Thomas Schlamme News

WGN America announced today that the highly anticipated second season of its critically praised drama “Manhattan” is set for Tuesday, October 13 at 9:00 p.m. ET/ 8:00 p.m. CT.

Mamie Gummer has signed on for a recurring role on the second season of WGN America's MANHATTAN.

WGN America announced today that William Petersen ('CSI: Crime Scene Investigation') has joined the cast of its critically acclaimed drama 'Manhattan,' marking his return to television after his celebrated Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated 10-year run as Dr. Gilbert 'Gil' Grissom in the hit series 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.' Produced by Lionsgate Television, Skydance Television and Tribune Studios, 'Manhattan' will begin production on its second season in New Mexico in April for a 2015 debut on WGN America.

WGN America's critically acclaimed drama 'Manhattan' won the 2015 SXSW Jury Award for Excellence in Title Design, besting 22 other film and television finalists, including 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' (Marvel Studios), 'American Horror Story 4: Freakshow' (FX), 'Godzilla' (Warner Bros.), '22 Jump Street' (Columbia Pictures) and 'The Leftovers' (HBO). Dan Gregoras, Creative Director at Imaginary Forces, illustrated the winning title design. 'Manhattan's' main title sequence can be viewed here: https://vimeo.com/102685630.

The I HAVE A DREAM Foundation - Los Angeles is pleased to host the Annual Dreamer Dinner, honoring champions of education in the Los Angeles area. The event will take place on Sunday, March 8 at 5pm at the Skirball Cultural Center's Ahmanson Ballroom, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd. in Los Angeles. Honorees include Chris Selak, Bradley Bredeweg & Peter Paige, Jerry Fink & David Kim, and Jason Collins. Presenters for the evening include Lionsgate TV Chairman Kevin Beggs and Rosie O'Donnell.

Sundance Institute today announced that it will present Alejandro G. Iñárritu with its Vanguard Leadership Award at the fifth annual Sundance Institute benefit on June 2, 2015 in Los Angeles. The evening brings the creative community together to highlight both a great visionary in independent film as well as an emerging artist with unique talent and creative independence.

In today's New York Times, Academy and Emmy Award winning American screenwriter Aaron Sorkin has written a scathing piece, criticizing the American media for giving the group undeserved attention by publicizing news of the hackings.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ WGN America's critically acclaimed drama 'Manhattan' increased its audience in Live + 3 viewing for last Sunday's premiere night, growing to more than 2.2 million Total Viewers (+24%), 796,000 Adults 25-54 (+31%) and 634,000 Adults 18-49 (+38%), for its three-play gross telecasts on WGN America and 14 of Tribune's local stations. The telecast aired in all of Tribune's 33 markets; however, the remaining 19 markets do not receive daily demographic data. WGN America, Tribune's (TRBAA:OTC) flagship entertainment network, covers 61.7% of U.S. households.

WGN America announcedtoday that its second original scripted series 'Manhattan' will premiere on SUNDAY, July 27 at 10:00 p.m. ET/9:00 p.m. CT.

Deadline reports that THE NORMAL HEART's John Benjamin Hickey and THE OTHER PLACE's Daniel Stern have signed on to star in WGN America's upcoming drama series MANHATTAN. Thomas Schlamme will direct from a script by Sam Shaw.

Signature Theatre is pleased to announce the casting of award winner Christine Lahti (Running on Empty, Swing Shift,Chicago Hope) in this fall's world-premiere drama Pride in the Falls of Autrey Mill, written by Paul Downs Colaizzo (Really Really). Lahti, whose acclaimed 30-year career in theatre, television and film places her in the highest echelon of American actresses, joins this fall's production under the direction of Shakespeare Theatre Company Artistic Director Michael Kahn, who returns to Signature for the first time in nearly twenty years. Casting for the remaining three roles will be announced shortly.

WGN America has ordered the drama series 'Manhattan' from Skydance Television, Tribune Studios and Lionsgate Television, the TV division of Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF).

FX has picked up its critically-acclaimed drama THE AMERICANS for a 13-episode second season, it was announced today by John Landgraf, President and General Manager, FX Networks.

FX has picked up its critically-acclaimed drama The Americans for a 13-episode second season, it was announced today by John Landgraf, President and General Manager, FX Networks. The most recent drama to join the network's coveted roster of hit original series, the renewal comes just four episodes into The Americans' freshman season. There are nine all-new episodes remaining in the current season airing Wednesdays at 10:00 PM E/P with the season finale schedule to air on May 1.

Proving once again that initial Live+Same Day ratings tell only a fraction of the story, episode 2 of FX's critically acclaimed new drama series The Americans gained an astounding +58% in both Total Viewers and Adults 18-49 with Live+3 data, propelling the episode to a very successful mark

Acclaimed Off-Broadway not-for-profit theater company Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced additional details for its 2012 special online Auction. Bidding for the auction, which already features an outstanding array of unique opportunities and experiences, is now underway at www.BiddingForGood/PlaywrightsHorizons. Online bidding continues through Monday, May 14 (with items staggered to close at 8PM and 9PM).

Starting today, television audiences can fly PAN AM at no cost with all nine available episodes from the first season of the ABC network drama available for free on the iTunes store at www.itunes.com/PanAm. The series soundtrack, PAN AM: Music From and Inspired By the Original Series, also debuts on iTunes today with two free songs.

Aaron Diaz, who is best known for appearing in the lead role in the recent hit telenovela 'Teresa,' will guest star as Miguel, a dashing, charming and wealthy entrepreneur on the upcoming episode, 'Unscheduled Departure,' of ABC's popular new drama, PAN AM airing SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13 (10:01-11:00 p.m., ET), the ABC Television Network.

Fans of ABC's popular drama series 'Pan Am' will be able to submit questions and receive real-time responses from Gaius Charles ('Friday Night Lights'), who plays Joe. He will be up on Twitter at @GaiusCharles during both the East and West Coast broadcasts of the show, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, from 10:01-11:00 p.m., ET/PT.

Fans of ABC's popular drama series 'Pan Am' will be able to submit questions and receive real-time responses from Gaius Charles ('Friday Night Lights'), who plays Joe. He will be up on Twitter at @GaiusCharles during both the East and West Coast broadcasts of the show, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, from 10:01-11:00 p.m., ET/PT.