The highly anticipated 24 reboot, 24: Legacy, just landed itself the best premiere slot on television: right after the Super Bowl. Find out what else Fox announced at the 2016 Upfront here!
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Premium cable networks like HBO, Showtime, and Starz have taken the battle for subscribers to another level this year as each channel has fully implemented an a la carte system in order to win over the cord-cutters.
Cable channels may not have the same level of presence as the major networks at upfronts, but that doesn’t mean we’re not curious about what they’re ordering throughout the year. See a breakdown of everything in the pipeline here!
While CBS is developing projects exclusively for CBS All Access, and ABC fights to retain stacking rights, NBCU is trying to prove that the cord-cutting generation hasn’t given up on traditional television as much as you would think.
It’s Upfronts time! This week, TV executives, creators, and stars head to the east coast to present their lineup after the spring cleaning and new orders that occurred last week and we’ve got your guide to all the presentations and parties.
We’ve broken down all of the network pilots for you, tracked casting, and followed their updates all season long. Now we’ve collected all that information and have put it together for you in one handy guide!
NBC is adding a new addition to the DC TV universe with a series order for Powerless, the superhero insurance comedy starring Vanessa Hudgens and Dani Pudi.
Bull starring Michael Weatherly has received a series order along with Pure Genius, MacGyver, and Training Day, and comedies Man With A Plan and The Great Indoors.
Bordertown, Cooper Barrett’s Guide To Surviving Life, Grandfathered, and The Grinder have all been cut from Fox’s series ranks.
Real life mother and daughter, Vanessa Redgrave and Joely Richardson, have signed on for Julien Landais’ adaptation of Henry James’ Aspern Papers.
Say goodbye to cult favorite Agent Carter and long-standing hour-long Castle, as ABC has decided to cancel both shows in addition to The Muppets, Galavant, Nashville, and The Family.
Supergirl is making a big move to CW and Vancouver for season two and CW picks up three pilots to series: Riverdale, Frequency, and No Tomorrow.
Isabel Croixet has landed an all-star trio for her drama The Bookshop with Patricia Clarkson, Bill Nighy, and Emily Mortimer. The project hails from A Contracorriente Films.
The Possibility Of Fireflies has found its leads in Courtney Love and Joey King. The film is an adaptation of Dominique Paul’s popular novel.
Two friends open up a restaurant together.
When Callum Lynch explores the memories of his ancestor Aguilar and gains the skills of a Master Assassin, he discovers he is a descendant of the secret Assassins society.
Under The Silver Lake has set up its domestic rights with A24. Just last week it was announced that Andrew Garfield was attached to star in the David Robert Mitchell pic.
Who knew that National Geographic was a social media juggernaut? Well, the 50 million people who follow them did and now the channel is launching new programming for their ever expanding young audience.
The story of Piper Chapman, a woman in her thirties who is sentenced to fifteen months in prison after being convicted of a decade-old crime of transporting money to her drug-dealing girlfriend.
YouTube and Machinima focused on Preferred Advertisers while Vice is seriously proud of their new TV channel in today’s NewFronts recap.
Dear White People receives a series order from Netflix and Supergirl‘s fate is up in the air at CBS in this week’s TB TV Recap.
Anne Heche and real-life husband James Tupper to play on-screen couple in Syfy series Aftermath, while Tim Matheson and Cynthia Nixon will play the Reagans for NatGeo.
Awesomeness Films’ Wolf In The Wild has tapped Frank Grillo to star in the crime thriller. Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension‘s Greg Plotkin will direct.
Alden Ehrenreich has won the role of Han Solo in the Unt. Han Solo Star Wars Spinoff to be directed by Christopher Miller and Phil Lord.
Hearst, Time Inc., and CNN make their presentations at NewFronts with more unscripted, talk series, and VR content.
Andrew Garfield has signed on for the lead role in Under The Silver Lake. He and Claire Foy are also in talks to star in the Andy Serkis-directed Breathe.
Action director Simon West has been tapped for the action-fantasy flick War Wolf with production set to begin in Italy this fall. The script was penned by Andy Briggs and Paul Finch.
Kevin Dillon and DeRon Horton have landed the lead roles in Dirt, the new drama from director Alex Ranarivelo.
With the emergence of the world’s first mutant, Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.
Hulu announces a new “skinny bundle” in the works, but not to be outdone, YouTube makes a similar announcement ahead of their NewFronts tomorrow.
