Upcoming CBS Drama ‘The Darkness’ to Begin Production Later This Year in Iceland
CBS Studios, Stampede Ventures and Truenorth have announcedthat production will begin later this year on new drama series THE DARKNESS, a co-production from CBS Studios and Icelandic production company Truenorth and executive producers Stampede Ventures, with Oscar® nominee Lena Olin (Enemies, A Love Story, Hunters, Chocolat, The Artist’s Wife, Hilma) set to star and two-time […]
Sinclair Broadcast Group to Launch ‘The Nest’ New Broadcast Television Network
Press Release: Sinclair Broadcast Group today announced the launch of The Nest, a new, free over-the-air national broadcast TV network. The Nest has assembled a line-up that will deliver viewers ‘comfort food programming’ comprised of home-improvement, true-crime, factual reality series, and celebrity driven family shows. Launching on October 30, The Nest will include a variety of family-friendly programming that will […]
‘Star Trek’ and Kid Cudi Announce Partnership
Press Release: “Star Trek” and Scott Mescudi, better known by his stage name, Kid Cudi, have announced the details of their collaboration, kicking off “Star Trek’s” all-new “Boldly Be” campaign. The collaboration will launch on Oct. 12 at the start of New York Comic Con with the release of an original Kid Cudi song inspired […]
CBS Presents ‘The 77th Annual Tony Awards’ to Air on June 18, 2024
Press Release: CBS announced today that THE 77TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS will broadcast live for the first time from the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City on Sunday, June 16, 2024, on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME […]
Paramount+ Announces Documentary Spotlighting Boy Bands
Press Release: Paramount+ has announced a new documentary that will shine a light on the most enduring genre of music in pop culture and the megastars who dominated the industry in the late 1990s and early 2000s: boy bands. Produced by two key architects of the height of the boy band era, music manager Johnny Wright (New […]
Hulu Orders Social Experiment ‘Got to Get Out’
Press Release: Hulu has ordered “Got to Get Out” (working title), a new original social experiment and competition series from Wheelhouse that will test the loyalties of a group of strangers vying for a major payday. Created by Glenn Hugill (“Deal or No Deal,” “The Mole,” “Puzzling”) – president of Wheelhouse’s UK arm – and […]
Shudder Renews ‘The Last Drive in With Joe Bob Briggs’ for Season Six
Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thrillers and the supernatural, has renewed The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs for a sixth season. The expanded season will include more than 30 titles, starting with a series of seasonal specials then transitioning to a new schedule beginning in March 2024. The show concluded its fifth […]
Strax Networks Brings Augmented Reality to Publishing in Robby Krieger’s ‘Set the Night on Fire’
Press Release: StraxAR, the augmented reality (AR) platform that connects consumers, fans, and students to immersive media through a simple phone scan, today announced that guitarist Robby Krieger of the Doors has granted readers of his recently released memoir, Set the Night on Fire: Living, Dying and Playing Guitar with the Doors, an all-access backstage […]
The CW Orders ‘Crime Nation’
The CW has ordered 10 episodes of CRIME NATION, a true-crime and justice anthology series that thrusts viewers into the world of real-life mysteries, cold cases and investigations. Set to launch in early 2024 and executive produced by head of Candle True Stories and former ABC News President James Goldston, each two-hour episode features ripped-from-the-headlines stories, […]
NBC Announces ‘America’s Got Talent’ Spin-Off ‘AGT: Fantasy League’
NBC will expand its growing “America’s Got Talent” franchise with the upcoming “AGT: Fantasy League,” which premieres in 2024. Singer and songwriter Mel B returns to the “AGT” judges’ desk alongside executive producer Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum and Howie Mandel. Terry Crews returns as host. The logline: In “AGT: Fantasy League,” similar to a fantasy sports […]