Freeform announced today that it has put into development “Joyland,” a series based on the Stephen King novel of the same name. “Joyland” tells the story of Devin, a college student who takes a summer job at an amusement park in a North Carolina tourist town, confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate […]
Freeform announced a pilot order for “Breckman Rodeo” (working title) from creator/writer Steve Lerner and the executive producers of drama “The Americans,” Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields. Fields and Weisberg are executive producers, and Lerner is Co-Executive Producer of the pilot, which is produced by FX Productions. “Breckman Rodeo” is an ensemble drama about a group of young […]
Freeform has greenlit “Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger” for a second season, with an order for 10 new episodes. Debuting on June 7, 2018, the series follows teenagers Tandy Bowen (Olivia Holt) and Tyrone Johnson (Aubrey Joseph) who come from different backgrounds and have acquired superpowers after a life-changing event that revolved around the collapse of the Roxxon […]
Teen destination Freeform and family friendly UP TV have licensed the cable rights to the family sitcom “Fresh Off the Boat” from Twentieth Television. The series will join UP TV’s and Freeform’s lineup beginning later this year. Heading into season five on ABC this fall, “Fresh Off the Boat,” set in the mid-1990s, follows hip-hop loving teen Eddie Huang (Hudson […]
Freeform has opted against a third season of scripted drama “Famous in Love,” whicn makes the May 30th season-ender now the official series finale. Debuting on April 18, 2017, “Famous in Love” featured Bella Thorne as Paige Townsen, an ordinary college student who gets her big break after auditioning for the starring role in a Hollywood […]
Freeform has given a pilot order to a new military fantasy drama under the working title “Motherland.” From “Claws” creator Eliot Laurence,”Motherland” is set in an alternate America where witches ended their persecution 300 years ago by cutting a deal with the U.S. government to fight for their country. The logline: The proposed series follows […]
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Freeform has opted against a fourth season of fantasy drama “Shadowhunters, but the network has ordered two additional episodes in the current third season to complete the story. The expanded second half of the current third season, now 12 episodes and called “Shadowhunters: The Final Hunt,” will air in spring 2019. Debuting on Jan. 12, […]
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In addition to spin-off “Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists,” Freeform will introduce a new half-hour multi-camera sitcom next season called “Besties.” From co-creators Kenya Barris and Ranada Shepard (“grown-ish”), “Besties” explores friendship, identity, race, and class as two lifelong best friends use each other to get through some of the toughest challenges that they will ever […]
Freeform has placed a pilot order for “Everything’s Gonna Be Okay,” a half-hour dramedy from “Please Like Me” creator, writer and comedian Josh Thomas. The pilot focuses on Nicholas, a typical 25-year-old still living at home with his single dad and two teenage half-sisters, who is not particularly helpful in raising his siblings, one of […]
