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The Weekly Static is our righteously desperate-yet-endearing look at the past week in the land of the networks, cable, streaming, smoke signals, cloud formations, and shadow puppets from what an interesting, unique and entertaining perspective. At least that's how it reads on paper - let's see how it goes...

Starz has announced they are in production on a new television series based on the Continental Hotels featured in the John Wick films.

Following up on Bleeding Cool's earlier reporting, author Anne Rice's son, novelist/columnist Christopher Rice, has confirmed that American Gods writer/producer Bryan Fuller is officially part of the creative team behind the series adaptation of The Vampire Chronicles.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount TV President Amy Powell updated fans on the status of the series adaptation of Anne Rice's The Vampire Chonicles with word that American Gods' Bryan Fuller is currently working with the Rices on the project and that work continues on the script.

We'll be getting back to the regular The Weekly Static grind next week; but this week, we're wrapping up 2017 in a pretty little bow with a look back at the five biggest television screw-ups from the past year.

With the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards less than a week away, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) and Dick Clark Productions are making sure viewers get as immersed in the experience as possible.

Not exactly the message I wanted this afternoon as I was ready for George Lucas' Howard the Duck, but the "cable wars" between Starz and Altice USA have shifted to DEFCON 3. At midnight, Starz and Encore channels were removed from Altice's 4.9 million subscribers in the New York area and several Midwestern states.

Welcome to the third and final act in The Weekly Static‘s three-part mid-season finale! As we wrap up this little shindig, we hit the gas and don't look back as we charge into 2018 with a series that's giving us enough of the feels that it's earned the distinction of being our 2018 "Cusack" Series*: Hulu's Castle Rock.

Welcome back to The Weekly Static‘s three-part mid-season finale! Today we take a look at a little basic cable network that's been quietly churning out a quality lineup of some very cool and original programming: TruTV.

I'm a big believer in the idea that one of the best ways to look ahead is to begin by looking back, so here's a look back at some of the key moments from Season 1 of American Gods.

Welcome to The Weekly Static's three-part mid-season finale — here, we take a look at one of the biggest television disappointments from 2017: Spike's The Mist.

The Weekly Static is Bleeding Cool's righteously desperate-yet-endearing attempt at finding the lighter side of and an interesting perspective on the past week in our TV news coverage.

Patrick Fischler was kind enough to take time out of his holiday schedule to be our very first television show interview for The Weekly Static: Interviews.

The Walking Dead mid-season finale drama, Hulk Hogan's possible return to WWE, Chris Hardwick's new scripted comedy, and more from this week in TV news!

Amazon continues "auditioning acts" for Carnival Row, adding Andrew Gower (Outlander) and Rise of the Planet of the Apes's Jamie Harris to the cast.