IFC has renewed sketch series “Portlandia” for its eighth and final season. The series, currently airing Thursdays at 10 p.m., has satirizes our society’s idiosyncrasies by exploring the eccentric misfits who embody the foibles of modern culture.” Portlandia” was created by Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein and Jonathan Krisel. The show is executive produced by Lorne […]
January 2017
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TNT Renews ‘Good Behavior’ for Season Two
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TNT has greenlit drama “Good Behavior” for a second season, with an unconfirmed number of new episodes for season two. Debuting on Nov. 15, 2016, “Good Behavior” tells the story of Letty Raines (Michelle Dockery), a thief and con artist whose life is always one wrong turn or one bad decision from implosion. Fresh out […]
Tagged with: Good Behavior, Michelle Dockery, TNT
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TBS Greenlights Animated Series ‘The Cops’
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TBS has ordered 10 episodes of the animated series “The Cops” (working title), starring and co-created by Louis C.K. and Albert Brooks. The logline: “The Cops” follows Al (Brooks) and Lou (C.K.), two Los Angeles patrolmen trying their best to protect and serve, sometimes failing at both. Ride with them as they patrol one of […]
Tagged with: American Dad, TBS, The Cops
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truTV Announces New Scripted Comedy from Amy Sedaris
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truTV has greenlit an all-new scripted series, still untitled, from comedian Amy Sedaris (“Strangers with Candy,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”). In the Untitled Amy Sedaris Project, Sedaris will showcase Sedaris’ diverse but necessary homemaking skills, from Frenching beans, to gutting a trout, to crocheting miniature sweaters, to entertaining business-men. Each episode of the series will revolve […]
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CBS Wins Friday; ‘Emerald City’ Loses Steam on NBC
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What follows are the fast affiliate results for Friday, January 13 broken out by network and by each half-hour. -Total Viewers: CBS: 9.20 million, ABC: 5.89, NBC: 3.68, Fox: 2.50, CW: 784,000 -Adults 18-49: ABC and CBS: 1,2 rating/5 share each, NBC: 0.8/ 3, Fox: 0.6/ 2, CW: 0.3/ 1 ———- 8:00 p.m. ABC – […]
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Thursday Final Nationals: ‘My Kitchen Rules’ Debut Flounders for Fox
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CBS topped Thursday night among total viewers (6.86 million), adults 18-49 (1.3/5 rating/share), and adults 25-54 (1.9/6). Fox led in adults 18-34 (0.8/4) with the help of long-running cooking competition “Hell’s Kitchen.” The series premiere of celebrity food competition “My Kitchen Rules” — although tied for first with NBC’s “Chicago Med” in adults 18-34 in […]
Tagged with: Chicago Bulls, Chicago Med, college basketball, D.C.'s Legends of Tomorrow, Detroit Pistons, Golden State Warriors, Great American Baking Show, Hell's Kitchen, Life in Pieces, Mom, My Kitchen Rules, Nashville, NBA, New York Knicks, Pure Genius, Supernatural, Superstore, Talking the Stage: African American Music and the Stories that Changed America, Telemundo, The Big Bang Theory, The Blacklist, The Good Place, The Great American Baking Show, The Great Indoors, UniMas, Univision
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TV Land Renews Upcoming Comedy ‘Nobodies’ for Season Two
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Two months before its March 29 series premiere, optimistic TV Land has picked up a 12-episode second season of “Nobodies,” starring and executive produced by Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf and Rachel Ramras (“Mike Tyson Mysteries”). The comedy is executive produced by Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone with Michael McDonald (“MADtv”) serving as executive producer, director […]
Tagged with: Ben Falcone, Larry Dorf, Melissa McCarthy, Nobodies, Rachel Ramras, TV Land
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TV Land Orders ‘Heathers’ to Series
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TV Land has picked up its first ever hour-long series, “Heathers,” with a 10-episode order and a planned launch in fall 2017. Based on the 1988 cult classic film of the same name, “Heathers” is described as a pitch-black comedy anthology set in the present day, as our heroine Veronica Sawyer (Grace Victoria Cox, “Under […]
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History Greenlights Kevin Hart: The Black Man’s Guide to History
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History has ordered a two-hour special from Hartbeat Productions and Comedy Dynamics called “Kevin Hart: The Black Man’s Guide to History,” featuring a look at lesser-known, yet important black history stories, filtered through the lens of Kevin Hart. Hart will star and executive produce the two-hour event. The logline: The show begins as Hart finds […]
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‘My Kitchen Rules’ on Fox Does Not Rule in the Overnights
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2017 Household Rating/Share CBS: 4.4/ 7, ABC: 3.8/ 6, NBC: 3.6/ 6, Fox: 2.3/ 4, CW: 0.7/ 1 -Perfect Change from the Year-Ago Evening: ABC: +100, NBC and CW: -12 each, CBS: -23, Fox: -62 —– Ratings Breakdown: CBS led this second Thursday of 2017 in the household overnights, besting No. 2 […]
Tagged with: Chicago Med, D.C.'s Legends of Tomorrow, Hell's Kitchen, Life in Pieces, Mom, My Kitchen Rules, Pure Genius, Supernatural, Superstore, Talking the Stage: African American Music and the Stories that Changed America, The Big Bang Theory, The Blacklist, The Good Place, The Great American Baking Show, The Great Indoors