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[06/20/16 - 11:36 PM]
Development Update: Monday, June 20
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC) |
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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The latest development news, culled from recent wire reports:
Looking to keep track of all the various projects in development? Click here to visit our signature "Devwatch" section. There visitors can view our listings by network, genre, studio and even development stage (ordered to pilot, cast-contingent, script, etc.). It's updated every day!
AMERICAN CRIME (ABC) - Emmy-winner Regina King has signed on for the third season of the anthology series. She'll play "one of the complicated individuals caught up in a story that deals with labor issues, economic divides and individual rights in this season's setting of North Carolina." (Deadline.com)
BLACK-ISH (ABC) - Peter Mackenzie's Mr. Stevens has been promoted to series regular for the series' upcoming third season. (Deadline.com)
CHANNEL ZERO: CANDLE COVE (Syfy) - Paul Schneider, Fiona Shaw, Shaun Benson, Natalie Brown and Luisa D'Oliveira are set to topline the freshman run of the anthology series. Schneider stars as Mike Painter, "a child psychologist who was a child himself when he witnessed the mysterious disappearance of his twin brother, Eddie, and four other children from their small town, Iron Hill, in 1988. Decades later, he is compelled to return to his hometown to investigate what really happened all those years ago, only to find that it - whatever it was - may be happening all over again." Shaw then is set as Marla Painter, "Mike's mother and a widow"; with Benson as Gary Yolen, "Iron Hill's Sheriff and Mike's childhood friend;" Brown as Jessica Yolen, "Mike's childhood friend and the Sheriff's wife; and D'Oliveira as Amy Welch, "the tenacious Sheriff's Deputy." (Variety.com)
EMPIRE (FOX) - Xzibit (aka Alvin Joiner)'s Leslie "Shyne" Johnson has been upped to series regular come season three of the series. (TVLine.com)
GODLESS (Netflix) - Whitney Able and Samantha Soule are the latest additions to the limited period drama series. Able will play Anna McNue and Soule is Charlotte Temple, "described as a nervous and put-together woman always in her Sunday best." (Deadline.com)
SNEAKY PETE (Amazon) - Malcolm-Jamal Warner is slated to appear in at least three episodes of the upcoming drama as James Bagwell, "Pete's (Giovanni Ribisi) parole officer, who is described as clean, meticulous, mercurial and volatile." (Variety.com)
THIS IS US (NBC) - Directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa have signed a two-year overall deal with producer 20th Century Fox Television. Said duo, along with their Zaftig Films' partner Charlie Gogolak, will continue to series as executive producers on the upcoming NBC drama as well as develop new series projects for the studio. (Deadline.com)
YOU'RE THE WORST (FXX) - Samira Wiley ("Orange Is the New Black") will appear in five episodes of the show's third season as Justina, "the therapist to star Aya Cash's Gretchen. The character will be featured prominently throughout the season as Justina helps Gretchen dip her toe into the waters of mental health, both in recovering from her recent depressive episode and dealing with new challenges. Justina has the unique ability to cut through Gretchen's layers of crap and remain (mostly) unflappable, even when Gretchen is at her worst. Though she's a great therapist, Justina isn't exactly a paradigm of mental health - she's very much trying to figure out her own life, including what to do about her unambitious boyfriend and thirsty need to Foursquare her every move." (THR.com)
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[06/10/24 - 09:05 AM]
The Television Critics Association Announces 2024 Nominees for the 40th Annual TCA Awards
Winners will be announced at an exclusive ceremony held in-person at The Langham Huntington in Pasadena on Friday, July 12.
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[06/10/24 - 09:03 AM]
Paramount+ Announces New Docuseries "Melissa Etheridge: I'm Not Broken" to Premiere July 9
Directed by Brian Morrow and Amy Scott, the series centers around the Grammy-Award-winning rockstar and activist who penned an original song inspired by letters she received from incarcerated women in her Kansas hometown.
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[06/10/24 - 08:00 AM]
Video: "NFL Draft: The Pick Is In" Season 2 Official Trailer - Streaming June 14 on The Roku Channel
Skydance Sports and NFL Films bring audiences behind the scenes of the 2024 NFL Draft.
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[06/10/24 - 06:01 AM]
Video: "The Decameron" - Official Teaser - Netflix
You're invited to the party of the 14th century.
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[06/10/24 - 05:01 AM]
Video: "Blame the Game" - Official Trailer - Netflix
Pia invites her new boyfriend Jan to her regular game night, but the unannounced arrival of Pia's ex raises the stakes for everyone.
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[06/09/24 - 07:01 PM]
Video: "Pulang Araw" - Date Announcement - Netflix
Barbie Forteza, Sanya Lopez, David Licauco, and Alden Richards with Dennis Trillo star in "Pulang Araw" streaming July 26 on Netflix.
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[06/08/24 - 09:57 PM]
CBS Takes Home 6 Awards at the "51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards"
"Entertainment Tonight" was honored with two Daytime Emmys, including Outstanding Entertainment News Series, an award they have taken home five years in a row and nine times overall.
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[06/08/24 - 09:02 PM]
National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces the Winners of the 51st Annual Daytime Creative Arts Emmy - Creative Arts & Lifestyle Ceremony
The ceremony took place at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in historic downtown Los Angeles, and was livestreamed at watch.theemmys.tv and via The Emmys apps at apps.theemmys.tv.
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[06/08/24 - 09:33 AM]
The 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards Posts Largest Audience Since 2020 and Up +39% from Last Year
Said event averaged 2.82 million viewers, posting its largest fast national audience in four years.
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[06/08/24 - 06:01 AM]
"Mermaid Magic" to Debut on Netflix This August
The series immerses us in the underwater world of Mertropia to follow the adventures of fearless Princess Merlinda and her inseparable friends Sasha and Nerissa.
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[06/07/24 - 02:16 PM]
"NBA Finals Presented by YouTube TV" Draws Largest Game 1 Audience Share Ever on ABC with 20.3 Percent and Quadruples Viewership vs. Rest of Television with 11 Million Viewers
Additionally, the audience share in the coveted 18-34 demographic - 49.6 percent - is the largest ever for an NBA Finals Game 1 on ABC.
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[06/07/24 - 01:48 PM]
Video: Paramount+ Reveals the Official Trailer and Key Art for the All-New Original Animated Series "Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," Premiering on Friday, August 9
The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures, who brought audiences last summer's smash-hit Paramount Pictures film "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem."
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[06/07/24 - 01:44 PM]
Video: Prime Video Unveils New Title Sequence and Premiere Date for "The Legend of Vox Machina" Season Three
The third season will consist of 12 episodes, with three episodes premiering every week starting October 3 in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
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[06/07/24 - 01:31 PM]
Video: "Exploding Kittens" - Hype Trailer - Netflix
The new animated series based on the best-selling card game premieres July 12, on Netflix.
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[06/07/24 - 09:45 AM]
"There She Goes," Feature-Length Romantic Comedy Starring Rachael Leigh Cook and Utkarsh Ambudkar, Starts Production in New York
The film centers on Molly (Cook) and Advay (Ambudkar), who as high school sweethearts seemed destined for their own forever until Molly landed a lead role in the quintessential '90s teen romcom, "There She Goes," and rocketed to stardom in Hollywood.
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