almost here! June 16 is the […]
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George R.R. Martin Reveals a Scrapped ‘Game of Thrones’ Prequel Idea Has Been Revived
As Game of Thrones fans prepare for the season two premiere of House of the Dragon this Sunday, saga creator George R.R. Martin is giving a promising update on a potential new series. Martin revealed that the Princess Nymeria prequel Ten Thousand Ships is alive again and making progress under a new writer — Eboni […]
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Idris Elba’s ‘Hijack’ Casts Toby Jones, Lisa Vicari, Christiane Paul for Season 2
Toby Jones, Lisa Vicari and Christiane Paul are set to join season two of Apple TV+’s Hijack, produced by and starring Idris Elbra. Since its debut, Hijack has become one of Apple TV+’s top dramas. Details on the story for season two are being kept under wraps, but Elba will reprise his role as Sam […]
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‘The Boys’ Refresher: What to Remember Before Season 4
In the current political climate — which some say is stranger than fiction — you have under 150 days before votes will be cast in the 2024 Election, where the onslaught of a media blitz can tantalize your cerebral cortex. But if you can’t wait that long, June 13 is promising to entangle you with […]
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TV Ratings 2023-24: Final Numbers for (Almost) Every Network Series
The 2023-24 TV season was blown apart before it ever began. Two labor strikes and media companies’ refusal to budge on the demands of writers and actors wiped out a couple dozen fall premieres for scripted series on the broadcast networks. When management did agree to new terms with writers and actors (largely accepting the […]
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Eric Kripke on Why ‘The Boys’ Is Ending With Season 5
It’s the beginning of the end for The Boys. The adult superhero universe of humans vs. supes (as superheroes are called in the series) will soon come to end after season five, showrunner Eric Kripke announced on Tuesday, just two days before the hit Amazon series prepares to launch its fourth season with a three-episode […]
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‘Frasier’ Adds More Familiar Faces to Revival’s Second Season
The revival of Frasier at Paramount+ is bringing in more faces from its title character’s past. Dan Butler and Edward Hibbert will reprise their roles as, respectively, Bob “Bulldog” Briscoe and Gil Chesterton, Frasier Crane’s (Kelsey Grammer) former co-workers at the Seattle radio station in the original Frasier series, which ran on NBC from 1993-2004. […]
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‘After Midnight’ Scores Season 2 Renewal at CBS
CBS will continue to stay up extra late with After Midnight. The network has renewed the late-night show, hosted by comedian Taylor Tomlinson, for a second season in 2024-25. After Midnight is an updated take on @midnight, Comedy Central’s former late-night show, and boasts some of the same creative team. “Taylor is a gifted comedian […]
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‘Mayor of Kingstown’ Boss Shares the Promise He Made to Jeremy Renner’s Mom With Season 3
[This story contains spoilers from the second episode of season three of Mayor of Kingstown, “Guts.”] If there is one takeaway from the Mayor of Kingstown over its three seasons, it’s that the fictional town of the Paramount+ series starring Jeremy Renner seems to drain hope and dreams out of its inhabitants. Kingstown, Michigan — […]
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Paul Giamatti Boards ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’
Paul Giamatti is joining the Star Trek universe at Paramount+. The Oscar-nominated star of The Holdovers has booked a major role in the streamer’s Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. The actor will have a recurring guest star role as the season’s central villain, described as a man with an ominous past with a connection to one […]
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‘The Boys’ to End With Season 5 at Amazon
The Boys will have their final fight in the near future. Eric Kripke, the showrunner of Prime Video’s super(anti)hero series, said on social media Tuesday that the show’s fifth season — which the streamer ordered in May — will be its last. “Season 4 premiere week is a good time to announce: Season 5 will be the […]
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Third Anne Rice Show, ‘The Talamasca,’ a Go at AMC
It’s official: AMC has ordered a third show in its so-called Anne Rice Immortal Universe. More than a year after AMC announced it was developing The Talamasca, the basic cable network has handed out a series order for the drama from co-showrunners Mark Lafferty and John Lee Hancock. AMC has slated the six-episode show for […]
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What Cable TV Would Look Like Without Sports
ESPN ran a promotional campaign in the mid-2000s called “Without Sports” that posited the world would be less interesting and less connected in the absence of athletic competition (and, of course, ESPN’s exhaustive coverage of it). The 2024 version of that campaign might go something like, “Without sports, would anyone be watching cable?” The answer […]
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