NBC has ordered a second season of its reboot of game show “The Weakest Link.” Hosted by Jane Lynch, each episode of features eight contestants who enter the studio as total strangers but must work together to bank the maximum amount of prize money available in each round. The contestants take turns to answer general knowledge […]
Apple TV+ has announced a series order for “Harriet the Spy” from The Jim Henson Company and Rehab Entertainment, the first animated adaptation of the iconic children’s novel that chronicles the coming-of-age adventures of the irrepressible Harriet M. Welsch. The logline: Set in 1960s New York, Beanie Feldstein, who will star as ‘Harriet’ a fiercely independent, adventurous, […]
NBC has announced a new version of “The Weakest Link,” hosted by Jane Lynch, that will begin production on 13 episodes later this year. The series is based on the British format, which debuted on NBC in primetime in 2001 with Anne Robinson as host. A daily syndicated version of the game show began a […]
The 71st Emmy Awards kicked off with the Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles this past weekend. The biggest winner of the two nights combined was, not surprisingly, HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” which won 10 Creative Arts Emmys. Next was HBO’s “Chernobyl” at seven, followed by six for Amazon’s “The Marvelous […]
The final season of HBO blockbuster “Game of Thrones” led the 2019 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, with a record 32 nods. If the medieval fantasy drama does win for Outstanding Drama for the fourth time, it will join “Hill Street Blues,” ”L.A. Law,” ”The West Wing” and “Mad Men” with that distinctive honor. Second overall among […]
NBC has greenlit a sixth season of “Hollywood Game Name,” hosted by Emmy Award winner Jane Lynch. Thirteen new episodes have been ordered. Debuting on July 11, 2013, the game, created by “Will & Grace” star Sean Hayes, follows two contestants who take part in a casual game night with three celebrities each, making the […]
YouTube Red has confirmed a new animated sitcom for 2018 called “Dallas & Robo,” which is described as a space adventure and buddy-comedy from the producers behind “Robot Chicken.” The YouTube Red series, which has an order for eight episodes, features the voices of 16-time WWE champion John Cena (“Trainwreck,” “Sisters”) and Kat Dennings (“2 […]
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Not surprisingly, CBS has swung the axe on modestly rated Jane Lynch/Maggie Lawson sitcom “Angel From Hell.” “2 Broke Girls” will move into the Thursday 9:30 p.m. half-hour effective on Feb. 18, with a repeat of “The Big Bang Theory” filling the half-hour this week. Debuting on Jan. 7, “Angel From Hell” was off to […]
