Lifetime Sets Spring Programming Slate Adding Six New Original Movies Featuring Top Names
Press Release: Lifetime has announced its spring slate of movies with back-to-back original films beginning on Saturday, March 11 with Girl in the Closet, starring Tami Roman (Truth Be Told, The Ms. Pat Show) and artist Remy Ma, inspired by actual events of a young girl who was imprisoned in a basement and closet by […]
Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson and FOX Entertainment Enter Non-Exclusive Broadcast Direct Deal
Press Release: Emmy and Grammy Award-winning producer, director, actor and recording artist Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and FOX Entertainment have entered into a non-exclusive multi-project broadcast direct deal. Jackson, through his production company G-Unit Film & Television, will develop scripted dramas, live-action comedies and animated series that would air on FOX. Series created under the deal […]
Netflix Announces ‘Pluto’ Anime Series
Press Release: Netflix has announced an animated series based on the manga PLUTO, produced by GENCO, with animation production by M2STUDIO and set for release later this year. The manga PLUTO is based on Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy ‘The Greatest Robot on Earth’ arc from 1964 and created by Naoki Urasawa (20th Century Boys, Yawara!, […]
Weigel Broadcasting to Launch Catchy Comedy Network on March 27
Press Release: Weigel Broadcasting Co. has announced the March 27, 2023 launch of CATCHY COMEDY, an over-the-air national broadcast television network that will invite viewers to ‘Catch All the Laughs’ with a library of classic sitcoms headlined by the beloved stars who set the bar. A focused, fresh and fun rebrand of Weigel’s current DECADES […]
Netflix Announces ‘Waco: American Apocalypse’
Press Release: This immersive three-part Netflix documentary series is the definitive account of what happened in Waco, Texas in 1993 when cult leader David Koresh faced off against the federal government in a bloody 51-day siege. The conflict began with the biggest gunfight on American soil since the Civil War and ended with a fiery […]
Apple TV+ Announces Season Three Renewal for ‘Tehran’
Press Release: Apple TV+ today announced that its espionage thriller “Tehran” has been renewed for a third season, and that multi-Emmy Award nominee Hugh Laurie (“House, M.D.,” “The Night Manager,” “Roadkill”) is set to join the ensemble cast. Created by Moshe Zonder, Dana Eden and Maor Kohn, and directed by Daniel Syrkin, season three of […]
The Grammys Hits Three-Year High in Total Viewers
Press Release: THE 65TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS was the most-watched program Sunday with 12.4 million viewers,according to the Nielsen time zone-adjusted fast national ratings for Sunday, Feb. 5. Comparably, this was an increase of 30 percent from last year and the largest audience for the GRAMMYs since 2020, The program remains Music’s Biggest Night, ranking as the #1 music […]
Showtime Orders Espionage Political Thriller ‘The Department’ from George Clooney
Press Release: Showtime has placed a straight-to-series order for THE DEPARTMENT (w/t) to be directed by George Clooney. Clooney and Grant Heslov will executive produce through their Smokehouse Pictures with MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios set to produce. “THE DEPARTMENT, based on the riveting and brilliant series The Bureau, will follow in the great tradition of HOMELAND, one of the most […]
Dan Aykroyd to Host Fox Nation Series ‘A History of the World in Six Glasses’
Press Release: Dan Aykroyd will host a six-part comedic docuseries “A History of the World in Six Glasses” on FOX Nation in January 2024, announced Jason Klarman, its president. A History of the World in Six Glasses will also feature Jim Belushi, Jon Lovitz, Kevin Nealon and George Wendt. The docuseries will chronicle the history […]
NBC Renews ‘Night Court’ for Season Two
Press Release: NBC has announced a second season renewal for its reboot of the sitcom “Night Court.” “It’s so rewarding to have audiences respond and return to a show in which they have such incredibly warm feelings, and, more broadly, it’s testament to how broadcast is still a huge driver of communal viewing,” said Lisa […]