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HBO Who Watches the Watchmen? HBO is hoping that the answer to that question is you. The cable giant has given a series order to Damon Lindelof's authorized adaptation "remix" of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' 1986 limited comic book series Watchmen Described as "set in an alternate history where 'superheroes' are treated as outlaws, Watchmen embraces[...]

Now USA Network is peeling back the project's veil of silence with a straight-to-series order for Bourne franchise spinoff Treadstone from Tim Kring (Heroes) and Universal Cable Productions (UCP). Treadstone explores the origin story and present-day actions of a CIA black ops program known as Treadstone, a covert operation that uses behavior modification protocol to turn its[...]

Marvel Studios Paul Rudd is about to go to war with himself – literally – in Netflix's new scripted comedy Living With Yourself from Emmy and Peabody award winner Timothy Greenberg (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart), Likely Story and Jax Media. Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine, Battle of the Sexes) are set to[...]

Hollywood Records In what can be viewed as either great news or an ominous warning — depending on how badly the earworm has set up shop in your brain since its release in 2006 — the Plain White T's hit song 'Hey There Delilah' is being adapted for the small screen as a scripted series. Lively McCabe Entertainment and Primary[...]

Credit (left): BAKOUNINE / Shutterstock.com When news broke in March 2018 that FX was not going forward with its animated adult action-comedy series Marvel's Deadpool from Atlanta's Donald Glover and writer Stephen Glover, fans were wondering how what seemed like a no-brainer programming-wise could fall apart Serving as an adaptation of the hit Marvel character, the project[...]

Vaughan and Pia Guerra's post-apocalyptic science fiction comic book series from DC Comics' Vertigo imprint, FX's Y (the pilot's official title) also stars Diane Lane (Justice League), Barry Keoghan (Dunkirk), Imogen Poots (Green Room) Lashana Lynch (Captain Marvel), Juliana Canfield (Succession), and Marin Ireland (Sneaky Pete). Michael Green (American Gods) and Luke Cage's Aida Mashaka Croal[...]

Topic Studios and Playground are set to develop the former CIA officer-turned-bestselling-author-and-comic-book-writer's dystopian drama States of America into an hour-long television series. King's States of America is set in a deeply divided U.S.A that's forced to suffer foreign occupation for the sake of a tentative peace after an unprovoked act of war Combining the thrill and[...]

Theirs will be a journey wrought with danger, love, heartbreak, loss, and ultimately, hope. The series is executive produced by Scott M Gimple, showrunners Andrew Chambliss and Ian Goldberg, as well as Robert Kirkman, David Alpert, Gale Anne Hurd and Greg Nicotero, and produced by AMC Studios The series stars Lennie James, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Colman Domingo,[...]

Credit: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com Ryan Murphy's campaign for Netflix's The Politician has picked up four more supporters, with Zoey Deutch (Set It Up), Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody), Laura Dreyfuss (Dear Evan Hansen), and Rahne Jones (Godspell) joining Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hansen), Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love), and Barbra Streisand (Yentl) on the upcoming hour-long comedy[...]

Credit: Paul Schrimaldi/Hulu Beau Willimon's (House of Cards) new science fiction-drama The First has finally received a launch date from Hulu, with the streaming service set to premiere the Sean Penn (Dead Man Walking, The Game) / Natascha McElhone (Ronin, Californication) series on Friday, September 14 To coincide with the announcement, Hulu is also giving us some[...]

Credit: Netflix Not to be outdone by Netflix releasing the first official poster for Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (which you can see below), the series' Sabrina Spellman — Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men) — took to the show's official Instagram account to share a video greeting from the set. With a friendly "Hey, witches," Shipka turns the[...]

Credit: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com After what's been reported as a "competitive situation" between the cable giant and services like Netflix, HBO has secured the rights to and given a series order for Joss Whedon's (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Avengers) epic science fiction drama The Nevers. Whedon will be taking a very active role, serving as writer,[...]

Cunningham's Crystal Lake Chronicles and the pilot pitched to The CW don't appear to be coming back to life any time soon; so instead, we have gathered together today to praise — not to bury — producer Frank Mancuso, Jr.'s Friday the 13th: The Series. https://youtu.be/PcxhLXKWorIVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Friday The 13th: The[...]

Aquaman's Jason Momoa is going from being "The King of the Seven Seas" to being a blind warrior in a sightless society, tapped as the lead in Apple's futuristic original drama series See Spearheaded by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight and director Francis Lawrence (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Mockingjay Parts 1 & 2), the[...]

Credit: Richard Grassie/Netflix With filming currently underway in London, Netflix has released the line-up of actors joining Ricky Gervais for his new series After Life. Created, executive produced, directed by and starring Gervais, the six, half-hour episode season is also executive produced by long-time collaborator Charlie Hanson (Derek, Extras); and includes several familiar faces from Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Downton[...]

With filming on Wonder Woman 1984 currently underway, TNT is giving us our first look at their "side project" I Am The Night (originally One Day She'll Darken): a mystery-thriller limited series from executive producer/director Jenkins, and starring executive producer Pine. Credit: TNT Inspired by a true story and focusing on Fauna Hodel's (India Eisley) search for her real[...]

Credit (left): HBO / (right): ABC/ABC News HBO has found a little bit of that "old time religion" with a pilot order for a half-hour comedy series from creator Danny McBride (Vice Principals) based in and around the the world of televangelism Written, directed, starring, and executive produced by McBride, The Righteous Gemstones co-stars John Goodman[...]

Credit: USA Network September seems as good a month as any for a Purge, right? USA Network hopes so, with their 10-episode event series The Purge set to premiere Tuesday, September 4th at 10 p.m ET/9 p.m CT (with a simulcast on Syfy). Directed by Unsolved's Anthony Hemingway with Thomas Kelly (Blue Bloods) serving as showrunner, the story is[...]

Credit: Bungie After taking development fire for the past five years, Showtime has officially given a 10-episode season order for a scripted drama series based on Microsoft's Halo video game franchise. Along with the episode announcement also comes word that Awake's Kyle Killen will serve as the project's executive producer, writer and showrunner, with Rupert Wyatt (Rise of[...]

After stalking the social media accounts of the cast and crew to see how things are progressing with Starz's series adaptation of author & executive producer Neil Gaiman's acclaimed novel, here's what we're looking at this time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlPpP1ZMmyAVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: American Gods Returns in 2019 | Inside Season 2 with Neil Gaiman |[...]

Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments's Alisha Wainwright and newcomer Ja’Siah Young are joining Netflix's hour-long sci-fi family drama 'Raising Dion'.

Credit: Spectrum It looks like NBC's unexpected loss is Charter Communications' gain in a major way, with the media company giving a 13-episode series order for Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba-starrer L.A.'s Finest. Set to premiere in 2019 exclusively on Spectrum, former CSI: NY showrunner Pam Veasey will serve as series showrunner and will executive produce alongside Alba, Union, Sonnier[...]

Credit: CBS Kevin Williamson (Scream) continues expanding the twisted universe of his psychological thriller Tell Me a Story, tapping Zoo's James Wolk (Goliath, Billions) to join previously cast Kim Cattrall (HBO's Sex and the City), Billy Magnussen (Game Night, Get Shorty), Paul Wesley (The Vampire Diaries) and Danielle Campbell (The Originals) in the CBS All Access series[...]

From his "screechy" stand-up act and run in the Police Academy films to his directorial work in both television (Maron, Jimmy Kimmel Live) and film (Willow Creek, World's Greatest Dad),  Goldthwait has seen the best and worst that the world has to offer – and it's not pretty. Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters takes those ugly[...]

With that many eyeballs already glued to Groban, Netflix seized some commercial break space to release the first teaser for its new dramedy series The Good Cop. Co-starring Tony Danza, the hour-long, 10-episode dramedy series was created by showrunner/executive producer Andy Breckman (Monk); with executive producer Randy Zisk directing the first episode Howard Klein will also[...]

Credit (left): ABC / (right): Netflix Scandal's Shonda Rhimes is bringing the life and now-infamous times of New York City social scene "It Girl" Anna Delvey (Anna Sorokin) to Netflix, with Shondaland and the streaming service having secured the rights "How Anna Delvey Tricked New York's Party People" from New York Magazine writer Jessica Pressler. Rhimes is set[...]

Credit: Netflix Based on author Vikram Chandra's best-selling novel, Netflix's Sacred Games is the streaming service's first Indian original series — and as you can see from the trailer below, the series focuses on the dark underside of Mumbai shows that things aren't starting off quietly Produced by Phantom Films with Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane directing, the[...]

Credit: Hulu/AwesomenessTV (Top, L-R: List, Sprayberry, Liberato Ramm / Bottom, L-R: Brown Pham, Rodrigues, Alexus, Tju) If there's one thing that Hulu and AwesomenessTV's upcoming horror series Light as a Feather already has going for it, it's that it doesn't waste time dolling out the names of those set to join the 10-episode, straight-to-series supernatural thriller. Based[...]

There will be darkness and light; terror and grace; and the heroic, mercenary and craven, all crashing together toward a new reality for Fear the Walking Dead. Credit: AMC AMC's Fear the Walking Dead's fourth season stars Kim Dickens, Frank Dillane, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Colman Domingo, and Danay Garcia; as well as new series regulars Lennie James, Garret Dillahunt, Jenna Elfman, Maggie Grace, and Kevin Zegers[...]

For example, when was the last time you heard anyone mention "1800s poet Emily Dickinson" and "half-hour comedy" in the same sentence? That's exactly what Apple's going for with their straight-to-series order for Dickinson, a half-hour comedy headlined by Oscar-nominated actress Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit) in the title role of the famed poet. Written by Alena Smith[...]