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Family casting for 10 new episodes of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition that will air on HGTV in 2020 started today, with an all-out search for people who deserve a new place to live and who have uplifting, inspirational stories that must be told. The iconic home renovation series spotlights those who give back to their communities despite personal challenges. In a new twist, the series is expanding its search beyond current homeowners—encouraging renters and people interested in relocation to apply at www.emhe.tv.

Television's highest-rated home renovation series of all time—Extreme Makeover: Home Edition—is coming to HGTV, with the network planning to produce 10 fresh episodes. While it has not yet revealed the cast for the new episodes, HGTV will showcase its own superstar experts in the weekly race to complete a custom, whole home renovation for one deserving family. The new episodes are expected to premiere in early 2020.  HGTV also secured the rights to air 100 existing episodes of the original series that ran on The ABC Television Network for nine successful seasons from 2003-2012. At its peak during the 2004/05 season, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition averaged nearly 16 million viewers on Sunday nights. 

The French drama series, 'Quadras,' is being adapted by Fox, according to Variety.

The Public Theater and the Onassis Foundation USA will begin free performances for a limited six-performance run of THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS on Tuesday, September 4.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patrick Willingham) and the Onassis Foundation USA announced today six free performances of THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS, the groundbreaking re-telling of Sophocles' classic, for a limited engagement, September 4-9 at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. With book, original lyrics, and direction by Lee Breuer and original music, adapted lyrics, and music direction by Bob Telson, the iconic musical returns to New York City for the first time since 2004 to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the original production at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and to honor visionary director Lee Breuer for his lifetime of excellence and historic collaboration with The Public Theater.

THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS will return to New York this fall, lighting up the Delacorte Theater in September.

Amazon Studios announced today that it has greenlit a straight-to-series order for Utopia, a nine-episode series from award-winning Gillian Flynn, the best-selling author and screenwriter of Golden Globe nominated Gone Girl and HBO's highly anticipated Sharp Objects. Flynn has also inked an overall deal with Amazon Studios across television, marking Utopia as the first project. Utopia will be available exclusively on Prime Video in more than 200 countries and territories.

Shawn 'JAY Z' Carter and Harvey Weinstein join Kalief Browder's family and prominent civil rights activists in a compelling and provocative LIVE Town Hall event, 'TIME AND PUNISHMENT: A Town Hall Discussion With JAY Z And Harvey Weinstein,' today, March 8 at 9:00pm ET on Spike TV.

Spike is gearing up for a wild ride with the premiere of CARAOKE SHOWDOWN today, January 12 at 10:30 PM, ET/PT following a new episode of 'Lip Sync Battle.'

Spike is gearing up for a wild ride with the premiere of CARAOKE SHOWDOWN on Thursday, January 12 at 10:30 PM, ET/PT following a new episode of 'Lip Sync Battle.'

Spike TV examines the infamous cold-blooded murderer through the lens of the astonishing investigation led by Wolfe and veteran police detective John Cameron in the new documentary series IT WAS HIM: THE MANY MURDERS OF ED EDWARDS.

Spike TV will present WACO, a six-part miniseries from Weinstein Television which will center on the true story of the 1993 FBI siege of a religious sect in Waco, Texas that culminated in a fatal shootout and fire.

Weinstein Television and Shawn 'Jay Z' Carter have teamed up with Spike TV for a groundbreaking event series that will forever change the way we look at the criminal justice system in this country.

David Boyd has been hired as Producer/Director on the Spike and TWC-Dimension Television (TV) new scripted series THE MIST.

Spike TV's hit original reality-competition series INK MASTER returns for an eighth season today, August 23 at 10 pm ET/PT, introducing a variety of new twists and series firsts.

Musical icon and superstar entertainer Christina Aguilera ('The Voice') takes over Spike on September 1st with the debut of TRACKS, a new music-based game show hosted by rapper, actor and television host Shad Moss a.k.a. Bow Wow.

Spike TV's hit original reality-competition series INK MASTER returns for an eighth season on Tuesday, August 23 at 10 pm ET/PT, introducing a variety of new twists and series firsts.

Craig Robinson will host CARAOKE SHOWDOWN, heading to Spike TV. The network as officially greenlit a ten-episode order for the series.