Selfie is starting to distance itself from its sitcom cousin, Manhattan Love Story. Selfie drew a more impressive 3.8M viewers (rising from last week), and a 1.1 in the demo, while Story drew 2.7M and 0.7 in the demo. Agents … Continue reading ‘Selfie’ Rises, ‘Story’ Falls
FX has decided to close The Bridge after two seasons. The Diane Kruger led drama saw a significant drop in audience in Season 2, so this isn’t a huge surprise. Also, The CW has ordered full seasons of The Flash … Continue reading FX Collapses ‘The Bridge’; CW Picks Up ‘The Flash’, ‘Virgin’, SyFy Renews ‘Z’
FOX originally had lined up 16 episodes of Mulaney. That number is now going to be 13 as FOX has cut back the amount of episodes they want of the struggling sitcom. Mulaney has had a cancellation target on its … Continue reading FOX Trims ‘Mulaney’, But It’s Not Cancelled… Yet
Former American Idol Semi-Finalist Joanne Borgella has passed away at the age of 32 following a bout with cancer. Borgella made the Top 12 women in Season 7, only to be sent home the first week. She was also a … Continue reading RIP Joanne Borgella
1) Fury- 24M Weekend, 24M Total With solid reviews, some Oscar buzz, and Brad Pitt, Fury should win the weekend. The tracking is pretty good, and its biggest competition is the third weekend of Gone Girl. 2) Book Of Life- … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: Brad Pitt Launches His ‘Fury’
Well, that was unexpected. ABC has ordered 3 extra scripts for its Tuesday night block. Selfie, Manhattan Love Story, and Forever have struggled in the ratings, but ABC isn’t giving up just yet. This doesn’t mean they are getting more … Continue reading ‘Selfie’, ‘Forever’, and ‘Manhattan’ Get Extra Script Orders
Archie Panjabi, who has won an Emmy for her portrayal of Kalinda, is leaving The Good Wife at the end of the season. She is actually abandoning the show for her own TV pilot with 20th Century Fox TV. The … Continue reading Archie Panjabi Leaving ‘The Good Wife’
NBC has decided against ‘Mission Control’, the midseason comedy series starring Krysten Ritter, and produced by Will Ferrell’s Gary Sanchez banner. The order was only for six episodes, much like 2012’s Dane Cook sitcom Next Caller. NBC still (presumably) has … Continue reading NBC Shuts Down ‘Mission Control’
NBC has some good news! Marry Me debuted to 7.8M and 2.3 in the demo, NBC’s best comedy debut of the season. It helped bring About A Boy’s return up (6.2M/ 1.8), but Chicago Fire was down a bit (7.2M/2.0). … Continue reading ‘Marry Me’ Premieres Big
Starting January 1st, 2015, you’ll be able to find out that no one told you life was gonna be this way. CLAP. CLAP. CLAP. CLAP. CLAP. Sorry. Ross, Rachel, Joey, Phoebe, Monica, and Chandler are coming to Netflix! All 10 … Continue reading ‘Friends’ Coming To Netflix
Good News! HBO is finally going to allow people to pay for HBO without having cable! That sound you hear is the sound of all the cable networks screaming, as a change is coming. If HBO does this, surely Showtime, … Continue reading HBO Will Offer Streaming Service
Last night, the big debut was Jane The Virgin, which opened to 1.6M viewers and a 0.7 in the demo. Not only did it build on lead in The Originals (1.3M/0.7), but it also doubled the audience from last years … Continue reading ‘Jane The Virgin’ Opens Solid, Builds On ‘Originals’
WGN has picked up a second season of their atomic bomb drama Manhattan. The show averaged 1.2 million viewers during its first season, a nice number for WGN, which just started moving into the original programming arena. Continue reading WGN Renews ‘Manhattan’
Netflix is jumping on the nostalgia bandwagon. After ordering series based on the Popples and Magic School Bus, they’re moving forward with a new series called ‘Care Bears and Cousins’, slated for early 2016. What other 80’s and 90’s cartoons … Continue reading Netflix To Revive the ‘Care Bears’?
Not shocking. At all. FX has renewed their ratings juggernaut American Horror Story, while AMC renews their ratings juggernaut The Walking Dead. The AMC pickup actually happened BEFORE the show premiered, whereas FX picked up Ryan Murphy’s anthology series after … Continue reading FX Renews ‘American Horror Story’, AMC Renews ‘Walking Dead’
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