NBC has really doubled down on the success of This Is Us by ordering not one but two new seasons, with a minimum order of 18 episodes per season. This Is Us premiered to very strong ratings last September and has stayed fairly consistent since. At least 72 million total viewers have watched the first 10 episodes, […]
AMC orders documentary series James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction
AMC is teaming up with filmmaker James Cameron to explore the evolution of sci-fi in a six-part documentary series, tentatively titled James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction, which THR reports will “delve into sci-fi’s origins as a small genre with a cult and developing to the blockbuster pop-culture phenomenon it is today.” “When I was […]
American Horror Story renewed for eighth and ninth seasons, first casting on season 7 announced
FX has announced that it has renewed American Horror Story for an eighth and ninth season, with the hit anthology show set to run through to 2019, making it the network’s longest-running dramatic series. “We know explicitly what next season is about, which is seven, but we don’t know what the eighth and ninth seasons are […]
IDW Entertainment developing The Devil event series for TV
IDW Entertainment has announced that it is developing a TV adaptation of Graham Johnson’s novel The Devil: Britain’s Most Feared Underworld Taxman, which is being eyed as a limited series with Dave Dilley (Warrior) writing and executive producing. Grey’s Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo also executive produces alongside Laura Holstein. The Devil is set in Liverpool […]
Sabrina the Teenage Witch may feature in live-action Archie show Riverdale
Later this month, The CW is set to launch Riverdale, a modern, live-action take on the Archie comic book universe which is set to bring the likes of Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge and Josie McCoy to the small screen. Well, it seems another iconic Archie character may also show up in the […]
Archer will move to FXX for season 8
After seven seasons on FX, Archer will finally be making the move over to FXX for its upcoming eighth season and beyond. The decision was announced by Chuck Saftler, president of program strategy and COO of FX Networks, at the Television Critics Association press tour. The news shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise, considering how many […]
Freeform gives straight-to-series order to Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger
The small screen side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to expand, with the Disney-ABC owned American cable network Freeform giving a straight to series order to Cloak and Dagger. Here’s the official synopsis… This exciting new series is an adaptation of the beloved Marvel characters aimed squarely at young adults. This live-action interracial romance follows […]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3 Episode 15 Review – ‘Spacetime’
Danny Hale reviews the fifteenth episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 3… With series creators Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen penning the script and Kevin Tancharoen directing it was no real surprise that this weeks Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. stood out. With little preamble our team headed into the field to investigate a call for Daisy. […]
Arrow Season 4 Episode 18 Review -‘Eleven-Fifty-Nine’
Jessie Robertson reviews the eighteenth episode of Arrow season 4… It’s a given here, but just so we’re clear: ************************MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD****************************************** Ok, there are things going on here, but the major, major (again, spoilers) event this week is: The death of Laurel Lance. And I have to say they got me. When Dahrk told […]
Movie Review – The Jungle Book (2016)
The Jungle Book, 2016. Directed by Jon Favreau. Starring Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johansson, Giancarlo Esposito and Christopher Walken. SYNOPSIS: An orphan boy is raised in the jungle with the help of a pack of wolves, a bear, and a black panther. The Jungle Book rests on the shoulders […]
