For the first time in two years, we can finally proclaim: Let the March Madness begin! March 14 was Selection Sunday as 68 teams, their seedings and regions were announced for the upcoming annual tournament to ultimately determine the men’s Division I college basketball national champion. A total of 67 tournament games will be televised […]
Showtime has greenlit hour-long scripted drama “Shaka: King of the Zulu Nation”, which is centered around one man’s personal journey from stigmatized childhood to warrior king. The logline: Rooted in actual events, “Shaka: King of the the Zulu Nation” tells the story of the Zulu Empire chief Shaka and his unlikely rise to power, uniting multiple […]
Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) has ordered its first animated series, “The Mound” from filmmaker Munirah Safiyah Jones. Jones is the creator of OWN’s NAACP Image Award-nominated animated short form series “Sincerely, Camille and the viral hit Junt Land.” “The Mound”, which is described as a dramedy by Jones, is set in the 1980s in the Orange Mound neighborhood of […]
Showtime has greenlit a pilot order for drama “Let The Right One In”, starring Oscar nominee Demián Bichir (“A Better Life”) as Mark, a husband and father who had the perfect life until it was turned upside down by a mysterious creature who bit his daughter (Eleanor) and then vanished into the night. The logline: Inspired by […]
The Syfy comedy “Resident Alien” ranked in the top-20 of total-viewer gains, attracting an additional 1.54 million viewers — more than doubling its live plus same day output (1.24 million). Among adults 18-49, an episode of the 36th season of MTV’s “The Challenge” was cable’s No. 1 show on Feb. 24 (fourth on TV overall), […]
Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) has greenlit “The Kings of Napa” from “Claws” showrunner Janine Sherman-Barrios. The proposed new drama focuses on the power struggle between the wealthy vineyard-owning King siblings in idyllic and picturesque Napa Valley, California. The logline: This aspirational African American family’s line of business has granted them the type of status that lands […]
FX has greenlit nine-episode limited series “Fleishman in Trouble” adapted from Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s The New York Times bestselling novel of the same name. The series promises to offer an “unsparing, modern take on life, love and commitment.” The logline: is centered on recently separated forty-something Toby Fleishman, who dives into the brave new world of app-based dating […]
