NBC’s clutch on primetime remains steady with the coverage of the 2020 Olympics, but the network took its first, though minor, hit in viewers Monday night.
Monday’s primetime sporting events, which the the U.S vs. China Women’s Volleyball match, the finals for Men’s 200 meter Freestyle and Women’s 100 meter backstroke, aired to an average of 14.9 million viewers and gained a 3.5 in the 18-49 demo in overnight ratings. Monday’s overnight numbers saw a 12% drop in viewers from Sunday .
Despite the dip, the 2020 Olympics continues to prove successful for NBC, which revealed that viewers have already streamed more than one billion minutes of Olympics content across NBCOlympics.com, NBC Sports app & Peacock. NBC said it this year marked the quickest accomplishment of the viewing milestone.
NBC also shared that, per Total Audience Delivery viewership, the Tokyo Olympics put on three of 15 most-watched primetime nights in 2021, with...
Monday’s primetime sporting events, which the the U.S vs. China Women’s Volleyball match, the finals for Men’s 200 meter Freestyle and Women’s 100 meter backstroke, aired to an average of 14.9 million viewers and gained a 3.5 in the 18-49 demo in overnight ratings. Monday’s overnight numbers saw a 12% drop in viewers from Sunday .
Despite the dip, the 2020 Olympics continues to prove successful for NBC, which revealed that viewers have already streamed more than one billion minutes of Olympics content across NBCOlympics.com, NBC Sports app & Peacock. NBC said it this year marked the quickest accomplishment of the viewing milestone.
NBC also shared that, per Total Audience Delivery viewership, the Tokyo Olympics put on three of 15 most-watched primetime nights in 2021, with...
- 7/27/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Three shows across three networks — “The Bachelorette” for ABC, “American Ninja Warrior” on NBC and “The Republic of Sarah” on The CW — rose in Nielsen ratings last night. All other original episodes of broadcast series remained flat with last Monday among adults 18-49, according to the earliest-available data. On “The Bachelorette,” Katie selected her final four potential mates. We’re getting down to Hometown Dates time, people. ABC finished first in primetime thanks to its hit dating competition. (And not at all thanks to the not-hit dating competition that follows “The Bachelorette.) While The CW’s “Republic of Sarah” improved upon last week, there’s was virtually nowhere to go but up from the prior Monday’s 0.0 rating. Sorry for the cold water. ABC was first in ratings with a 0.7 rating in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 3.2 million, according to preliminary numbers. From 8 p.
- 7/20/2021
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about dozens of shows including Atypical, American Ninja Warrior, Superman & Lois and Lisey’s Story!
1 | Atypical series finale Spoiler Alert! Wasn’t Sam making it all the way to Antartica Antarctica the perfect ending for the series?
More from TVLinePerformer of the Week: Tom HiddlestonLisey's Story Finale Recap: Did Our Heroine Survive Her Final Showdown With Jim Dooley and the Long Boy?TVLine Items: Alter Ego Reveals Judges, Y: The Last Man Teaser and More
2 | Who...
1 | Atypical series finale Spoiler Alert! Wasn’t Sam making it all the way to Antartica Antarctica the perfect ending for the series?
More from TVLinePerformer of the Week: Tom HiddlestonLisey's Story Finale Recap: Did Our Heroine Survive Her Final Showdown With Jim Dooley and the Long Boy?TVLine Items: Alter Ego Reveals Judges, Y: The Last Man Teaser and More
2 | Who...
- 7/16/2021
- by Vlada Gelman, Matt Webb Mitovich, Kimberly Roots, Andy Swift, Dave Nemetz, Rebecca Iannucci, Ryan Schwartz, Nick Caruso, Mekeisha Madden Toby and Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
In the latest TV show ratings, The Republic of Sarah with its fifth episode drew 220,000 total viewers and a 0.0 demo rating, marking series lows.
Opening The CW’s night, All American (650K/0.2) was steady.
More from TVLineThe Republic of Sarah Stars, Creator Discuss Tackling 'Difficult' Story of Alcoholism, Abuse and Its AftermathRatings: Bachelorette, CBS Rerun Lead Night; Republic of Sarah Opens LowThe Republic of Sarah Premiere: Grade The CW's Unconventional New Drama
ABC’s The Bachelorette (3.6 mil/0.9) led Monday in both measures, rising from last week to hit and match its second best numbers of the season. Celebrity Dating Game (2.2 mil/0.4) was steady.
Opening The CW’s night, All American (650K/0.2) was steady.
More from TVLineThe Republic of Sarah Stars, Creator Discuss Tackling 'Difficult' Story of Alcoholism, Abuse and Its AftermathRatings: Bachelorette, CBS Rerun Lead Night; Republic of Sarah Opens LowThe Republic of Sarah Premiere: Grade The CW's Unconventional New Drama
ABC’s The Bachelorette (3.6 mil/0.9) led Monday in both measures, rising from last week to hit and match its second best numbers of the season. Celebrity Dating Game (2.2 mil/0.4) was steady.
- 7/13/2021
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Upfronts week, the traditional time when broadcast TV networks reveal their fall slates in presentations to advertisers, has come and gone. But with ongoing production issues due to the coronavirus pandemic, broadcasters have been faced with some unprecedented problems this time around while making their decisions about what which shows will be canceled, renewed and ordered, and not all of those choices have been made yet.
Below is every scripted show that ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox and The CW have renewed or canceled so far for the 2021-22 broadcast TV season, along with those still awaiting their fates.
Check back with TheWrap regularly for updates.
NBC
Renewed Series: “The Blacklist,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (eighth and final season), “Chicago Fire,” “Chicago Med,” “Chicago P.D.” (entire “Chicago” franchise renewed for two more seasons each), “Kenan,” “Law & Order: Svu” (renewed through Season 24), “Law & Order: Organized Crime,” “Mr. Mayor,” “New Amsterdam” (renewed through...
Below is every scripted show that ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox and The CW have renewed or canceled so far for the 2021-22 broadcast TV season, along with those still awaiting their fates.
Check back with TheWrap regularly for updates.
NBC
Renewed Series: “The Blacklist,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (eighth and final season), “Chicago Fire,” “Chicago Med,” “Chicago P.D.” (entire “Chicago” franchise renewed for two more seasons each), “Kenan,” “Law & Order: Svu” (renewed through Season 24), “Law & Order: Organized Crime,” “Mr. Mayor,” “New Amsterdam” (renewed through...
- 6/25/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a… Season 2 renewal for “Superman & Lois.”
The renewal by The CW comes ahead of the DC Comics series’ second episode Tuesday night. The show’s 90-minute premiere last week drew 1.7 million viewers and brought the network its largest Tuesday night audience since a “The Flash”-“Roswell, New Mexico” combo on Jan. 29, 2019.
It also marked the biggest viewership for a DC series since “The Flash’s” “Crisis on Infinite Earths” crossover episode aired on Dec. 10, 2019.
“Superman & Lois” was the network’s second-best series premiere since “Batwoman” launched last October, with the first-best being fellow freshman drama “Walker,” which drew 2.43 million viewers when it debuted last month.
That makes The CW two for two with its freshman series, with “Walker” also having been renewed. The network still has “Kung Fu” and “Republic of Sarah” on the horizon later this spring.
The renewal by The CW comes ahead of the DC Comics series’ second episode Tuesday night. The show’s 90-minute premiere last week drew 1.7 million viewers and brought the network its largest Tuesday night audience since a “The Flash”-“Roswell, New Mexico” combo on Jan. 29, 2019.
It also marked the biggest viewership for a DC series since “The Flash’s” “Crisis on Infinite Earths” crossover episode aired on Dec. 10, 2019.
“Superman & Lois” was the network’s second-best series premiere since “Batwoman” launched last October, with the first-best being fellow freshman drama “Walker,” which drew 2.43 million viewers when it debuted last month.
That makes The CW two for two with its freshman series, with “Walker” also having been renewed. The network still has “Kung Fu” and “Republic of Sarah” on the horizon later this spring.
- 3/2/2021
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Sony Pictures has closed a deal to acquire rights to Tracy Yvonne Productions’ reunion comedy Homecoming. Pic will be written by Tracy Oliver, Kevin A. Garnett & Dewayne Perkins. Oliver and Joy Ganes are producing.
Homecoming is based on an original pitch, the project born out of a virtual roundtable at Sony Pictures that Oliver led, which included a group of comedy writers. The film re-teams Oliver with both Garnett and 3Peat comedy troupe member Dewayne Perkins. Garnett, currently a supervising producer for the CW series Republic of Sarah, wrote Made In America with Oliver at Paramount. With Perkins, Oliver is currently developing The Blackening, a feature for MRC based on a Comedy Central short that originated from a variety show sketch Perkins wrote at Second City Chicago.
Perkins is a WGA-nominated writer whose writing credits include Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Amber Ruffin Show and Saved by the Bell.
Garnett is represented by Artists First,...
Homecoming is based on an original pitch, the project born out of a virtual roundtable at Sony Pictures that Oliver led, which included a group of comedy writers. The film re-teams Oliver with both Garnett and 3Peat comedy troupe member Dewayne Perkins. Garnett, currently a supervising producer for the CW series Republic of Sarah, wrote Made In America with Oliver at Paramount. With Perkins, Oliver is currently developing The Blackening, a feature for MRC based on a Comedy Central short that originated from a variety show sketch Perkins wrote at Second City Chicago.
Perkins is a WGA-nominated writer whose writing credits include Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Amber Ruffin Show and Saved by the Bell.
Garnett is represented by Artists First,...
- 2/17/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
The CW has seen enough from its “Walker, Texas Ranger” reboot starring Jared Padalecki, renewing the freshman drama for next season after only two episodes.
“Walker,” a new version of the Chuck Norris-led drama that aired for eight seasons in the 1990s, was the network’s most-watched series premiere in five years. “Walker” was among 12 series to get picked up for next season by the network. Additionally, both “Walker” and the upcoming “Superman & Lois” were given more episodes this season.
The other renewals are: “All American,” “Batwoman,” “The Flash,” “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow,” “In the Dark,” “Charmed,” “Legacies,” “Nancy Drew,” “Riverdale,” “Dynasty” and “Roswell.”
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing production issues it caused, The CW did not formally begin in its 2020-2021 TV season until last month. Along with “Superman & Lois,” the network has upcoming premieres of “Republic of Sarah” and “Kung Fu” set for later this year.
“Walker,” a new version of the Chuck Norris-led drama that aired for eight seasons in the 1990s, was the network’s most-watched series premiere in five years. “Walker” was among 12 series to get picked up for next season by the network. Additionally, both “Walker” and the upcoming “Superman & Lois” were given more episodes this season.
The other renewals are: “All American,” “Batwoman,” “The Flash,” “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow,” “In the Dark,” “Charmed,” “Legacies,” “Nancy Drew,” “Riverdale,” “Dynasty” and “Roswell.”
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing production issues it caused, The CW did not formally begin in its 2020-2021 TV season until last month. Along with “Superman & Lois,” the network has upcoming premieres of “Republic of Sarah” and “Kung Fu” set for later this year.
- 2/3/2021
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
The CW is bringing back the majority of its current slate next season after making a bumper renewal order including a second season of Walker.
The network has made the early decision to hand renewals to 12 current series, with president and CEO Mark Pedowitz sticking with stability as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to have an impact on network’s schedules, the development process and pilot season.
Along with Walker, All American, Batwoman, Charmed, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Dynasty, The Flash, In the Dark, Legacies, Nancy Drew, Riverdale and Roswell, New Mexico will return for the 2021-22 season.
Additionally, the youth-skewing network has given Walker an additional five episodes this season and handed Superman & Lois — which will launch with a two-hour event on Tuesday, February 23 — two additional episodes, taking its order to 15 eps.
Shows that are not included in the renewal order — Superman & Lois (left), Kung Fu and...
The network has made the early decision to hand renewals to 12 current series, with president and CEO Mark Pedowitz sticking with stability as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to have an impact on network’s schedules, the development process and pilot season.
Along with Walker, All American, Batwoman, Charmed, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Dynasty, The Flash, In the Dark, Legacies, Nancy Drew, Riverdale and Roswell, New Mexico will return for the 2021-22 season.
Additionally, the youth-skewing network has given Walker an additional five episodes this season and handed Superman & Lois — which will launch with a two-hour event on Tuesday, February 23 — two additional episodes, taking its order to 15 eps.
Shows that are not included in the renewal order — Superman & Lois (left), Kung Fu and...
- 2/3/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
“B Positive” has been given a full-season pickup from CBS.
The comedy from Chuck Lorre, which stars Thomas Middleditch and Annaleigh Ashford, was the network’s only new series this fall. It airs on Thursdays following “Young Sheldon.”
“B Positive” becomes the second freshman series to get its run extended. ABC added six episodes to “Big Sky” to give that drama a full season order.
The sitcom stars “Silicon Valley” alum Middleditch as a therapist who becomes friends with his kidney donor (Ashford). Kether Donohue, Sara Rue, Izzy G. and Terrence Terrell also star. It is based on creator Marco Pennette’s personal experience as a transplant recipient.
CBS will debut its next two new series in February. Queen Latifah’s reboot of “The Equalizer” will premiere following the network’s broadcast of Super Bowl Lv on Feb. 7, before it settles into its normal time slot on Sundays at 8 p.
The comedy from Chuck Lorre, which stars Thomas Middleditch and Annaleigh Ashford, was the network’s only new series this fall. It airs on Thursdays following “Young Sheldon.”
“B Positive” becomes the second freshman series to get its run extended. ABC added six episodes to “Big Sky” to give that drama a full season order.
The sitcom stars “Silicon Valley” alum Middleditch as a therapist who becomes friends with his kidney donor (Ashford). Kether Donohue, Sara Rue, Izzy G. and Terrence Terrell also star. It is based on creator Marco Pennette’s personal experience as a transplant recipient.
CBS will debut its next two new series in February. Queen Latifah’s reboot of “The Equalizer” will premiere following the network’s broadcast of Super Bowl Lv on Feb. 7, before it settles into its normal time slot on Sundays at 8 p.
- 12/21/2020
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Paramount Plus is in early development on a dark comedy that hails from Katie Wech, Variety has learned exclusively from sources.
The project is titled “Rip.” Wech will write and executive produce, with Gina Rodriguez and Jennie Snyder Urman also executive producing. The trio previously collaborated on the hit CW series “Jane the Virgin.” The project originated with Rodriguez and Tiana Feghali. Snyder Urman will executive produce via Sutton Street Productions, while Rodriguez will executive produce via I Can and I Will Productions. CBS Studios will produce.
Reps for Paramount Plus declined to comment.
The project tells the story of an aging widow in Florida whose children move her into assisted living for fear she is a danger to herself, only to realize later on, just how dangerous she is.
Wech most recently sold an R-rated untitled comedy to New Line with Alexa Faigen producing. On the television side, she...
The project is titled “Rip.” Wech will write and executive produce, with Gina Rodriguez and Jennie Snyder Urman also executive producing. The trio previously collaborated on the hit CW series “Jane the Virgin.” The project originated with Rodriguez and Tiana Feghali. Snyder Urman will executive produce via Sutton Street Productions, while Rodriguez will executive produce via I Can and I Will Productions. CBS Studios will produce.
Reps for Paramount Plus declined to comment.
The project tells the story of an aging widow in Florida whose children move her into assisted living for fear she is a danger to herself, only to realize later on, just how dangerous she is.
Wech most recently sold an R-rated untitled comedy to New Line with Alexa Faigen producing. On the television side, she...
- 12/15/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
The CW Sets Premiere Dates for ‘Superman & Lois’ and Jared Padalecki’s ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ Reboot
The CW has announced premiere dates for its new season next January, including Javicia Leslie’s debut as “Batwoman” and the premiere of new series “Superman & Lois” and “Walker.”
Unlike the other broadcasters, The CW pre-emotively delayed the start of its 2020-21 season until January in order to give to give its shows more time to film amid Covid-19 challenges. The CW’s official start to its season will be the weekend of Jan. 8-10. The network has also acquired the Canadian drama “Trickster” which will air on Tuesdays beginning Jan. 12.
“Batwoman” will be the first of the network’s regular scripted series to return on Jan. 17, followed by “All American,” “Riverdale” and “Nancy Drew” and “Legacies” that week as well. Jared Padalecki’s “Walker, Texas Ranger” reboot premieres Thursday, Jan. 21 ahead of “Legacies.”
“Superman & Lois,” The CW’s other new series to debut in the winter, will premiere on Tuesday,...
Unlike the other broadcasters, The CW pre-emotively delayed the start of its 2020-21 season until January in order to give to give its shows more time to film amid Covid-19 challenges. The CW’s official start to its season will be the weekend of Jan. 8-10. The network has also acquired the Canadian drama “Trickster” which will air on Tuesdays beginning Jan. 12.
“Batwoman” will be the first of the network’s regular scripted series to return on Jan. 17, followed by “All American,” “Riverdale” and “Nancy Drew” and “Legacies” that week as well. Jared Padalecki’s “Walker, Texas Ranger” reboot premieres Thursday, Jan. 21 ahead of “Legacies.”
“Superman & Lois,” The CW’s other new series to debut in the winter, will premiere on Tuesday,...
- 10/29/2020
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Exclusive: New Line has acquired an untitled spec script by Katie Wech for an untitled but hard R-rated comedy spec script that is best described was referred to me as Sausage Party meets Toy Story, done in a CGI and animation hybrid with some live action thrown in.
Pic will be produced by Alexa Faigen, who is also producing for New Line the studio’s recent acquisition of Sarah Knight’s bestseller The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck.
Wech is currently in pre-production for her pilot Good Sam for CBS and Cbstvs. She is also currently serving as a Consulting Producer for Republic of Sarah for the CW. She previously served as a Co-ep for Jane The Virgin and was a co-ep for Rizzoli & Isles on TNT and Fox’s Star, and she was a co-producer of Once Upon A Time In Wonderland for ABC. She wrote...
Pic will be produced by Alexa Faigen, who is also producing for New Line the studio’s recent acquisition of Sarah Knight’s bestseller The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck.
Wech is currently in pre-production for her pilot Good Sam for CBS and Cbstvs. She is also currently serving as a Consulting Producer for Republic of Sarah for the CW. She previously served as a Co-ep for Jane The Virgin and was a co-ep for Rizzoli & Isles on TNT and Fox’s Star, and she was a co-producer of Once Upon A Time In Wonderland for ABC. She wrote...
- 10/15/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
The CW delivered some good news to Stargirl on Monday:
It has renewed the superhero drama for a second season!
A renewal for the drama series is not surprising, but the latest development is:
Stargirl Season 2 will be exclusive to The CW!
The series started its life as a DC Universe origiinal, with The CW taking broadcast rights to the show and airing it linearly the day after episodes are made available on the streaming service.
It's unclear whether this means there will be a budget cut for the sophomore run, but we likely won't know until the episodes actually hit the air.
Stargirl Season 1, airing Tuesdays at 8/7c, is currently averaging around 1 million total viewers and a 0.23 rating among adults 18-49.
For a show airing on The CW during the summer, those are stellar ratings.
In fact, Stargirl is the network's third most-watched series this season, coming in behind The Flash and Supernatural,...
It has renewed the superhero drama for a second season!
A renewal for the drama series is not surprising, but the latest development is:
Stargirl Season 2 will be exclusive to The CW!
The series started its life as a DC Universe origiinal, with The CW taking broadcast rights to the show and airing it linearly the day after episodes are made available on the streaming service.
It's unclear whether this means there will be a budget cut for the sophomore run, but we likely won't know until the episodes actually hit the air.
Stargirl Season 1, airing Tuesdays at 8/7c, is currently averaging around 1 million total viewers and a 0.23 rating among adults 18-49.
For a show airing on The CW during the summer, those are stellar ratings.
In fact, Stargirl is the network's third most-watched series this season, coming in behind The Flash and Supernatural,...
- 7/6/2020
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Like virtually all aspects of the entertainment industry, the volume of broadcast series orders took a massive hit this year as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The pandemic shut down the traditional pilot season, with almost no pilots completing production. But now with the broadcast networks making their series orders for the 2020-2021 season, the true impact is taking shape.
At the time of publication, 15 new shows have been picked up for next season across the five networks. That represents a dropoff of 58% from the 36 new shows ordered in 2019 and 2018.
The number of new broadcast show orders has been trending downward for some time, but a drop of this magnitude is staggering. And as has been tradition for the past several years, major stars and well-known IP drove the majority of pickups.
Along with this drop in series orders comes changes to the fall schedule as well. NBC, CBS,...
The pandemic shut down the traditional pilot season, with almost no pilots completing production. But now with the broadcast networks making their series orders for the 2020-2021 season, the true impact is taking shape.
At the time of publication, 15 new shows have been picked up for next season across the five networks. That represents a dropoff of 58% from the 36 new shows ordered in 2019 and 2018.
The number of new broadcast show orders has been trending downward for some time, but a drop of this magnitude is staggering. And as has been tradition for the past several years, major stars and well-known IP drove the majority of pickups.
Along with this drop in series orders comes changes to the fall schedule as well. NBC, CBS,...
- 6/25/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
The 2020-21 television season is shaping up to be unprecedented.
Normally at this time of year, approximately three dozen new scripted shows have been announced across the Big Five broadcast networks, but this year as of press time there are only 13. Pilot production orders were already down this year, but the production shutdown prompted by the coronavirus pandemic caused series orders to shrink further. While there are still shows in contention to be picked up, developed further or rolled over into next year’s cycle, the few series that did make the cut already are showing an overall increase in representation for women and people of color, both in front of the camera in leading roles, as well as behind-the-scenes as executive producers — with the exception of those on ABC and Fox: Those networks have made strides for women but have no people of color in executive producer roles,...
Normally at this time of year, approximately three dozen new scripted shows have been announced across the Big Five broadcast networks, but this year as of press time there are only 13. Pilot production orders were already down this year, but the production shutdown prompted by the coronavirus pandemic caused series orders to shrink further. While there are still shows in contention to be picked up, developed further or rolled over into next year’s cycle, the few series that did make the cut already are showing an overall increase in representation for women and people of color, both in front of the camera in leading roles, as well as behind-the-scenes as executive producers — with the exception of those on ABC and Fox: Those networks have made strides for women but have no people of color in executive producer roles,...
- 6/18/2020
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
Though it will air fresh programming in the fall, The CW will delay the official start of its next season until January 2021.
The production shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic has left the industry in limbo, with no one exactly sure when filming can resume. The CW, which had to cut short many of its seasons — and push the series finale of “Supernatural” into the fall — is trying to avoid the prospect of a repeat-heavy lineup at the end of 2020.
Earlier this week, The CW acquired the one and only season of DC Universe’s “Swamp Thing” and two seasons of CBS All Access’s “Tell Me a Story.” The network is also pushing some of its summer programming like “The Outpost” and “Whose Line Is It Anyway” into the fall.
“By moving our new season to January, we are stocking our fall with a balance of original and acquired...
The production shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic has left the industry in limbo, with no one exactly sure when filming can resume. The CW, which had to cut short many of its seasons — and push the series finale of “Supernatural” into the fall — is trying to avoid the prospect of a repeat-heavy lineup at the end of 2020.
Earlier this week, The CW acquired the one and only season of DC Universe’s “Swamp Thing” and two seasons of CBS All Access’s “Tell Me a Story.” The network is also pushing some of its summer programming like “The Outpost” and “Whose Line Is It Anyway” into the fall.
“By moving our new season to January, we are stocking our fall with a balance of original and acquired...
- 5/14/2020
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
The CW has given straight-to-series pickups to “Kung Fu” and “Republic of Sarah.”
The two projects will join the network’s 2020-21 season along with “Walker” starring Jared Padalecki and “Superman & Lois” starring Tyler Hoechlin and Bitsie Tulloch.
“Kung Fu,” a female-led reboot of the 1972 series starring David Carradine and created by Ed Spielman, moved to The CW from Fox in November. The series will star Olivia Liang (pictured above), Kheng Hua Tan, Shannon Dang, Jon Prasida, Eddie Liu, Gavin Stenhouse, Gwendoline Yeo and Tzi Ma.
Also Read: 'Tell Me a Story' Canceled at CBS All Access, The CW Acquires First 2 Seasons
Here is the logline: “A quarter-life crisis causes a young Chinese-American woman to drop out of college and go on a life-changing journey to an isolated monastery in China. But when she returns to find her hometown overrun with crime and corruption, she uses her...
The two projects will join the network’s 2020-21 season along with “Walker” starring Jared Padalecki and “Superman & Lois” starring Tyler Hoechlin and Bitsie Tulloch.
“Kung Fu,” a female-led reboot of the 1972 series starring David Carradine and created by Ed Spielman, moved to The CW from Fox in November. The series will star Olivia Liang (pictured above), Kheng Hua Tan, Shannon Dang, Jon Prasida, Eddie Liu, Gavin Stenhouse, Gwendoline Yeo and Tzi Ma.
Also Read: 'Tell Me a Story' Canceled at CBS All Access, The CW Acquires First 2 Seasons
Here is the logline: “A quarter-life crisis causes a young Chinese-American woman to drop out of college and go on a life-changing journey to an isolated monastery in China. But when she returns to find her hometown overrun with crime and corruption, she uses her...
- 5/12/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
The CW is pushing forward with its new series orders for whatever the 2020-21 broadcast season will look like.
The younger-skewing broadcaster has picked up the dramas Kung Fu and Republic of Sarah to series, bringing its new show tally to four for the forthcoming season. The network, a joint venture between CBS TV Studios and Warner Bros. TV, continues to split its pickups evenly between the two studios as Republic of Sarah comes from the former, while Kung Fu hails from the latter.
The CW's fellow pilots The Lost Boys and Maverick will be rolled to next season, sources ...
The younger-skewing broadcaster has picked up the dramas Kung Fu and Republic of Sarah to series, bringing its new show tally to four for the forthcoming season. The network, a joint venture between CBS TV Studios and Warner Bros. TV, continues to split its pickups evenly between the two studios as Republic of Sarah comes from the former, while Kung Fu hails from the latter.
The CW's fellow pilots The Lost Boys and Maverick will be rolled to next season, sources ...
- 5/12/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Arrow may be over, but the show's legacy was set to be carried on in Green Arrow and the Canaries.
A backdoor pilot of the series aired as the penultimate episode of Arrow back in January and starred Katherine McNamara, Juliana Harkavy, and Katie Cassidy.
The response was positive with the episode netting non-crossover season highs, and the fans seemed enthusiastic about it.
It's been months and fans have been given no updates about the future of the potential series, and Cassidy has now shared that she's feeling "confident" that The CW will pick it up.
"I don't know, honestly," she told TV Line when asked about the project.
"I'm a very positive person, so I feel confident that we'll go [to series]. If there was ever a time for a three-hander, all-female badass show, now is the time! So I'm not worried. I'm feeling pretty good about it."
If you watch Arrow online,...
A backdoor pilot of the series aired as the penultimate episode of Arrow back in January and starred Katherine McNamara, Juliana Harkavy, and Katie Cassidy.
The response was positive with the episode netting non-crossover season highs, and the fans seemed enthusiastic about it.
It's been months and fans have been given no updates about the future of the potential series, and Cassidy has now shared that she's feeling "confident" that The CW will pick it up.
"I don't know, honestly," she told TV Line when asked about the project.
"I'm a very positive person, so I feel confident that we'll go [to series]. If there was ever a time for a three-hander, all-female badass show, now is the time! So I'm not worried. I'm feeling pretty good about it."
If you watch Arrow online,...
- 4/24/2020
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
It’s been a subdued broadcast pilot season, one overshadowed by the slew of high-profile launches of new streaming services, shrouded in uncertainty over a potential writers strike and hit by fears related to the growing coronavirus outbreak. Amid the somewhat bleak overall picture, punctuated by another year-to-year decline in broadcast pilot volume, there were bright spots. Here is Deadline’s annual list of writers, producers and directors who excelled at this stage of the network development cycle. It also includes a couple of other highlights from Pilot Season 2020.
Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment has three pilot orders — all comedies — at three different networks: Untitled Kingsbury/Daley/Goldstein project at CBS, American Auto at NBC and Pivoting at Fox, as well as a series order for next season at Fox for the animated comedy series Housebroken starring Lisa Kudrow.
Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter’s Berlanti Productions also has three pilots,...
Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment has three pilot orders — all comedies — at three different networks: Untitled Kingsbury/Daley/Goldstein project at CBS, American Auto at NBC and Pivoting at Fox, as well as a series order for next season at Fox for the animated comedy series Housebroken starring Lisa Kudrow.
Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter’s Berlanti Productions also has three pilots,...
- 3/9/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Newcomer Stella Baker has been cast in the title role in The CW’s “The Republic of Sarah” pilot, Variety
In the pilot, faced with the destruction of her town at the hands of a greedy mining company, rebellious high school teacher Sarah Cooper (Baker) utilizes an obscure cartographical loophole to declare independence. Now Sarah must lead a young group of misfits as they attempt to start their own country from scratch.
Sarah is further described as a history teacher with a rebellious side. She is a quintessential New Hampshirite: friendly, fiercely loyal, and always willing to lend a hand. Though hesitant to be in the spotlight at first, Sarah finds the courage to step up and fight back against an external force that threatens to destroy her beloved community.
Baker is a recent graduate of the Yale School of Drama. She was recently cast in the TNT series “Tell Me Your Secrets...
In the pilot, faced with the destruction of her town at the hands of a greedy mining company, rebellious high school teacher Sarah Cooper (Baker) utilizes an obscure cartographical loophole to declare independence. Now Sarah must lead a young group of misfits as they attempt to start their own country from scratch.
Sarah is further described as a history teacher with a rebellious side. She is a quintessential New Hampshirite: friendly, fiercely loyal, and always willing to lend a hand. Though hesitant to be in the spotlight at first, Sarah finds the courage to step up and fight back against an external force that threatens to destroy her beloved community.
Baker is a recent graduate of the Yale School of Drama. She was recently cast in the TNT series “Tell Me Your Secrets...
- 2/25/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
The CW has ordered two more pilots for the 2020-2021 season, including a second formal order for a series reboot of the 1987 film “The Lost Boys.”
The network had previously ordered a “Lost Boys” pilot last season before ultimately passing. The network remained high on the project, however, and decided to redevelop it. In the new version, when a mother and her Gen Z sons move to the seaside town where she grew up, they discover there’s a sinister reason the local cool kids sleep all day, party all night, never grow up and never get old. Family bonds are tested as the brothers find themselves on opposite sides of a mythological struggle.
None of the cast members from the first pilot are attached to the new version. Heather Mitchell and Rob Thomas are credited as writers and executive producers on the new pilot, with Marcos Siega attached to direct and executive produce.
The network had previously ordered a “Lost Boys” pilot last season before ultimately passing. The network remained high on the project, however, and decided to redevelop it. In the new version, when a mother and her Gen Z sons move to the seaside town where she grew up, they discover there’s a sinister reason the local cool kids sleep all day, party all night, never grow up and never get old. Family bonds are tested as the brothers find themselves on opposite sides of a mythological struggle.
None of the cast members from the first pilot are attached to the new version. Heather Mitchell and Rob Thomas are credited as writers and executive producers on the new pilot, with Marcos Siega attached to direct and executive produce.
- 1/31/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
The number of broadcast drama pilots dropped this year to what may be an all-time low of 35, down from 41 in 2018. Despite the overall double-digit volume decline, Vancouver made big year-to-year gains with 10 drama pilots, up from 6 last year. That is believed to be an all-time record for the coastal Canadian city and is the most of any city this pilot season. For comparison, in 2014, when there was a similar low number of broadcast drama pilots, 36, Vancouver housed 5 of them.
In total, almost a third of the broadcast drama pilots this year, 11, are headed to Canada, boosted at least in part by an advantageous exchange rate, which may raise again the issue of runaway production. Meanwhile, Los Angeles, which had been regaining ground after the all-time low tally of 5 broadcast drama pilots in 2014 with the help of a tax incentives program that includes pilots, dropped from 8 hourlong...
In total, almost a third of the broadcast drama pilots this year, 11, are headed to Canada, boosted at least in part by an advantageous exchange rate, which may raise again the issue of runaway production. Meanwhile, Los Angeles, which had been regaining ground after the all-time low tally of 5 broadcast drama pilots in 2014 with the help of a tax incentives program that includes pilots, dropped from 8 hourlong...
- 3/5/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Carlos Leal (Better Call Saul) and Dr. Ken alum Jonathan Slavin are set as series regulars in CBS drama pilot Republic of Sarah, from writer Jeffrey Paul King (Elementary), James Corden’s Fulwell 73, Marc Webb and CBS TV Studios.
Written by King, Republic of Sarah is said to have a Northern Exposure feel. It centers on a small New Hampshire town that is thrust onto the world stage when the discovery of a valuable resource within its borders compels the residents to declare themselves an independent nation, thus setting the unlikely young mayor and her cabinet of inexperienced locals on the path of running a brand-new country.
Leal will play Luis, an artist who moved to Morrisville from Miami to find a quiet place to paint. He had settled into rural life nicely — before his world was turned upside down by the arrival of his 14-year-old daughter, Maya (Tbd...
Written by King, Republic of Sarah is said to have a Northern Exposure feel. It centers on a small New Hampshire town that is thrust onto the world stage when the discovery of a valuable resource within its borders compels the residents to declare themselves an independent nation, thus setting the unlikely young mayor and her cabinet of inexperienced locals on the path of running a brand-new country.
Leal will play Luis, an artist who moved to Morrisville from Miami to find a quiet place to paint. He had settled into rural life nicely — before his world was turned upside down by the arrival of his 14-year-old daughter, Maya (Tbd...
- 3/5/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
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