Renewed/New Shows Announced!

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I'm really shocked Heroes is coming back, because that show was in the ratings' gutter and a trainwreck it's last season.
 
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It's not looking good for Almost Human! Since Fox has already given a go ahead for Gotham and a Sleepy Hollow like 13 episode order to Backstrom.

Fox Gives Early Renewals To ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’, ‘The Mindy Project’, ‘New Girl’ & ‘The Following’
Fox Gives Early Renewals To ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’, ‘The Mindy Project’, ‘New Girl’ & ‘The Following’

This is gutsy. Fox has handed early renewals for next season to comedies Brooklyn Nine-Nine, New Girl and The Mindy Project and drama The Following. Golden Globe-winning freshman Brooklyn Nine-Nine is picked up for a second season, Mindy and The Following for a third and New Girl for a fourth. They join three other Fox scripted series that already have been picked up for next season: freshman drama Sleepy Hollow; veteran Bones, renewed for a 10th season; and Glee, which has a final sixth season as part of a two-year pickup. That is a lot of programming already locked in for next season though Fox has extra holes to fill following the cancellation of The X Factor. Networks are not required to make any renewal decisions until May, and most wait to see their pilots before making decisions. Fox, of course, declared in January that it was breaking away from the pilot cycle, so the network also may be going on its own timetable with renewals. But most of all, today’s pickups are about Fox brass giving a vote of confidence to series they feel strongly about creatively.

Early renewals are usually reserved for seasoned or breakout performers, which was the case with NBC’s nod to The Blacklist and Fox’s pickups for Bones and Sleepy Hollow. But besides New Girl – which remains Fox’s strongest comedy and is in the process of securing an off-network sale for sister studio 20th TV, so it would benefit from an early pickup — the other newly renewed series were on the bubble. Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The Mindy Project both have been well received but have struggled to attract larger audiences. New Girl and Brooklyn Nine-Nine didn’t get a boost from their airing after the Super Bowl, most recently posting a 1.4 and a 1.3 in 18-49 this week. (Brooklyn has been one of the most heralded freshman series, winning Golden Globe Awards for Best Comedy Series and Comedy Actor for Andy Samberg.) Meanwhile The Following, after a very strong first season, returned down, with its second cycle posting a string of series lows, not helped by having to face the Winter Olympics. However, all four series that received pickups today are big DVR gainers, significantly increasing their soft Live+Same Day ratings.
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Not sure it was announced but Big Bang has been renewed for an 8th season, first half of the season though will be moved to a different night due to CBS inquiring NFL Thursday Night Football rights.
 
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Syfy’s ‘Being Human’ Cancelled, To End After Season 4: Video
Syfy’s ‘Being Human’ Cancelled, To End After Season 4

The upcoming six-episode second part of Being Human‘s fourth season will be the Syfy drama’s swan song, with the April 7 closer serving as a series finale. “Showrunner Anna Fricke and the talented producers, writers, cast and crew have done an amazing job bringing this show to life over the past four seasons and we sincerely thank them and the series’ production company Muse Entertainment for their hard work,” the network said. “They’ve saved the best for last with the final six episodes that revisit the story’s beginning, leading to a not-to-be-missed send-off for Aidan, Sally, Josh and Nora.” This marks the first cancellation decision for new Syfy programming chief Bill McGoldrick, who replaced Mark Stern in November. Supernatural drama Being Human was an adaptation of the British series of the same name, which ended its five-season run last year. Here a thank-you video message to the fans from the Syfy series’ cast:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBUd6b_aL3U[/youtube]
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Bad News Raising Hope fans!

Fox’s ‘Raising Hope’ Cancelled After Four Seasons

Fox’s ‘Raising Hope’ Cancelled After Four Seasons

EXCLUSIVE: It’s the end of the road for Fox‘s quirky family comedy Raising Hope, with the upcoming fourth-season finale serving as series finale. The blue-collar sitcom will bow out with an hourlong farewell on Friday, April 4, featuring back-to-back episodes from 9-10 PM.

Created by Greg Garcia, Raising Hope was the first comedy series in a while to stick at Fox. It proved a good utility player, doing well behind New Girl but also as a 8 PM anchor of the Tuesday comedy block last season. “Getting to know and love the Chance family on Raising Hope has been a sweet, hilarious ride,” said Fox chairman Kevin Reilly and COO Joe Earley. “Thanks to the incredibly talented cast — along with Greg, Mike and the entire crew — for making us laugh for four fantastic seasons.”

Raising Hope had the odds stacked against it going into Season 4. Creator Greg Garcia left the series as part of his move from 20th TV, which produces Raising Hope, to CBS TV Studios. He was succeeded on showrunner duties by Mike Mariano. Then the show was sent to Fridays where it has languished, most recently pulling in a 0.5 18-49 rating this past Friday. The comedy, starring Lucas Neff, Martha Plimpton, Garret Dillahunt and Cloris Leachman, will have some after-life, as it has been sold in broadcast syndication. And the show’s loyal fans should not fear the series ending without a closure. “We planned our Season 4 finale with this possibility in mind, and hope our loyal fans enjoy the way we’ve chosen to say goodbye to the Chances and to Natesville,” Mariano said. “Thanks again, and we’ll see you in syndication.”

With New Girl, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The Mindy Project just renewed and Raising Hope cancelled, the fate of two Fox comedy series — freshmen Dads and Enlisted – remains in limbo. Dads is considered to have a little better chance of coming back. The network also has upcoming midseason comedy series Surviving Jack.
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CBS summer 2014 schedule: 'Big Brother 16' and 'Extant' premieres, 'Unforgettable' return and more

CBS has announced its summer 2014 schedule, including return dates for "Big Brother" and "Unforgettable," plus premiere dates for "Extant" and "Reckless," two new hour-long dramas.

"Big Brother 16" returns early again this year, premiering Wednesday, June 25 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The Thursday show premieres June 26 at 9 p.m., but the first live eviction is slated for Thursday, July 3. The Sunday broadcast premieres June 29 at 8 p.m.

The June 29 "Big Brother" also leads into the premieres of new legal thriller "Reckless" at 9 p.m. and the return of Poppy Montgomery's cop drama "Unforgettable" at 10 p.m., instead of April 4, as was previously announced.

"Under the Dome's" premiere date remains on Monday, June 30 at 10 p.m., while Halle Berry's summer event series "Extant" is now premiering on Wednesday, July 9 at 9 p.m., instead of its previously-announced return on July 2.


The full summer lineup:

Wednesdays, effective June 25

8:00-9:00 PM BIG BROTHER (Wednesday premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM CRIMINAL MINDS
10:00-11:00 PM CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION

Thursday, effective June 26

8:00-8:30 PM THE BIG BANG THEORY
8:30-9:00 PM THE MILLERS
9:00-10:00 PM BIG BROTHER (Thursday premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM ELEMENTARY

Sunday, effective June 29

7:00-8:00 PM 60 MINUTES
8:00-9:00 PM BIG BROTHER (Sunday premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM RECKLESS (series premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM UNFORGETTABLE (Season 3 premiere)

Monday, Effective June 30

8:00-8:30 PM 2 BROKE GIRLS
8:30-9:00 PM FRIENDS WITH BETTER LIVES
9:00-9:30 PM MIKE & MOLLY
9:30-10:00 PM MOM
10:00-11:00 PM UNDER THE DOME (Second Season Premiere)

Wednesday, Effective July 9

8:00-9:00 PM BIG BROTHER
9:00-10:00 PM EXTANT (series premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM CRIMINAL MINDS
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CBS Renews 9 Drama Series, 5 Comedies, 2 Reality Shows For Next Season!

CBS Renews 9 Drama Series, 5 Comedies, 2 Reality Shows For Next Season!
No ‘Mentalist’, ‘Crazy Ones’ Or ‘Intelligence’

“With the addition of the NFL on Thursday night our schedule is pretty darn tight,” CBS’ CEO Les Moonves told investors this week, indicating the network planned to only add two new drama and two new comedy series for next season. Here is the proof of just how tight the network’s 2014-15 schedule is shaping up to be. As it does every year, in one fell swoop the network has renewed the bulk of its lineup.

That includes nine drama series —
flagship NCIS, NCIS: LA, Criminal Minds, Person Of Interest, Elementary, CSI, Hawaii Five-0, Blue Bloods and critical darling The Good Wife — and five comedies: 2 Broke Girls, freshman The Millers and the three Chuck Lorre series, veteran Two And A Half Men, Mike & Molly and freshman Mom. They join Lorre’s The Big Bang Theory, which was just given a big three-season pickup.

On the reality side, The Amazing Race and Undercover Boss are being renewed, joining Survivor, which is set for a milestone 30th cycle next season, as well as newsmagazines 60 Minutes and 48 Hours. All in all, 20 programs.

Not picked up is The Mentalist, the veteran procedural’s first time not being among the early renewals. The long-running drama has been on the bubble and, unlike Hawaii Five-0, Blue Bloods or The Good Wife, whose ratings have been on par or lower, Mentalist is not owned by CBS, making off-network money for the company the way the other three shows do. But The Mentalist is a very important property for Warner Bros TV with a very lucrative syndication deal and strong international sales, so expect the studio to fight hard for a seventh-season renewal, especially after the post-Red John creative reboot of the show was deemed successful. (The Mentalist creator/showrunner Bruno Heller’s expected departure to run his new series, Gotham at Fox, is not expected to be a major factor in the decision-making.)

Not surprisingly, not featured on the list are freshman dramas Hostages and Intelligence and freshman comedy The Crazy Ones. There seems to be an outside chance for procedural Intelligence, which had a ratings uptick this week, but no much hope for the other two. CBS even hired Hostages star Dylan McDermott in another pilot, and The Crazy Ones had taken a tumble in its new Thursday 9:30 PM slot. On the comedy side, CBS has two new shows that have not premiered yet: Friends With Better Lives, which the network has high hopes for and even featured it on its preliminary summer schedule, and Bad Teacher, which will replace Crazy Ones on Thursday. If last year is any indication, besides Criminal Minds, which wasn’t on the list of early renewals only because of tense renegotiations with the cast, all the other shows that didn’t get an early pickup were eventually cancelled in May. But the year before, both CSI: Miami and CSI: NY were left out, with the latter scoring a last-minute reprieve along with perennial bubble comedy Rules Of Engagement.

The Two And A Half Men‘s renewal is rumored to be for a possibly abbreviated final season in the vein of last year’s pickup of How I Met Your Mother. (A delayed Thursday lineup launch because of football next fall would accommodate that.) However, the long-running sitcom recently found its groove in the new Thursday 9 PM slot, so options are being kept open for now. Even with a full season for Men, if CBS is to pick up two new comedy series for next season as Moonves suggested, the network will have to renew at least one of its midseason comedies in order to maintain the two two-hour comedy blocks on Monday and Thursday.
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NBC Renews ‘Chicago Fire’, ‘Chicago PD’ & ‘Grimm’
NBC Renews Chicago Fire, Chicago PD & Grimm

NBC has given early renewals for next season to three more dramas: Chicago Fire, its spinoff Chicago P.D., and Grimm. All hail from Universal TV. They join hot freshman The Blacklist, which already was picked up for a second season. Also set to return next season are veteran comedy Parks And Recreation (Season 7), flagship reality series The Voice (Cycle 7), and Celebrity Apprentice (Cycle 14), which skipped a season.
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Hallmark Channel’s ‘When Calls The Heart’ Renewed For Second Season

Hallmark Channel’s ‘When Calls The Heart’ Renewed For Second Season

Hallmark Channel has given a second season pickup to When Calls The Heart, its second original scripted series which stars Lori Loughlin, Erin Krakow and Daniel Lissing. It follows the renewal for a second season of Hallmark’s first original scripted series, Cedar Cove. Based on the bestselling series of books of the same name by Janette Oke, When Calls The Heart tells the story of a young woman who begins a new chapter in her life in a 19th century coal mining town. It is averaging a 1.5 household rating. When Calls The Heart is executive produced by Brad Krevoy, Brian Bird and Michael Landon, Jr.
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Really happy to see this as I really love this show! Brings back a lot of memories of elementary and early middle schooldays!

ABC Renews ‘The Goldbergs’ For Second Season

ABC Renews ‘The Goldbergs’ For Second Season

After ABC Studios, ABC moved to renewals of shows from other studios. First off is freshman comedy The Goldbergs, the first ABC comedy series to get an official renewal for next season. The 1980s comedy, from Sony TV, did admirably in the Tuesday 9 PM slot. I hear the show may get a reprieve in Season 2 with a better slot, possibly Wednesday 8:30 PM after The Middle.
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ABC has renewed Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. for a 2nd Season and picks up Marvel's Agent Carter! :rock:


ABC Picks Up ‘Marvel’s ‘Agent Carter’, Renews ‘Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.’
ABC Picks Up ‘Marvel’s ‘Agent Carter’, Renews ‘Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.’


Finally, the project that was destined for ABC‘s 2014-15 schedule despite no one being allowed to talk about it, is out. As expected, ABC picked up Marvel’s Agent Carter along with renewing Marvel’s freshman drama, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The order to Agent Carter is straight-to-series. Inspired by the feature films Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain America: The Winter Soldier, along with the short Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter, Agent Carter follows the story of Peggy Carter (Captain America’s Hayley Atwell). It’s 1946, and peace has dealt Peggy Carter a serious blow as she finds herself marginalized when the men return home from fighting abroad. Working for the covert SSR (Strategic Scientific Reserve), Peggy must balance doing administrative work and going on secret missions for Howard Stark, all while trying to navigate life as a single woman in America, in the wake of losing the love of her life – Steve Rogers Executive producers are Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters, Steve McFeely & Christopher Marcus, and Jeph Loeb. The pickup of Agent Carter and renewal of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. gives Marvel two shows on the ABC schedule next season. The company has been using Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. to promote the Marvel tentpole movies.
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UPDATE: ABC Renews ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, ‘Scandal’, ‘Revenge’, ‘Castle, ‘Resurrection’ & ‘Once Upon A Time’
UPDATE: ABC Renews ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, ‘Scandal’, ‘Revenge’, 'Castle', ‘Resurrection’ & ‘Once Upon A Time’

UPDATED: If you haven’t figured out the pattern of ABC’s renewals, the network is starting with all current series from sibling ABC Studios that it wants to bring back. As should be expected, dramas are first, beginning with the obvious ones: Shonda Rhimes’ Grey’s Anatomy, picked up for Season 11, Rhimes’ Scandal, ordered for Season 4 (Rhimes-produced pilot How To Get Away With Murder just got a series pickup too); the entire ABC Sunday drama lineup: Once Upon a Time (for season 4), rookie Resurrection (for Season 2)and Revenge (for Season 4) as well as Monday veteran Castle for Season 7. The only dramas missing from the list are freshman Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, which is under Marvel’s purview and could be bundled with Agent Carter, and Nashville, which is a co-production with Lionsgate TV, so it may be in a different category.
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It seems that glaring omission on the list of renewed ABC series has been corrected. I’ve learned that The Middle also has been officially renewed for a sixth season. The unsung hero of ABC‘s comedy block, from creators Eileen Heisler and DeAnn Heline, has been a reliable 8 PM anchor, regularly used as a launch pad for new comedies. The Middle now joins Modern Family and The Goldbergs as the three renewed ABC comedy series. Also expected to come back is Last Man Standing from 20th TV, whose renewal may be tied with the studio’s comedy pilots Cristela and Fresh Off The Boat that are eyeing a pickup.
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The CW Renews "Beauty and the Beast", "The 100" and "Hart of Dixie"

Picks up "The Flash", "iZombie", "Jane the Virgin" and "The Messengers."

CW Picks Up ‘The Flash’, ‘iZombie’, ‘Jane the Virgin’ & ‘The Messengers’ To Series

CW Picks Up ‘The Flash’, ‘iZombie’, ‘Jane the Virgin’ & ‘The Messengers’ To Series

The pickups bring more testosterone/genre fare to the CW with The Flash, iZombie and The Messengers and a soapy drama, Venezuelan telenovela adaptation Jane The Virgin, to join Reign and Hart Of Dixie as the network has been navigating the two directions for the past couple of years with emphasis on fantasy and sci-fi genres. Three of the new shows come from well-known CW creators: Arrow‘s Berlanti and Kreisberg, Veronica Mars‘ Thomas, and Emily Owens MD‘s Urman. Here are descriptions of CW’s newly picked up series:

THE FLASH
Barry Allen is a Central City assistant police forensics investigator who arrives in Starling to look into a series of unexplained robberies that may have a connection to a tragedy in his past. A comic book fanboy, Barry is obsessed with the Arrow unaware that working with Oliver and Felicity to solve the crime has brought him right into the dangerous world of the vigilante.
CAST: Grant Gustin, Jesse L. Martin, Rick Cosnett, Danielle Panabaker, Candice Patton, Carlos Valdes, Tom Cavanaugh, John Wesley Shipp, Michelle Harrison, Patrick Sabongui
TEAM: Greg Berlanti (w, ep), Andrew Kreisberg (w, ep), Geoff Johns (w), David Nutter (d, ep), Sarah Schechter (ep)

IZOMBIE
A med student-turned-zombie takes a job in the coroner’s office to gain access to the brains she must reluctantly eat to maintain her humanity, but with each brain she consumes, she inherits the corpse’s memories. With the help of her medical examiner boss and a police detective, she solves homicide cases in order to quiet the disturbing voices in her head.
CAST: Rose McIver, Malcolm Goodwin, Alexandra Krosney, David Anders, Robert Buckley, Nora Dunn, Ruhul Kohli
TEAM: Rob Thomas (w, ep), Diane Ruggiero (w, ep), Danielle Stokdyk (ep), Dan Etheridge (ep)

JANE THE VIRGIN
A series of surprising and unforeseen events causes a hard-working, religious young Latina to be accidentally artificially inseminated. Adapted from a Venezuelan telenovela.
CAST: Gina Rodriguez, Jaime Camil, Yael Grobglas, Brett Dier, Andrea Navedo, Justin Baldoni, Ivonne Coll, Ryan Devlin
TEAM: Jennie Snyder Urman (w, ep), Ben Silverman (ep), Gary Pearl (ep), Jorge Granier (ep), Brad Silberling (d)

THE MESSENGERS
When a mysterious object crashes down to Earth, a group of seemingly unconnected strangers dies from the energy pulse. But then they awaken to learn that they have been deemed responsible for preventing the impending apocalypse.
CAST: Shantel VanSanten, Sofia Black-D’Elia, Joel Courtney, Jon Fletcher, Diogo Morgado, Craig Frank
TEAM: Basil Iwanyk (ep), Eoghan O’Donnell (w, co-ep), Kent Kubena (ep) Ava Jamshidi (co-ep), Stephen Williams (d)
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NBC Picks Up ‘Mysteries Of Laura’ & ‘Constantine’ To Series

NBC Picks Up ‘Mysteries Of Laura’ & ‘Constantine’ To Series

After picking up three new drama series from its sibling Universal TV on Tuesday, NBC moved on to Warner Bros. with orders for the Debra Messing-starring The Mysteries Of Laura, from Aaron Kaplan, Greg Berlanti and McG, and Constantine, from Daniel Cerone and David S. Goyer. With Constantine‘s pickup, DC Comics has completed a sweep, with all four of its Warner Bros. TV pilots going to series. Constantine joins Gothamat Fox and The Flash and iZombie at the CW. Of the remaining NBC drama pilots, the futuristic Tin Man is dead, with saga Salvationalso not going forward.

Written by Jeff Rake The Mysteries of Laura - Season Piloted on a Spanish series and directed by McG, Laura follows the life and relationships of a female homicide detective (Messing) who can handle murderous criminals — but not her unruly twins. Laz Alonso and Janina Gavankar co-star. Kaplan, Berlanti, Rake and McG exec produce with Sarah Schechter and Todd Lituchy.

Constantine - Season Pilot Written/exec produced by Cerone, exec produced by Goyer and directed by Neil Marshall, Constantine centers on John Constantine (Matt Ryan), an enigmatic and irreverent con man-turned-reluctant supernatural detective who is thrust into the role of defending us against dark forces from beyond. Lucy Griffiths, Harold Perrineau and Charles Halford co-star. While the pickup for Laura is hardly a surprise as the light character procedural was an early favorite, Constantine went through some ups-and-downs and was not universally liked but had enough support to clinch an order. The pickup of two new WBTV series, especially Constantine, may not bode well for sophomore Revolution, also from that studio.

The pickups of Laura and Constantine come 48 hours after NBC ordered its first batch of new series, with the long delay causing a lot of anxiety for producers of pilots that didn’t make the first cut and of series still on the bubble. That first batch included frontrunners Allegiance, Odyssey and State Of Affairs on the drama side and Marry Me on the comedy side. Comedy pilots said to still be very much in the mix include Bad Judge, Mission Control and multi-camera One Big Happy and Jerrod Carmichael, with a couple of very long shots, like Ellen More Or Less and Feed Me.
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3rd UPDATE: NBC Picks Up Dramas ‘Odyssey’, ‘State Of Affairs’ & ‘Allegiance’, Comedy ‘Marry Me’ To Series

3rd UPDATE: NBC Picks Up Dramas ‘Odyssey’, ‘State Of Affairs’ & ‘Allegiance’, Comedy ‘Marry Me’ To Series

NBC is wrapping its first day of new series pickups with a order to another frontrunner, drama pilot Odyssey, which already has backup scripts written and is ready to go. That brings the number of new NBC series picked up for next season to six, Russian spy thrilled Allegiance, CIA drama State of Affairs starring Katherine Heigl, Odyssey and the David Caspe comedy Marry Me, ordered today, and previously picked up comedies Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (form. Tookan) and Mr. Robinson.

Odyssey - Season Pilot The Traffic-like action drama Odyssey was written by Adam Armus, Nora Kay Foster and Peter Horton and directed by Horton. An international conspiracyexplodes when three strangers’ lives unexpectedly collide — a female soldier, a corporate lawyer and a political activist. After a team of American soldiers battling Jihadists in North Africa kill Al Qaeda’s top man. Sgt. Odelle Ballard (Anna Friel) — a soldier, mother, wife and the unit’s only female member — discovers computer files that suggest a major U.S. corporation is funding the Jihadists. Before she can tell anyone, her team is attacked by U.S. Special Forces and left for dead, with Odelle as the sole survivor. In New York, former U.S. Attorney Peter Drucker (Peter Facinelli) is working on a merger deal for the same company that was funneling money to the Jihadists. Meanwhile, Harrison Wolcott (Jake Robinson), a political activist and trust fund kid, meets a hacker who claims to have unearthed a massive military-industrial conspiracy. The cast also includes Jim True-Frost, Treat Williams, Nate Mooney, Elena Kampouris, Daniella Pineda, Sadie Sink, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Omar Ghazaoui. Armus, Foster and Horton executive produce with Simon Maxwell, Mikkel Bondesen, Henrik Bastin and Kristen Campo for Universal TV, Fabrik Entertainment and Red Arrow Entertainment Group.

State of Affairs - Season Pilot Anotherhot NBC pilot getting a series pickup, the Katherine Heigl-starring drama State Of Affairs. The project, which marks Grey’s Antomy alumna Heigl’s return to TV, is in need of a showrunner as Alexi Hawley, who wrote the original script, has left, and Joe Carnahan, who is getting high marks for rewriting and directing the pilot, is busy with The Blacklist. I hear Tom Szentgyorgyi is eyed for the job if The Mentalist is not renewed, which appears likely. Each day the president is faced with hundreds of life-and-death decisions, and to prioritize the biggest international crises facing the country, one top CIA analyst – Charleston Tucker (Heigl) – assembles the president’s Daily Briefing. Aside from the political minefields she has to walk, Charlie has a close personal relationship with the president (Alfre Woodard) because she once was engaged to her son before a terrorist attack took his life. Charlie survived that attack and now is determined to bring the perpetrators to justice. The cast also includes Adam Kaufman, Sheila Vand, Cliff Chamberlain, Tommy Savas and Leslie Odom Jr. Writer-director Carnahan serves as executive producer with Katherine Heigl, Nancy Heigl, Robert Simonds, Sophie Watts, Henry Crumpton, Rodney Faraon and Julia Franz. Universal TV produces with Bob Simonds Co. and Abishag Prods.

Allegiance - Season Pilot NBC also ordered to series its drama pilot frontrunner, Allegiance (formerly Coercion). It was adapted from Israeli series The Gordin Cell by writer George Nolfi, who also directed the pilot. I hear John Zinman and Patrick Massett are in talks to join as showrunners. Allegiance centers on Alex O’Connor, a young idealistic CIA analyst specializing in Russian affairs, who learns a shocking secret that his parents, Mark (Scott Cohen) and Katya (Hope Davis) are covert Russian spies deactivated decades ago. Today the Kremlin has re-enlisted them into service as they plan a terrorist operation inside the U.S. that will bring America to its knees. The cast also includes Margarita Levieva, Gavin Stenhouse, Morgan Spector, Annie Ilonzeh, Alexandra Peters and Kenneth Choi. Nolfi serves as executive producer with Avi Nir, Ron Leshem, Amit Cohen, Yona Wisenthal and Giyora Yahalom for Universal Television, Keshet Media Group, which is behind the original series; along with Israeli satcaster YES, which airs it.

Marry Me - Season Pilot: After three drama pickups for Fox, NBC opened its series ordering campaign with a nod to its hottest comedy pilot, Marry Me. It marks the return to primetime of Happy Endings creator David Caspe, who wrote the pilot, directed by Seth Gordon and produced by Sony TV and Jamie Tarses‘ studio-based FanFare Prods. Marry Me joins previously picked up to series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (previously Tookan, Tina Fey/Robert Carlock) and Mr. Robinson. The semi-autobiographical Marry Me, in the vein of Mad About You, stars Caspe’s real-life fiancee and Happy Endings alumna Casey Wilson. Six years ago, Annie (Wilson) and Jake (Ken Marino) bonded over their mutual love of nachos and they’ve been inseparable ever since. Now, after returning from a romantic two-week island vacation, Jake’s all set to pop the question. Before he can ask, though, Annie lets loose on Jake for his inability to commit. Not wanting to spend the next 60 years talking about that mess of a proposal, Jake and Annie decide to hold off on the engagement until they can do it right. The cast also includes Sarah Wright, John Gemberling, Tymberlee Hill and Tim Meadows. Caspe and Gordon executive produce with Tarses. There will likely be more NBC orders coming today.
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NBC Renews ‘Hannibal’ For Third Season

NBC Renews ‘Hannibal’ For Third Season
NBC Renews ‘Hannibal’ For Third Season

NBC is putting more Hannibal on the menu. The network has given a third-season pickup to the series, from Bryan Fuller and Gaumont International Television. Based on Thomas Harris’ characters, the gory psychological thriller focuses on the budding relationship between Hannibal Renewed NBCFBI special investigator Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) and Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen). The pre-upfront renewal is a nice change for the show, which was left hanging last year until after the upfronts before getting a second-season pickup. Hannibal has done OK in the Friday 10 PM slot as part of NBC’s genre block. So far this season, it is averaging a 1.4 in adults 18-49 and 3.6 million viewers in most current ratings after a big DVR boost. Hannibal also is the youngest 10 PM drama on the broadcast networks with a median age of 48.2. The series is done under a different model, which allows the producers to make it for a $750,000 license fee from NBC, a fraction of what a high-end drama like that goes for. And I hear that, with a SVOD deal for Hannibal kicking in that NBC shares in, the license fee is poised to become even lower in Season 3.

The series is produced by Gaumont in association with Sony Pictures TV as well as Dino De Laurentiis Co and Living Dead Guy Prods. Fuller executive produces with Martha De Laurentiis, Steven Lightfoot, Michael Rhymer, Chris Brancato, David Slade, Katie O’Connell, Elisa Roth, Christophe Riandee and Sidonie Dumas.
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ABC Renews ‘Shark Tank’, ‘The Bachelor’ & ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos’

ABC Renews ‘Shark Tank’, ‘The Bachelor’ & ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos’


More unscripted renewals at ABC. Getting a sixth-season pickup is MVP Shark Tank, which has been driving ABC’s demo ratings dominance on Friday and which has stepped in to fill any hole the network might have open with its well-performing repeats. Sony TV is producing. The Bachelor, from Warner Horizon, has been picked up for a 19th cycle after a controversial but well-rated season. And the oldest of them all, America’s Funniest Home Videos, has been renewed for a 25th (!) with a new host.
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ABC Picks Up ‘Secrets & Lies’ Starring Ryan Phillippe To Series

ABC Picks Up ‘Secrets & Lies’ Starring Ryan Phillippe To Series

Here is the final new drama series order at ABC for next season. The network has picked up the last drama pilot that had remained in contention after the mass pickups last night — mystery Secrets & Lies, from producer Aaron Kaplan and director Charles McDougall. Based on an Australian series, Secrets & Lies stars Ryan Phillippe as a family man who finds the body of a young boy and quickly becomes the prime murder suspect. Juliette Lewis and KaDee Strickland co-star in the 10-episode project, which had a seven-figure episodic penalty attached. Secrets & Lies joins fellow newly picked up ABC drama series How To Get Away With Murder, American Crime, Forever, Whispers and Agent Carter. Talks for comedy pilots Fresh Off The Boat and Cristela are still underway.

This pickup extends McDougall’s streak to five consecutive pilots that have gone to series, The Good Wife, The Chicago Code, The Mindy Project, ABC’s Resurrection, one of two ABC freshman drama series to get a renewal, and now Secrets & Lies. This also marks the second new broadcast series order for Kaplan who also has The Mysteries Of Laura at NBC. He also won an Emmy for directing the pilot of ABC’s Desperate Housewives. The Secrets & Lies adaptation was written by Barbie Kligman who executive produces with Kaplan, Tracey Robertson and Nathan Mayfield for Kapital Entertainment, Hoodlum Entertainment and ABC Studios.
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NBC Picks Up Comedy ‘One Big Happy’ For Midseason

NBC Picks Up Comedy ‘One Big Happy’ For Midseason

NBC is back in the multi-camera game with a series order to One Big Happy for midseason. I hear the order is for 6 episodes. The network had been high on the gay-straight relationship sitcom produced by Ellen DeGeneres, though there had been questions whether the single-camera heavy NBC would be open to dabble back into multi-camera sitcoms. Besides One Big Happy, NBC brass also liked the Jerrod Carmichal multi-camera presentation.

Written by Liz Feldman, One Big Happy centers on best friends Lizzy (gay and a bit type-A) and Luke (straight and more laid back) who are are like family. When they were kids and both of their parents were getting divorces, Lizzy (Elisha Cuthbert, “Happy Endings”) and Luke (Nick Zano, “2 Broke Girls”) stuck together, and they’ve been there for each other ever since. Now, all grown up and still single, they’ve decided to start a family of their own. No, not like that (there are some lines even they won’t cross), we’re talking the non-romantic, go-to-the-doctor’s-office type of babymaking. Then one night, after yet another failed attempt at conception, the two head out to a bar to let off some steam. That’s where Luke meets Prudence (Kelly Brook, “Smallville”), a free-spirited British girl who’s slated to go back to England in a matter of days. Lizzy isn’t a huge fan — it might have something to do with Prudence waltzing around their apartment naked — but Luke really hits it off with her. Soon they’re spending every last minute of her limited time together. Then, just as Lizzy discovers that she’s actually pregnant, Luke announces that he and Prudence got married and a different kind of family is born. The cast also includes Brandon Smith, Rebecca Corry and Chris Williams.

Writer Liz Feldman (“2 Broke Girls”) and director Scott Ellis (“2 Broke Girls”) serve as executive producers with Ellen DeGeneres (“The Ellen DeGeneres Show”) and Jeff Kleeman (“The Change Up”). “One Big Happy” is a production of Warner Bros. Television and A Very Good Production.
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Very glad to hear about Hannibal. Best drama on network TV, despite NBC's attempts to bury it.
 
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CBS Picks Up ‘NCIS’ Spinoff, ‘Scorpion’, Kevin Williamson Drama, ‘Madam Secretary’, ‘The Odd Couple’, ‘The McCarthys’ To Series

CBS Picks Up ‘NCIS’ Spinoff, ‘Scorpion’, Kevin Williamson Drama, ‘Madam Secretary’, ‘The Odd Couple’, ‘The McCarthys’ To Series

CBS has made the bulk of its new series orders for next season with pickups for a whopping four dramas, NCIS: New Orleans, Madam Secretary, Stalker (formerly untitled Kevin Williamson) and Scorpion. They join previously ordered Battle Creek. On the comedy side the picks went to Matthew Perry’s The Odd Couple reboot, which will be run by Bob Daily, who has closed a new deal with CBS Studios, and multi-generational family comedy The McCarthys.

Besides the large number of dramas (CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves had told investors the network could pick up as few as two new drama series for next season), what’s remarkable about the list is the pilots that did not make it on — most notably the CSI spinoff starring Patricia Arquette and the How I Met Your Mother spinoff How I Met Your Dad. I hear talks on the CSI spinoff are ongoing. Things are more complicated with How I Met Your Dad. Just as those false pickup rumors began circulating yesterday, we started to to hear that CBS may not go forward with the high-profile project. It is unclear yet if that is genuine disinterest in the show or a negotiating tactic to get a piece of the show. CBS is known to drop bombs before, like last year’s pass on The Beverly Hills Cop pilot.

CBS usually picks up its new series over the weekend unless there is an A-list producer who commands a Friday deadline. Last year it was Chuck Lorre with Mom, this time I hear it was Williamson with Stalker. In those cases, CBS normally picks up the shows for the fall schedule plus an occasional backup show. If it sticks to tradition, CBS just gave us a glimpse at its fall lineup — with one exception. If the network sticks to eight comedies on the fall schedule, it has renewed five and now picked up two more. That leaves one spot open either for Friends With Better Lives or another pilot. Or, given the big drama load, CBS will be retreating by cutting back the Thursday comedy block to one hour.


Here are the network’s descriptions of the new shows:

Dramas

BATTLE CREEK
PICKED UP DIRECT TO SERIES FOR NEXT SEASON
STUDIO: Sony TV/CBS TV Studios
TEAM: Vince Gilligan (ep), David Shore (ep), Mark Johnson (ep), Bryan Singer (d, ep)
LOGLINE: Two detectives with very different worldviews are teamed up and must answer the question: Are cynicism, guile and deception enough to clean up the semi-mean streets of Battle Creek, Mich., in the face of a complete lack of resources; or is the exact opposite true – it takes naïveté, trust and a boatload of resources?
CAST: Kal Penn, Janet McTeer, Dean Winters, Aubrey Dollar, Edward Fordham Jr

MADAM SECRETARY
STUDIO: CBS TV Studios
TEAM: Barbara Hall (w, ep), Morgan Freeman (ep), Lori McCreary (ep), Tracy Mercer (ep), David Semel (d)
LOGLINE: Explores the personal and professional life of a maverick female Secretary of State as she drives international diplomacy, wrangles office politics and balances a complex family life.
CAST: Tea Leoni, Tim Daly, Bebe Neuwirth, Erich Bergen, Geoffrey Arend, Patina Miller, Evan Roe, Katherine Herzer

NCIS: NEW ORLEANS
STUDIO: CBS Studios
TEAM: Mark Harmon (ep), Gary Glasberg (w, ep)
LOGLINE: Set at the NCIS New Orleans office, which handles cases from Pensacola through Mississippi and Louisiana to the Texas panhandle.
CAST: Scott Bakula, Paige Turco

SCORPION
STUDIO: CBS TV Studios
TEAM: Nick Santora (w, ep), Justin Lin (ep), Alex Kurtzman (ep), Roberto Orci (ep), Walter O’Brien (ep), Heather Kadin (ep), Scooter Braun (ep), Danny Rose (co-ep), Danielle Woodrow (co-ep),Troy Craig Poon
LOGLINE: An eccentric genius and his international network of super-geniuses form the last line of defense against the complex threats of the modern age.
CAST: Elyes Gabel, Robert Patrick, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Ari Stidham, Ernie Hudson

STALKER (Formerly UNTITLED KEVIN WILLIAMSON)
STUDIO: Warner Bros TV
TEAM: Kevin Williamson (w, ep), Liz Friedlander (d)
LOGLINE: Psychological thriller revolves around a pair of detectives who handle stalking incidents for the Threat Management Unit of the LAPD.
CAST: Dylan McDermott, Maggie Q, Mariana Klaveno, Victor Rasuk

Comedies

THE McCARTHYS (multi-camera)
STUDIO: Sony TV
TEAM: Brian Gallivan (w, co-ep), Will Gluck (ep), Richie Schwartz (co-ep), Mike Sikowitz (ep)
LOGLINE: Story about a big Irish Catholic, sports-crazed Boston clan and the gay son whose greatest sin is not his sexuality but his desire to spend less time with his family.
CAST: Jack McGee, Joey McIntyre, Laurie Metcalf, Jimmy Dunn, Kelen Coleman

THE ODD COUPLE (multi-camera)
STUDIO: CBS TV Studios
TEAM: Matthew Perry (w, ep), Joe Keenan (w), Carl Beverly (ep), Sarah Timberman (ep), Eric Tannenbaum (ep), Kim Tannenbaum (ep)
LOGLINE: Reboot of the classic series about the messy Oscar Madison and the neat-freak Felix Unger, who are roommates.
CAST: Matthew Perry, Thomas Lennon, Sarah Baker, Wendell Pierce, Georgia King, Lindsay Sloane
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