CBS has given a straight-to-series order for 13 episodes of “Salvation,” a new one-hour event series from Alex Kurtzman’s Secret Hideout and CBS Television Studios slated for next summer. The serialized drama will be broadcast during summer 2017. Described as a suspense thriller, “Salvation” centers on an MIT grad student and a tech superstar who […]
CBS has picked up “Candy Crush,” a new one-hour, live action game show series based on the mobile game franchise. CBS, Lionsgate Television and interactive entertainment company King will join together on the new format created and executive produced by Matt Kunitz that will be distributed domestically by CBS Television Distribution and internationally by Lionsgate. […]
[socialpoll id=”2375152″] Netflix and CBS Studios International have announced an international licensing agreement for the upcoming “Star Trek” series. Netflix will be the exclusive premiere home of the still untitled series in 188 countries (excluding the U.S. and Canada), which will debut on CBS in January 2017 before moving to digital streamer CBS Interactive, Each […]
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CBS has joined broadcasters TF1 (France) and Corus’ Global (Canada) in greenlighting 13 episodes of the suspenseful drama series “Ransom,” starring Luke Roberts (“Black Sails,” “Game of Thrones”), from global studio Entertainment One (eOne), Big Light Productions and producers Sienna Films and Wildcats Productions. Created by David Vainola (“Diamonds”) and Frank Spotnitz, “Ransom” is inspired […]
Julie Chen invited Kevin Frazier of “Entertainment Tonight” to offer an early look inside the house of upcoming reality competition “Big Brother 18”, set to premiere later this month on CBS. The decor offers an international theme for the 18th season. The kitchen with a French appearance and bedrooms designed with Japanese and British looks. […]
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Freshman drama “Limitless,” the only broadcast series whose fate was still not determined, will not be returning for a second season. CBS Studios was in search of a new outlet after CBS announced plans for next season that did not include it, with Netflix rumored to be in contention. But showrunner Craig Sweeny tweeted the […]
From Campaign US: Five broadcast networks, five presentations and endless promises and exaggerations. You guessed it — it was network upfront presentation week, where sometimes unwarranted boasting results in advertising dollars spent. Before we get to the real scoop, let’s look at some stats. Twenty new network series will be introduced next fall, 12 dramas […]
From May 16-20, 2016, Programming Insider‘s Douglas Pucci was a guest on “The Morning Fix” with JJ and Scott on Northern Iowa’s Y100.1 FM to discuss the Fall 2016 TV schedules of the five broadcast networks. The time slots discussed in these segments are based on the Central time zone. Note: This Fox segment occurred […]
Keeping in mind that nothing is etched in stone, here is the breakdown of the new network series announced for fall 2016: -Number of new network series in total: 20 (last fall there were 21; 8 of those 21 are returning) -Dramas: 12, Comedies: 8 -CBS: 6, ABC: 5, NBC and Fox: 3 each, CW: […]
