Animated “Archer” has been re-upped by FX for three additional seasons, with 24 new episodes in total taking it through 2019. Debuting on Sept. 17, 2009, “Archer” follows self-centered master spy Sterling Archer as he deals with global espionage, his domineering, emotionally-distant mother and boss Malory Archer, fellow ISIS agent and ex-girlfriend Lana Kane, and […]
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FX Networks has ordered “Legion” from FX Productions and Marvel Television, the story of a troubled young man who may be more than human. The logline: “Legion” introduces the story of David Haller. Since he was a teenager, David has struggled with mental illness. Diagnosed as schizophrenic, David has been in and out of psychiatric […]
FX has ordered a pilot script for a spin-off from “Sons of Anarchy” creator Kurt Sutter and producer Elgin James called “Mayans MC.” The proposed series will focus on the Oakland-based biker gang and is described as a “dark, visceral family drama that takes a new look at the most American of icons, the 1 […]
CBS is jumping on the growing true crime anthology series bandwagon with a planned unscripted series to feature a different case each season. First up is the JonBenet Ramsey murder case. Tom Forman (“48 Hours,” “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”) and Critical Content are expected to produce. The series will reunite original investigators of the infamous […]
Saturday night belonged to TBS with coverage of the “NCAA Div. I Men’s Basketball Final Four”. In conjunction with “Team Stream” telecasts of each game on TNT and truTV, both college basketball games averaged 11.7 million viewers across the three Turner networks. But the news was far from positive when comparing the games to previous […]
Veteran sitcom “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” was renewed by FXX for two additional seasons, taking it through 14 seasons. Comparably, that will put “It’s Sunny in Philadelphia,” starring Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day, Kaitlin Olson, Glenn Howerton and Danny DeVito, in a tie with “The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet” (1952-66) as the longest running […]
CBS was the top network overall on Friday night among total viewers (5.59 million) and all key demos with coverage of the both Midwest Regional Semifinal games in the NCAA Div. I Men’s Basketball Tournament. On CBS, the averages of both prime time game telecasts on the Friday Regional Semifinals of the tournament: 3/25/16 (Virginia-Iowa […]
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FX has renewed recently introduced sitcom “Baskets” starring Zach Galifianakis for a second season, with an unconfirmed number of new episodes to begin airing in early 2017. Debuting on Jan. 16, “Baskets” focuses on Chip Baskets (Galifianakis) as he follows on his dream of being a French clown. Saddled with financial difficulties and facing an […]
ABC was the dominant victor on Saturday night with the eighth “Republican Presidential Debate” (Women 18-34: 1.2/6; Men 18-34: 1.7/8; Women 18-49: 1.9/7; Men 18-49: 2.4/9). It gave the network its most-watched non-sports Saturday since September 2001. To-date of this political season, the debate was the fifth most-watched Republican debate, and the most-watched debate on […]
