Showtime Orders HAPPYISH to Series, Renews SHAMELESSJanuary 12, 2015HAPPYISH is a scathing examination of our pursuit of happiness, a pursuit that might just be the very thing causing our unhappiness in the first place. The new half-hour pilot will be filmed in New York next month, with Oscar and Golden Globe nominee Steve Coogan (Philomena, Alan Partridge), acclaimed actress Kathryn Hahn (Revolutionary Road, We're The Millers) and Emmy Award winner and Golden Globe nominee Bradley Whitford (The West Wing) previously announced to star.
Mary Murphy to Depart SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCEJanuary 12, 2015According to The Hollywood Reporter, Mary Murphy will officially exit Fox's long-running competition series SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE. Execs reportedly wanted 'new blood' to join NIgel Lythgoe on the judging panel.
Golf Channel Expands 2015 PGA MERCHANDISE SHOW CoverageJanuary 12, 2015The PGA of America, PGA Worldwide Golf Exhibitions and Golf Channel announced today the expansion of Golf Channel's on-site coverage of the 62nd annual PGA Merchandise Show, Tuesday, Jan. 20-Friday, Jan. 23, providing viewers an insider's look at all of the newest products and trends at the world's largest golf trade show.
Bravo's TOP CHEF Hits Season HighJanuary 12, 2015Bravo Media's “Top Chef” earned a season high with 1.9 million total viewers and 1.1 million P18-49 (1/7/15), according to Nielsen Live+3 data. The Emmy Award-winning culinary competition series' increased 14 percent in P18-49 and 9 percent in total viewers over the prior episode (12/17/14). Wednesday's episode featured a tribute to culinary legend Julia Child and featured Andy Cohen, host of “Watch What Happens Live,” as the guest judge in the Quickfire Challenge.
Stan Lee to Make Cameo on ABC's AGENT CARTERJanuary 12, 2015According to Variety, the legendary comic creator will soon appear on the Jan. 27 episode of ABC's AGENT CARTER, 'as a man who has a brief encounter with Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper).'
STAGE TUBE: First Look at Season 2 of STARZ's BLACK SAILSJanuary 9, 2015Starz announced that its Emmy(R)-winning Original series 'Black Sails' has been greenlit for a third season. The series is created by Jonathan Steinberg ('Jericho,' 'Human Target') and Robert Levine ('Touch') and executive produced by Michael Bay (Transformers, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor) and his Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form, producers on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Purge. The ten-episode second season of the authentic high sails drama series, premiering January 24th, 2015 at 9 pm ET/PT on STARZ, follows the most feared pirate of the day, Captain Flint (Toby Stephens), and his men and takes place twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic 'Treasure Island.'
STAGE TUBE: First Look at Second Half of STARZ's OUTLANDER, Returning in AprilJanuary 9, 2015Today Starz continued with the spirit of giving with a new video and image from the highly anticipated second half of season one from its hit series 'Outlander,' returning Saturday, April 4th at 9PM ET/PT. The release is part of STARZ' 25 Days of #OutlanderOfferings that has been giving fans something extra special for the holidays to get them through the #Droughtlander.
FIRST LISTEN: Donny Osmond Previews Album on YouTube!January 9, 2015Donny Osmond is about to make music history by celebrating 50 years in show business. To mark this achievement, Verve is delighted to announce the release of Donny's 60 th album on January 13, 2015. Osmond debuted the album on YouTube earlier today - check it out, via People, below!
Gareth Edwards' STAR WARS Standalone Film Loses WriterJanuary 9, 2015According to The Hollywood Reporter, Gary Whitta, who was tapped to pen the script for the film, to be directed by GODZILLA's Gareth Edwards. Whitta completed the spinoff's first draft, and will now move on to the impending film adaptation of STARLIGHT. A new writer is expected to complete the project.
Allen Hughes to Helm History Channel's ROOTS RemakeJanuary 9, 2015According to Entertainment Weekly, Allen Hughes has signed on to direct History Channel's new version of the award-winning 1977 miniseries ROOTS, after acquiring the rights to the original broadcast from Mark Wolper, the son of late 'Roots' executive producer David L. Wolper, as well as the rights to the 1976 novel 'Roots: The Saga of an American Family.'