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May 19 2018
Video/News: Showtime’s Just Another Immigrant Starring Comedian Romesh Ranganathan Premieres June 8.
JUST ANOTHER IMMIGRANT is a comedic docuseries that follows Romesh Ranganathan, one of the most popular stand-ups in the UK, as he uproots his entire family – his supportive wife, their three kids, his Sri Lankan mother and his eccentric uncle – and immigrates to the U.S. Displaced in Los Angeles, Ranganathan attempts to find success and happiness, while rebuilding a life from scratch. The 10-episode, half-hour series will air back-to-back episodes on Fridays beginning on June 8 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
May 19 2018
News: Happy 20th! Teen Choice 2018 Airs Live Aug 12 on Fox.
HAPPY 20th! TEEN CHOICE 2018™, summer’s hottest event, will return for its 20th consecutive year, airing LIVE Sunday, Aug. 12 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX. TEEN CHOICE 2018 is the summer’s only awards show in which teens hold the voting power to select new categories and returning favorites from past TEEN CHOICE shows. The category nomination window is now open! Fans can submit category nominations via Twitter using the category hashtag, plus their handle/name through Sunday, May 20 at 9:00 PM PT.
May 18 2018
News: Fremantlemedia North America Brings Michelangelo To Hulu.
FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) has announced a first-look deal with Bob Cooper’s Landscape Entertainment. Under the pact, Landscape Entertainment will develop and produce scripted projects for the U.S. and international markets.
The first project in development through this new partnership is a scripted drama centered on Michelangelo, written by award-winning South African-British author, Richard Mason. With Hulu on board to serve as the home for Michelangelo, the series will detail the life of the brilliant and troubled artist, told through a modern lens that delves into the sexuality, relationships, alliances and betrayals in the volatile world of 16th Century Florence.
May 17 2018
News: Showtime Orders City on a Hill From Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, and Jennifer Todd To Series
Executive produced by Academy Award® winners Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, and Emmy nominee Jennifer Todd (‘Jason Bourne,’ ‘Memento’) for Pearl Street Films, CITY ON A HILL is a fictional account of what was called the “Boston Miracle.” CITY ON A HILL is created by Chuck MacLean (Boston Strangler) and based on an original idea by Academy Award® winner Ben Affleck. In the early 1990s, Boston was rife with violent criminals emboldened by local law enforcement agencies in which corruption and racism was the norm – and then it all changed in what was called the “Boston Miracle.” In this fictional account, driving that change is assistant district attorney Decourcy Ward (Hodge), who comes from Brooklyn and forms an unlikely alliance with a corrupt yet venerated FBI veteran, Jackie Rhodes (Bacon).
May 17 2018
News: HBO and Sky Announce 4-Hour Documentary Series The Case Against Adnan Syed.
HBO and Sky announced THE CASE AGAINST ADNAN SYED, a four-hour documentary series directed by Academy Award® nominee Amy Berg (“Deliver Us from Evil,” “West of Memphis”). The series will explore the 1999 disappearance and murder of 18-year-old Baltimore County high school student Hae Min Lee, and the subsequent conviction of her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, a case brought to global attention by the hugely popular “Serial” podcast.
May 17 2018
Video/News: HBO/HBO Latino’s Sr. Avila Fourth and Final Season Starts July 29.
Every story has a resolution. HBO and HBO Latino present the ten final episodes of the original series with the premiere of the fourth season of SR. ÁVILA, on Sunday, July 29. Sr. Ávila, starring Tony Dalton, Carlos Aragón, Camila Selser, Michel Brown, Juan Carlos Remolina and Eduardo Arroyuelo, tells the story of a hired assassin who has climbed the ladder in the criminal corporation he works for, until he becomes the “Señor de Señores” (“Boss of the Bosses”), in expense of his personal life, his happiness and his own safety.
May 17 2018
Video: Sorry To Bother You Starring Lakeith Stanfield, Armie Hammer, Tessa Thompson, Terry Crews, Steven Yeun and More, In Theaters July 6.
In an alternate, present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a macabre universe. Sorry to Bother You stars Lakeith Stanfield,Tessa Thompson, Armie Hammer, Terry Crews, Steven Yeun, Omari Hardwick, Jermaine Fowler, and Danny Glover. Written and directed by Boots Riley.
May 15 2018
News: Freeform Announces New and Returning Series, Holiday Expansion, and More.
Freeform unveils the new and returning projects including Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, Besties, Everything’s Gonna Be Okay, and season two renewal of mermaid drama Siren . The network will also expand its holiday dominance with over 1000 hours of themed programming kicking off with “31 Nights of Halloween” on Oct. 1. The network also introduced Freeform Santa (Shadowhunters star Isaiah Mustafa).
May 15 2018
Video: Freeform Blows the Roof Off This Holiday. Meet the New Freeform Santa.
This isn’t the regular big guy in the red suit. No, not the same “old fart” as the “other networks,” Freeform’s new Santa (Isaiah Mustafa, The Shadowhunters) is ready to “blow the roof” off the “gingerbread house” from October to January…yes, you read that right…OCTOBER. Some of you will love it…some will not. Either way, it’s happening.
May 15 2018
Video: Freeform’s Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists Official Trailer.
“Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists,” featuring returning fan favorites Sasha Pieterse as Alison and Janel Parrish as Mona and starring Sofia Carson (Disney’s “Descendants”) as Ava. In Beacon Heights, a seemingly perfect town, a group of three college friends struggle with the stress of being overachievers. In the aftermath of the town’s first murder, each Perfectionist hides behind a secret, a lie and an alibi.
May 14 2018
Video: MarVista Entertainment’s The Year of Spectacular Men Starring Madelyn Deutch and Zoey Deutch In Theaters/VOD June 15.
Izzy Klein (M. Deutch) has (barely) graduated from college, broken up (sorta) with her boyfriend, and is stranded in New York City with a bad case of pre-real-world millennial-itis. Unsure of what the next step is, her movie star little sister Sabrina (Z. Deutch) convinces her to move back home to Los Angeles. Emotionally unable to deal with the loss of her father, and slightly distracted by her mother Deb’s newfound love affair with loopy yogi Amythyst, Izzy funnels her energy into dating a colorful bouquet of five complicated and spectacular men: Aaron, Ross, Logan, Mikey, and Charlie, over the course of the next year.
May 11 2018
News: Last Man Standing Starring Tim Allen Gets New Home On Fox for 2018-19 Season.
A fan-favorite for six seasons, LAST MAN STANDING stars Allen as MIKE BAXTER, a married father of three girls, who tries to maintain his manliness in a world increasingly dominated by women. Produced by 20th Century Fox Television, the series also stars Nancy Travis, Jonathan Adams, Amanda Fuller, Christoph Sanders and Jordan Masterson.
May 11 2018
News: TBS’ The Detour Renewed For Fourth Season.
TBS has ordered up another season of hilarious misadventures with TV’s most dysfunctional family. After a bonkers road-trip, a disastrous move to New York City, and a run from the law in Alaska, the Parkers will be back for a fourth season of The Detour.
May 11 2018
News: Get Your Szechwan Sauce Ready! Adult Swim’s Rick and Morty Get 70 New Episodes.
Fans all over the multiverse can rest easy tonight, as show creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland announced, while taking a shower, on Instagram, that they are heading back to work on their hit animated series, Rick and Morty. Adult Swim has made a long-term deal with the creators that will include 70 new episodes of the critically acclaimed series that follows a sociopathic genius scientist who drags his inherently timid grandson on insanely dangerous adventures across the universe.
May 10 2018
News: Kelly Clarkson and Jennifer Hudson Return To The Voice For Season 15.
Coming off their successful debut seasons on “The Voice,” current season 14 coach, three-time Grammy Award winner and “2018 Billboard Music Awards” host Kelly Clarkson and season 13 coach and Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy Award winner Jennifer Hudson will reclaim their red chairs on season 15 of “The Voice.” Clarkson and Hudson will compete against Maroon 5 lead singer Adam Levine and country music superstar Blake Shelton.
May 10 2018
Video: Sony Pictures SEARCHING Starring John Cho and Debra Messing In Theaters Aug 2018.
How well do you know your child/children? After David Kim (John Cho)’s 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter’s laptop. In a hyper-modern thriller told via the technology devices we use every day to communicate, David must trace his daughter’s digital footprints before she disappears forever.
May 10 2018
News: Award-Winning Director and EP of FX’s ATLANTA Hiro Murai Signs First Look Deal with FX Productions.
Hiro Murai has signed a first look producing deal with FX Productions. Murai, an Executive Producer and Director on FX’s Atlanta, won a PGA Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy for the first season of Atlanta, for which he was also nominated for an Emmy® Award for Outstanding Comedy Series.
May 10 2018
News: Syfy Unveils Summer 2018 Schedule – 12 Monkeys, Killjoys, Wynonna Earp, and Sharknado 6.
SYFY announced their upcoming summer schedule, which includes the return of 12 MONKEYS (June 15) along with WYNONNA EARP and KILLJOYS (July 20) airing back to back on Friday nights. Additionally, SHARKNADO WEEK returns to SYFY with an all new shark filled movie event beginning Sunday, August 12 and leading into ultimate shark showdown in the finale of SYFY’s hit franchise, SHARKNADO, airing on Sunday, August 19 at 8/7c.
May 10 2018
News: Bravo Media Greenlights Six New Original Digital Series.
Bravo Media is giving the greenlight to six new original digital series, including an “Imposters” digital after-show premiering tonight with Host Georgia Hardstark (“My Favorite Murder”) and coming this summer, new series “The First Time I…” debuts with special guests including Shaquille O’Neal, Russell Brand and Derek Hough; it was announced today by Lisa Hsia, Executive Vice President, Digital, Bravo & Oxygen Media. In addition, the network is also renewing “Throwback Bravo,” a video series that celebrates classic and unforgettable Bravo moments from fan-favorite shows, for a second season.
May 10 2018
News: NBC Renews World of Dance For Third Season Ahead of Season 2 Premiere on May 29.
NBC’s hit series “World of Dance,” which premiered as the most-watched new summer alternative series in 10 years, has been renewed for a third season. Season two premieres Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 10PM E/P.
May 10 2018
News: Chris Pratt To Receive Generation Award at 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards June 18.
MTV announced that Chris Pratt, one of Hollywood’s most renowned and sought-after actors, will be honored with the Generation Award during the 2018 “MTV Movie & TV Awards.” Hosted by Tiffany Haddish, this year’s show will air on Monday, June 18 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT from the Barker Hangar in Los Angeles.
May 10 2018
Photos/News: Outlander Season 4 Premieres Nov 2018, Renewed For Seasons 5 and 6.
STARZ Original series Outlander will premiere its fourth season this November 2018, and has been renewed for two new seasons. The fourth season of Outlander is currently shooting on location in Scotland and will include 13 episodes based upon Drums of Autumn, the fourth of eight books in Diana Gabaldon’s international best-selling “Outlander” series. See photos from season four.
May 09 2018
News: Live Action Series The Umbrella Academy Coming to Netflix 2018
Based on the popular, Eisner award-winning comics and graphic novels created and written by Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance) and illustrated by Gabriel Bá, The Umbrella Academy is a live action series that follows the estranged members of a dysfunctional family of superheroes (The Umbrella Academy) — The Monocle, Spaceboy, The Kraken, The Rumor, The Séance, Number Five, The Horror, and The White Violin — as they work together to solve their father’s mysterious death while coming apart at the seams due to their divergent personalities and abilities.
May 09 2018
News: Netflix Announces First Anime Original Series Seis Manos Launching In 2019.
Seis Manos,Netflix’s first original anime series, launches globally in 2019. Set in Mexico in the 1970’s era, Seis Manos centers on three orphaned martial arts warriors who join forces with a DEA agent and a Mexican Federale to battle for justice after their beloved mentor is murdered on the streets of their tiny border town.
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