Cable nets VH1 and Freeform have acquired the first five seasons of sitcom “The Mindy Project” from Universal Television. VH1 and Freeform will begin airing repeats beginning on a date to be determined in October. Hulu will retain in-season broadcast rights to the multi-camera comedy with VH1 and Freeform set to air those episodes one […]
Freeform is targeting the late night care of a potential late night series with comedian Iliza Shlesinger. The proposed late-night series will feature Iliza’s unique voice that reflects the audience and what’s happening in the moment with a fresh comedic spin. “We were looking for a voice that speaks to and for our audience, and […]
“Pretty Little Liars” executive producer Marlene King has confirmed that the current seventh season of the social media sensation, which concludes its summer run tonight on Freeform, will be its last. The final 10 episodes will begin airing in April 2017. Debuting on June 8, 2010, the total episode tally of “Pretty Little Liars” will […]
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Freeform has greenlit new drama pilot “The Deep,” which is set at Bristol Cove, a coastal town known for its legend of once being home to mermaids. When the arrival of a mysterious girl proves this folklore all too true, the battle between man and sea takes a very vicious turn as these predatory beings […]
Freeform has ordered a new comedy pilot called “Alone Together” from The Lonely Island team of Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer. “Alone Together,” is a half-hour comedy about two overlooked millennial misfits from different backgrounds as they try to make their way into the vain and status-obsessed culture of Los Angeles only to […]
Freeform’s has picked-up sitcom “Baby Daddy” for a sixth season, which will take the series to 100 episodes. Debuting on June 20, 2012, “Baby Daddy” follows Ben (Jean-Luc Bilodeau), a man in his twenties, who gets the surprise of his life when a one-night stand leaves his baby at his doorstep. Ben decides to raise […]
Freeform has greenlit “Ben and Lauren: Happily Ever After,” which will follow the most recent happily engaged couple, former Bachelor Ben Higgins and fiancée Lauren Bushnell. The logline: The new reality series will follow the happy couple as they prepare to walk down the aisle and begin their brand-new life together while navigating the real […]
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Freeform has opted against a second season of drama “Recovery Road,” which debuted on Dec. 18, 2015 and was based on the 2011 young adult novel of the same name by Blake Nelson about a teenage girl coping with addiction. The now final episode of 10-episode “Recovery Road” aired on March 28.
CBS was the runaway winner on Saturday night with the network’s final night covering the “NCAA Div. I Men’s Basketball Tournament”. It was a doubleheader of Regional Final games that began airing at 6:00 p.m. ET: Oklahoma/Oregon in the West and Villanova/Kansas in the South. Compared to ABC, NBC and Fox combined, CBS outdrew their […]
