Fox Drops Midseason Animated Series MURDER POLICEOctober 8, 2013According to Deadline, FOX has dropped its upcoming midseason animated series MURDER POLICE from FAMILY GUY's David A. Goodman and Jason Ruiz. The project, which would have been apart of the Sunday night 'Animation Domination' lineup, will be shopped to other networks and continue with its 13-episode season order.
A-List Sports Stars Prove Huge Draw for FOX SPORTS LIVEOctober 8, 2013LeBron James, Eli Manning, Roger Federer, Joe Flacco, Mike Tyson, Sean Payton, Julius Erving, Floyd Mayweather, Serena Williams, Colin Kaepernick, Mark Cuban, and Joe Torre are but a few giants of their fields who have clipped on a FOX SPORTS LIVE microphone since its Aug. 17 premiere, comprising quite an impressive roster for a network in its infancy.
Sobini Films Developing Feature Following Roger Ebert & Russ Meyer's Working RelationshipOctober 8, 2013Mark Amin's Sobini Films is partnering with David Permut's Permut Presentations and Richard Waltzer's Chautauqua Entertainment to acquire RUSS & ROGER GO BEYOND, a screenplay written by Emmy winner Christopher Cluess (SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, THE SIMPSONS) based on the true story of the unique relationship between provocative filmmaker Russ Meyer and legendary critic Roger Ebert while they made BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS at 20th Century Fox.
NBCSN & Hockey East Renew Contract Through 2015October 8, 2013NBCSN and Hockey East announced a two-year extension to their national television rights agreement today. Beginning with the upcoming 2013-14 college hockey season and continuing through the 2014-15 season, NBCSN will annually televise a minimum of five Hockey East games, and up to 12 regular-season games over the next two years. The network's coverage of Hockey East begins on Friday, October 25 at 8 p.m. ET when Massachusetts travels to Alfond Arena in Orono, Maine to take on Maine.
THE PRICE IS RIGHT & LET'S MAKE A DEAL to Host 'Big Money Week,' 10/14-18October 8, 2013 It's big cash, big prizes and big stakes when CBS Daytime presents the second annual “Big Money Week,” where more than $2 million in cash prizes and big ticket items are up for grabs on THE PRICE IS RIGHT and LET'S MAKE A DEAL, Monday, Oct. 14 - Friday, Oct. 18, on the CBS Television Network.
VIDEO: Sneak Peek - MTV & Rainn Wilson's LIFE CONTINUED: DEFEATING DEPRESSIONOctober 8, 2013MTV will air “Life Continued: Defeating Depression,” a 60-minute special produced by Rainn Wilson's SoulPancake on World Mental Health Day, October 10, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. ET/PT. “Life Continued: Defeating Depression” goes inside the lives of two young people from different parts of the country who fought their way through severe mental health struggles, but found hope and a path to recovery by taking steps to feel better and drawing strength from those around them. The special responds to the fact that suicide is the third-leading cause of death among young people ages 15-24, and aims to empower viewers facing emotional struggles to get help or to support friends in need. Check out a first look below!
ABC Picks Up Modern MY FAIR LADY Pilot from Creator of SUBURGATORYOctober 8, 2013The single-camera comedy would follow 'a self-obsessed 20-something woman who is more concerned with 'likes' than Being liked. After suffering a public and humiliating breakup, she becomes the subject of a viral video and suddenly has more social media 'followers' than she ever imagined -- but for all the wrong reasons. She enlists the help of a marketing expert at her company to help repair her tarnished image.'
FOX Sports 2 to Air Monster Energy Cup Live, 10/19October 8, 2013Feld Motor Sports(R) announced today that the highly anticipated Monster Energy Cup will air live on the recently launched FOX Sports 2 from Las Vegas' Sam Boyd Stadium on October 19 at 9:00 p.m. ET. Fans will enjoy 3.5 hours of live coverage as the biggest names in the sport battle it out for $1 million. The following day, FOX Sports 1 will re-air the entire race at 1:00 p.m. ET.
Discovery's ALASKA: THE LAST FRONTIER Hits New Series HighOctober 8, 2013The season premiere of ALASKA: THE LAST FRONTIER welcomed the Kilchers back after another dark and frigid Alaskan winter. Even as the (very) brief spring started to thaw the winter snow over the homestead, the Kilchers had no time for celebration. The clan took full advantage of the nice weather to immediately start restocking the food supply for themselves and their livestock and tackle necessary projects that ensure their survival in the cold winter weather. And this means using every bit of sunlight --- up to 22 hours in the summer --- to get important work accomplished!
TNT Renews COLD JUSTICE for Second SeasonOctober 8, 2013TNT has booked a second season of its gripping, real-life crime series Cold Justice. The network has ordered 10 new episodes of the powerful docu-drama, which is produced for the network by Wolf Films and Magical Elves. Emmy(R) winners Dick Wolf (Law & Order, Chicago Fire), Dan Cutforth & Jane Lipsitz (Top Chef, Fashion Star) and Tom Thayer (Hitchcock, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee) serve as executive producers. Cold Justice has averaged 2.5 million viewers in Live + 3/Live + 7 blended delivery for its first season. The show ranks as one of basic cable's Top 5 new unscripted series of Q3 2013.
TLC's LONG ISLAND MEDIUM Returns at Top of Time PeriodOctober 8, 2013On Sunday, October 6, TLC premiered the new season of its hit series LONG ISLAND MEDIUM with an unprecedented live Twitter event where four lucky viewers won readings with Theresa along with an all-expenses-paid trip to NY. The new season premiered as the #1 program on cable (excluding sports) among P2+ viewers, delivering 2.6 P2+ viewers and beating Lifetime's new series Witches of East End, Bravo's Real Housewives of New Jersey, and E!'s Keeping up with the Kardashians, and as the #2 program among all cable with W25-54. Sunday night's premiere episode was also the series' highest rated episode in nearly a year with HH, P2+, W25-54/18-49 and P18-49. It garnered a 2.0 HH rating, a 1.8 W25-54, a 1.4 W18-49, a 1.0 W18-34 rating and outperformed its previous season premiere average by double-digits among HH, P2+ and P/W25-54/18-49/18-34.
Disney Channel's MONSTOBER Launches StrongOctober 8, 2013For the week of September 30, 2013, kicking off its month-long 'Monstober' programming event, highlighted by Halloween-themed episodes of hit original series including “Dog With a Blog,” “A.N.T. Farm,” “Good Luck Charlie” and “Shake It Up,” Disney Channel ranked as TV's #1 network in Total Day for the 121st consecutive week among Kids 6-11 (534,000/2.2 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (481,000/2.0 rating), closing in on two-and-a-half years dominance in the target demographics (dates back to week of 6/13/11).
Acort Acquires APOCALYPSE KISSOctober 8, 2013Acort International, one of the top distributors of independent films in the global marketplace, has recently acquired the science fiction thriller “Apocalypse Kiss” for world-wide distribution. Distribution plans are currently in consideration which will include a North American DVD on the indie-horror label Midnight Releasing and cable/satellite/internet VOD run as well as being showcased at this year's 2013 American Film Market.