The newest social media app for post-internet teenagers, Musical.ly, while known for its lip-syncing feature, is drawing inspiration from Snapchat. Two to four-minute-long episodes from original “shows” will appear in the featured section of the app for 24 hours. Starting with content from NBC, MTV, and Hearst, the move follows an experiment with the live streaming app Live.ly with curated…
ABC has officially given two of their newest shows Designated Survivor and Speechless full pickups for their full first season. Both series have gained twenty-two episodes to their first season. Channing Dungey, ABC’s Entertainment president, commented that him and the ABC team are proud of their two new shows and their creative ability to keep audiences enthralled with the series…
NBC’s This Is Us plus-size actress Chrissy Metz commented while at the Paley Center Fall TV preview panel that her character’s story is important to be told. Dan Fogelman is the new series showrunner and executive producer. Fogelman stated during the event that the show is meant to portray characters who are finding love and discovering the strong emotional ties…
The Force has officially been harnessed by Turner Entertainment after the production company struck a nine-figure deal with Disney for the cable rights to 10 Star Wars films. The previous five Star Wars films and the next five films in the franchise are included in the Turner deal. The only film not included in the deal is the 1977 Star Wars:…
Zayn Malik, the former One Direction member, is currently trying to develop a new scripted series for NBC that is inspired by his own experiences in the popular boy band. “Boys”, the new drama series, is set to also have famous NBC producer Dick Wolf and his wife Noelle Wolf help develop the One Direction inspired series. Dick Wolf is…
NBC and Silver Pictures Television has recently announced this Friday that they are negotiating a TV series pilot-script deal for “Twist”, which is meant to be a modern adaptation to the esteemed 19th century Oliver Twist novel by Charles Dickens. NBC has commented that they plan for their new show to have a “sexy” and “contemporary” take to the popular…
Popular supernatural themed show Grimm has been confirmed to be cancelled by NBC after the show’s sixth season. After the network announced the season six premiere date in a recent press release, stating that this coming January 6th 2017 is the show’s farewell season. Season six is set to premiere thirteen new episodes for the season and will also give…
Gale Anne Hurd, one of the executive producers of the popular show The Walking Dead, was in Edinburg International TV Festival in Scotland to talk about the show’s upcoming new season. She also discussed how their new cast member Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who plays villain Negan, is going to be the new “gamechanger” for the seventh season. The Walking Dead…
Reporters, fans, and other Television commenters where allowed last week to discuss pressing concerns with TV’s biggest network executives at this year’s TCA presentations. This year’s pattern of questions and concerns have taken a snapshot of what is succeeding on TV and what possibly needs to improve. #1 Loud Call for Diversity While most networks have recently added a more…
