John McNamara News

Syfy and Universal Cable Productions have cast Stella Maeve (Chicago PD), Hale Appleman (Teeth) and Arjun Gupta (Nurse Jackie) in key roles for the upcoming pilot The Magicians

According to The Hollywood Reporter, David James Elliott is set to take on the role of John Wayne in the upcoming indie biopic TRUMBO, helmed by Jay Roach. Peter Mackenzie is also boarding the pic.

After the dust settled from a January 2 deadline and the paper-cuts healed from over six hundred plays received from writers aged 18 or younger, eight playwrights have been named winners of the 2014 Young Playwrights Inc. National Playwriting Competition.

After the dust settled from a January 2 deadline and the paper-cuts healed from over six hundred plays received from writers aged 18 or younger, eight playwrights have been named winners of the 2014 Young Playwrights Inc. National Playwriting Competition.

The Wrap reports that John Goodman is in negotiations to join previously announced cast members Bryan Cranston and Helen Mirren in Jay Roach's upcoming indie drama film TRUMBO. The movie is based on the life of blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo.

Continuing its strategy to create bold and distinctive sci-fi fantasy drama, Syfy today announced that it has greenlit a pilot of The Magicians, an adaptation of Lev Grossman's best-selling fantasy book

Coming off a season in which the network catapulted to No. 1 in the 18-49 demo and saw double-digit improvement in many prominent timeslots, NBC has announced a line-up of popular returning series, inventive new comedies, compelling new dramas and season seven of the Emmy Award-winning musical competition series 'The Voice.'

Building on the momentum of Syfy's growing slate of cutting edge, provocative original programming, Syfy today announced it was developing adaptations of the graphic novels Clone, from Robert Kirkman and David Alpert (The Walking Dead) and Letter 44, from Jonathan Mostow (Terminator 3), as well as the popular novels The Magicians, based on the book series by Lev Grossman.

NBC has given a straight-to-series 13-episode order for the drama 'Aquarius,' starring two-time Golden Globe Award winner David Duchovny in his return to broadcast television.

Deadline writes that Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston, who is currently starring onstage in A.R.T.'s ALL THE WAY in Cambridge, will lead the upcoming indie drama TRUMBO, based on the life of blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo, directed by Jay Roach. Production is slated to kick off in 2014.

USA has officially cancelled COMMON LAW, opting out of the option to order a second season.

USA Network's newest original series COMMON LAW, about two ace detectives who are forced into couples' therapy to save their work relationship, will premiere tonight, May 11 at 10/9c, following an all-new FAIRLY LEGAL, which returns on Friday, March 16 at 9/8c for its sophomore season.

USA Network's newest original series COMMON LAW, about two ace detectives who are forced into couples' therapy to save their work relationship, will premiere Friday, May 11 at 10/9c, following an all-new FAIRLY LEGAL, which returns on Friday, March 16 at 9/8c for its sophomore season.

On tonight's episode of NBC's PRIME SUSPECT entitled, 'Gone to Pieces', Duffy (Brían F. O'Byrne) tries to pawn off a routine hit and run off on Jane (Maria Bello) when he thinks the case is a dead end.

USA Network, the number one cable network, is set to continue its track record of award-winning and highly-rated original series for the 2010-2011 television season. Jeff Wachtel, president, original programming, USA Network and co-head, original content, Universal Cable Productions, today announced the network development slate of seven new pilot scripts from acclaimed television and film notables, including Steve Carell ('The Office'), John Michael Higgins ('Best in Show'), and Anthony Edwards ('ER'). Additionally, USA showrunners Steve Franks, creator of PSYCH, and John McNamara, executive producer of IN PLAIN SIGHT, along with FACING KATE writer Jan Nash, are in talks to develop projects, demonstrating the network's confidence in its current series collaborators.

USA Network, the #1 network in all of cable for four years running, will serve up its hottest summer ever! USA is once again your summer destination with all new episodes of seven original series; BURN NOTICE, ROYAL PAINS, WHITE COLLAR, PSYCH, IN PLAIN SIGHT, LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT and the launch of its newest 'character' driven series, COVERT AFFAIRS. Fortifying its seasonal programming block, the fourth season of smash hit BURN NOTICE paired with the sophomore season of last summer's #1 show ROYAL PAINS will return this June, LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT and IN PLAIN SIGHT are poised to continue their strong performance slots on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 10pm, and this July will mark the highly anticipated debut of freshman series COVERT AFFAIRS as well as the return of USA's critically acclaimed favorites WHITE COLLAR and PSYCH.