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Veep and Silicon Valley unsurprisingly renewed for S7 and S5, respectively.
Veep and Silicon Valley unsurprisingly renewed for S7 and S5, respectively.
If Shonda Rhimes has her way, the violent delights of Shakespeares famous doomed affair will really never end. But judging by the pilot of Still Star-Crossed, an adaptation of Melinda Taubs novel that imagines the aftermath of Romeo and Juliets deaths, Shondalands latest product is neither soapy romance nor gut-wrenching tragedy, but a sluggish, stilted mess.
The premiere the only episode screened for critics takes too long to pose these questions. Instead, it treats Rosalines plight as a frivolous subplot while the events of the plays final act dominate the episode. Once Romeo and Juliet do die (you knew that was coming), the drama instills a whiplash-inducing shift from telling the Bards tale to spinning a new one with flashbacks, just for added complication. Add an invented mystery involving Lady Capulet tending to Count Paris (Torrance Coombs), and even Shakespeares biggest devotees will be confused.
Great. I hope they get the team back to the white house somehow because this season isn't really working for me.
Veep and Silicon Valley unsurprisingly renewed for S7 and S5, respectively.
Onza Partners sued NBC, Sony and co-creators Eric Kripke and Shawn Ryan in September, claiming its principal, Gonzalo Sagardia, was in talks to create an American version of El Ministero de Tiempo, the story of a three-person government team who travels in time to change the past. Onza claims negotiations stopped abruptly and the network announced Timeless shortly thereafter.
The suit survived a motion to dismiss in February and had been set for trial early next year, but that future was averted this week. The parties filed a joint stipulation for dismissal with prejudice on Wednesday, which means the legal fight is over unless someone really does travel back in time to change events.
So it's still in the running to be the Ausiello blind item then.
The show has all the earnest energy and stilted moments youd expect to find in a high-school play, albeit one with a uniformly swoon-worthy cast and an exceptional budget for candles and corsets. This new drama also recalls Of Kings and Prophets, a short-lived ABC program that premiered around the same time last year, during the annual spring/early summer TV yard sale, when the broadcast networks trot out whatever shows didnt merit a slot on the schedule until very late in the season.
SHOCKING NEWS.
SHOCKING NEWS.
(but like, since that weird renewal anything is possible tbh. maybe they'll sue again in time for season 2)
When it says the "parties", that implies both sides came to an agreement and probably settled?
So that could have saved the show looking at the timing. The risk of the lawsuit disappearing could certainly help.
Note that the most logical extrapolation from this would be "wait, why revive a 25 year old series that was impenetrable the first time around if no one cares?" and I don't have an answer to that either.
it looks as if the weight of viewership fell on Showtime's on-demand services, with Deadline also reporting the network saw the single biggest day and weekend of signups ever for its streaming service, Showtime Anytime and Showtime On Demand.
So that could have saved the show looking at the timing. The risk of the lawsuit disappearing could certainly help.
So why? They didnt settle? I thought its going to trial next year?
While the praised drama has not been canceled, its future on the upstart cable network looks bleak. Official decision is expected next week.
BET, Hulu, who has Underground streaming rights, and OWN had been mentioned as obvious possibilities at the time, and I hear BET came close to a deal for the drama, before it came apart. At around the same time, the Viacom network took in two hip-hop-themed scripted series from sibling VH1, The Breaks and Hit the Floor, which were relocated as part of the program migrations at the realigned Viacom cable group.
I hear most avenues outside of WGN America have now been exhausted though the studio is still having conversations and is planning one final push in the coming week or so.
The premiere of Showtime's Twin Peaks revival drew 619,000 viewers in Live+3, up 113,000 from the soft Live+same day linear viewership of 506,000.
The linear viewership for the reboot's debut was edged by the streaming one, with the total for the two-part premiere at 1.7 million across platforms, including streaming and on demand, up from the 450,000 viewers across streaming and On Demand who watched on premiere day.
Twin Peaks has the highest percentage of streaming viewership of any Showtime original series to-date, and the most streaming viewers ever for an original series debut, the network says.
In the clip his friend said he would "drive down Saturday morning," bringing the bags with him.
I mean, that whole scene it's goofy as shit but it makes a sense.
There was a shot in the (totally necessary) Dirty Dancing remake in which one of the main characters loads his bags in the back of a pick-up truck. And the rides off on a motorcycle.
Cancel all broadcast networks.
Well someone had to ruin my fun with things like "context" and "reason".
Craig Ferguson apparently confirmed on his radio show on Sirius XM that Join or Die was cancelled, but didn't give any details. He sounds generally fed up with television. As above, I'm reasonably certain it got cancelled because History pulled the season finale, which would have aired in June 2016, was "History's Biggest Douchebag", and had Donald Trump as a candidate for the honour. They filmed the episode, it just didn't air. And this cancellation occurred despite the fact that they had already claimed to order episodes for a second season. My guess would be that Craig fought for the episode to air, History said no, and Craig quit, ending the show.
Veep and Silicon Valley unsurprisingly renewed for S7 and S5, respectively.
Any renewal news for Trial and Error yet?
Cute.Still, Star Crossed was better.
It ended on a cliffhanger if I remember right.Still, Star Crossed was better.
Renewed.
Interesting. TVLine wrote a middling 'review' on Still Star-Crossed. He didn't even give it a bad or a good grade, just said it felt like set-up and would reserve his judgement. That doesn't sound like a so terrible it makes Ishtar look good show.
WGN America is officially out of the original scripted series business. As expected, the cable network today cancelled acclaimed drama Underground after two seasons. It follows the recent cancellation of fellow drama Outsiders as WGN America is changing its programming course, while its parent Tribune is preparing for its acquisition by Sinclair.
”As WGN America evolves and broadens the scope and scale of its portfolio of series, we recently announced that resources will be reallocated to a new strategy to increase our relevance within the rapidly changing television landscape. This move is designed to deliver additional value for our advertising and distribution partners and offer viewers more original content across our air," Tribune Media President and CEO Peter Kern said. ”Despite Underground being a terrific and important series, it no longer fits with our new direction and we have reached the difficult decision not to renew it for a third season. We are tremendously proud of this landmark series that captured the zeitgeist and made an impact on television in a way never before seen on the medium. We thank the incomparable creators Misha Green and Joe Pokaski and the great John Legend, along with the talented creative team and cast who brought the unsung American heroes of the Underground Railroad to life. We are grateful to the loyal fans of Underground and our partners at Sony Pictures Television. It is our hope that this remarkable show finds another home and continues its stories of courage, determination and freedom."
At the time of WGNA's cancellation of fellow sophomore drama Outsiders in April, Sony Pictures TV, which produces both series, exposed Underground to other networks in hope of finding a new home as the writing was already on the wall at WGNA as Tribune was preparing itself for a sale. BET, OWN and Hulu, who has Underground streaming rights, had been mentioned as obvious possibilities at the time and were all approached. I hear BET came close to a deal for the drama, about a key event in African American history, before the Viacom cable network pulled out.
While most avenues outside of WGN America had been exhausted, Sony TV was planning one final push this week, with OWN reportedly still in the mix, and Hulu still interested in being involved. However, I hear the show's big price tag could be an issue in finding a new network home.
we recently announced that resources will be reallocated to a new strategy to increase our relevance within the rapidly changing television landscape.
This move is designed [...] to offer viewers more original content across our air
Despite Underground being a terrific and important series, it no longer fits with our new direction and we have reached the difficult decision not to renew it for a third season. We are tremendously proud of this landmark series that captured the zeitgeist and made an impact on television in a way never before seen on the medium.
Underground is a terrific and important landmark series that captured the zeitgeist and made an impact on television in a way never before seen on the medium
it no longer fits with our new direction
our strategy to increase our relevance within the rapidly changing television landscape
btw I decided to solve the blind item; it's The Orville.
Now firstly lets deal with the "it's not a drama" Fox says "THE ORVILLE is a one-hour science fiction series", not comedy, and if we take a look at the Knowledge Graph in the google search (which uses the world's most reliable source, Wikipedia):
I decided to scour the candidates and any potential connection to Ishtar, and here is Seth Macfarlane in an interview with NYT
And the jig is up! Because no one's first movie is Ishtar. In fact It's the fourth film of Elaine May's to brief career. And can you guess whose fourth live action project is coming up? Just look at the mounting evidence:
And the final nail in the coffin for The Orville:
Elaine May directing a film:
Seth Macfarlane directing a film:
Just look at the similarities in body language.
This is all 100% irrefutable evidence that The Orville is the blind item.
(oh, and is this a bad time for me to defend Ishtar? Because, you know, let's defend Ishtar.)
smh you could have watched like half of Twin Peaks in the time it took to put this together
p r i o r i t i e s
Don't remind me of how much TV I should be watching.