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Sorry to those of you who were looking forward to the proposed Xena: Warrior Princess reboot at NBC, but the project is hanging out with Hades in Tartarus  That means it's dead, very very dead. NBC Entertainment president Jennifer Salke said the proposed revival in its 'most recent form' will not be going forward[...]

If you have a show you want to watch on one of the major networks tonight, you'll probably want to double check that schedule as CBS, NBC and Fox are all moving things around so they can show President Donald Trump addressing the nation about the military plans for Afghanistan The Presidential Address will be[...]

One of the best memories that I'll ever have, and it was also the moment that my Dad added Flair to his painfully short list of favorite pro wrestlers (even though he'd bellow about "how fake wrestling is," you also couldn't talk to him when The Rock 'n' Roll Express were wrestling). That stylin', profilin', limousine[...]

When Philip Winchester makes the move from Chicago Justice to Law & Order: SVU this fall, don't expect him to be a nice guy.

The changes to the show continue as word now is the veteran NBC series, going into its 19th season, has added Brooke Shields as a recurring character. Shields said as part of the announcement: "I play a very different character from any I have ever played I'm excited to stir the SVU pot a bit." The network is[...]

Breaking from Variety, Seth Meyers is bringing a reboot of the Ed Haas and Norm Liebmann classic, the Munsters, to NBC. The reboot is apparently going to be something of a redesign of the classic sitcom that still tries to keep in touch with some of its roots[...]

Heeding the call for gender parity on both sides of the camera and coming only a day after CBS found itself in social media hot water with actress Jessica Chastain over their lack of lead female characters on their new fall programming slate, NBC has announced that it is moving forward with a new professional[...]

Hearkening back to a simpler time when pastel t-shirts with white suits was never not awesome and Glenn Frey had you convinced that yeah, maybe you did belong to the city, NBC announced that it is looking to revive Miami Vice, one of the network's most successful police procedurals…in large part, thanks to Vin Diesel. Shana[...]

Low ratings in key advertising demographics combined with a declining social media "buzz" in comparison to shows like NBC's The Voice led Fox to cancel the series in 2016. The problem for Fox? Even though Idol had seen better days, it was still a solid ratings earner for the network; and since it was cancelled, Fox[...]

Fans of Charlaine Harris are looking forward to her new series Midnight, Texas that debuts on NBC later this month Harris' is the creator of multiple novel series including the Sookie Stackhouse series that was turned into HBO's True Blood But the question is, how close does the new series stay to the books? Executive[...]

Alec Baldwin will reprise his role as Donald Trump on the upcoming season of Saturday Night Live. His portrayal of the president lead to ratings boom.

It was the Battle of the Summertime Premieres as NBC and ABC pitted a number of their summer premieres against each other on Thursday night When the dust settled, NBC won that battle on the strength of the season premiere of The Wall and the weakness from an underperforming Boy Band series premiere from ABC[...]

NBC announced that Taken, the network's dramatic series prequel to the hit action film franchise, would be undergoing a major overhaul beginning with the second season that will include a change in creative direction and six series regulars exiting the show. Gaius Charles (John), Brooklyn Sudano (Asha), Monique Gabriela Curnen (Vlasik), Michael Irby (Scott), Jose Pablo[...]

In what now seems to be an idea so good that everyone's doing it (see our coverage of The CW's fall schedule), NBC announced on Monday that it will premiere the vast majority of its 2017-2018 fall lineup during the week of September 25 NBC's "premiere week" kicks-off with the first of the three-part Season[...]

In honor of the passing of the man would always be known as Batman and in response to a growing number of online requests, DC Entertainment has released the unaired episode of NBC's Powerless featuring a guest appearance by the late Adam West The episode would turn out to be one of his last projects,[...]

From the Funko blog: NBC's hit sitcom Parks and Recreation is now joining the Funko family. The town of Pawnee would not be the same without these lovable characters and their absurd antics. Now they can be yours! Featuring the government-hating Ron Swanson, the over-achiever Leslie Knope, shoe-shiner Andy Dwyer, Pawnee's famous miniature horse Li'l Sebastian, and the dry, sarcastic April Ludgate. Treat yo self[...]

Adam West played the role of a voiceover on early episodes of NBC's Powerless But in the season finale, he was to appear as Dean West, chairman of Wayne Industries. Following an attack on Gotham City, Wayne Industries had to make some cuts and Mr West was to visit Charm City to deliver the bad news[...]

Stephen Amell is clearly loving his life of playing a DC superhero, and has turned it into something of a second career. He's been to the WWE, and now

He spoke about an idea he has for season 4 of the beloved NBC show and how he is "excited" that they might get to return to it someday The show stared Hugh Dancy as FBI profiler Will Graham and Mads Mikkelsen as Dr Hannibal Lecter. "I have conversations with (Hannibal executive producer) Martha De Laurentiis,"[...]

NBC has renewed Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D and Chicago Med… but the fourth time is not the charm as Chicago Justice got the ax after just one season. Chicago Justice starred Philip Winchester who seems to be the new king of the one-and-done series with Camelot, The Player and now this under his belt[...]

It looks like there will be three openings on the Saturday Night Live cast next season. Following the expected departures of longtime cast members Bobby

#JohnsonHanks2020 https://t.co/OywA29lUoT #SNLFinale pic.twitter.com/QqYO58YzLu — Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) May 21, 2017 Last night was a big night for Saturday Night Live In addition to being the season finale, last night's episode was also the final one for veteran cast members Bobby Moynihan and Vanessa Bayer[...]

For as long as I can remember, Stephen Amell has been talking about going on American Ninja Warrior. The star of Arrow famously performed the salmon

It's been 11 years since NBC's cult sitcom Will & Grace last aired  Since then, the cast has gone on to other things, the network has too, and the loyal fans have held a loving flame in their hearts  Because of that, the network decided the time was right to bring the show back. This is the[...]

May has turned into a television bloodbath, and one of the earliest NBC casualties was the era hoppin' Timeless  The series was for all intent and purposes canceled last week when the network released their orders for the coming seasons, and Timeless wasn't on the pickup list. This morning however, series writer Eric Kripke tweeted this: The #TimeTeam went[...]

 It's a hard time to be a fan of tv show, waiting on pins and needles to see if the axe comes down or not. NBC today confirmed a long feared announcement, Timeless is NOT coming back for a second season  The time travel series that would make any Starfleet officer yell about the Prime Directive received[...]

What's the–" Alright, already! Shut up! We'll tell you! NBC has chosen Jesus Christ! Superstar! as the next musical they'll reboot with a live performance, according to a report from Variety There's no cast yet, but NBC is reportedly looking to cast "authentic recording artists" for the show, and we imagine they've got people searching long and[...]

NBC has picked up new comedy A.P Bio for a full series order, according to Variety The show will star It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's Glenn Howerton, Patton Oswalt, Lyric Lewis, Mary Sohn, Aparna Brielle, Jacob McCarthy, and Nick Pein The show is being brought to us by Saturday Night Live alumnus Mike O'Brien and[...]

Taken at NBC has received a second 16-episode season but they are going to lose their showrunner in the process The previous showrunner Alex Cary, who not only developed the show but also served as executive producer, is leaving though Deadline is reporting that the parting of ways was "amicable" There are rumors, also according[...]

Looks like the small screen adventures in Oz have come to an end; NBC has canceled freshmen series Emerald City according to TVline The seires, which launched in January, started out with a 4.5 million / 1.0 demo rating but dropped to a 2.9mill/0.7 which aren't the numbers needed at NBC to keep a show[...]