ABC has greenlit three sitcom pilots: a reboot of classic sitcom “The Wonder Years” featuring an African-American cast; “Maggie” about a young woman who tries to cope with life while coming to terms with her abilities as a psychic; and an untitled multi-cam from Regina Hicks produced by ABC Signature. Both “The Wonder Years” […]
HGTV has greenlit “Celebrity IOU,” hosted by Drew and Jonathan Scott, for a second season. The home renovation series sees A-listers “express deep gratitude to individuals who had a major impact on their lives by surprising them with big, heartwarming home renovations that bring everyone to tears” with the help of the pair. “Since its […]
HGTV has greenlit a new home renovation series with Drew and Jonathan Scott called “Celebrity IOU.” In each episode, participating celebrities (including Brad Pitt, Rebel Wilson, Viola Davis, and Melissa McCarthy (share an authentic, inside look into their personal lives and get hands-on with Drew and Jonathan to imagine a design plan and create a […]
Showtime has greenlit hour-long drama “First Ladies,” starring and executive produced by Oscar, Emmy and Tony winner Viola Davis, who will play former first lady Michelle Obama. Produced by Showtime and Lionsgate Television, the series will also be executive produced by Julius Tennon, Oscar winner Cathy Schulman (“Crash”), Jeff Gaspin (“Rhythm + Flow”), Brad Kaplan […]
On the heels of the upcoming final season of “How to Get Away With Murder” comes word that Viola Davis will portray Michelle Obama in upcoming Showtime drama “First Ladies.” The premium anthology drama, to be written by novelist Aaron Cooley, will explore the public and private lives of first ladies throughout American history. In addition […]
The final season of HBO blockbuster “Game of Thrones” led the 2019 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, with a record 32 nods. If the medieval fantasy drama does win for Outstanding Drama for the fourth time, it will join “Hill Street Blues,” ”L.A. Law,” ”The West Wing” and “Mad Men” with that distinctive honor. Second overall among […]
ABC announced that the upcoming sixth season of “How to Get Away with Murder” will be its last. The series, which has been a constant in ABC’s TGIT programming block since its debut on Sept. 25, 2014, will follow Professor Annalise Keating’s (Viola Davis) class through their final semester in law school – while the […]
HBO drama “Westworld” and NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” led the “69th Annual Primetime Emmy Award” nominations with 22 nods apiece. Comparably, this is the most nominations that the long-running NBC late night sketch show has ever received in a single season. Next were “Stranger Things” on Netflix and “Feud: Better and Joan” with 18 nominations […]
ESPN was the most engaged broadcast outlet in February 2017, according to Shareablee’s Top 10 ranking, with 133M total actions across Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube. Comparably, that was 63 million (or 90%) above second place ABC (70M). Sportscenter, with over 75M total actions, accounted for over one half of the cable net’s total activity. […]
