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Daily Archives : Jun 2, 2015

ABC Pulls Fall Drama Series From Lineup

ABC has decided to pull a new drama series from the lineup while the show undergoes retooling. Deadline.com reports that the biblical series “Of Kings and Prophets” was yanked from Sunday nights as producers work on casting changes and other…

Television Academy Honors Recognize Six TV Shows

Six TV shows have been awarded Television Academy Honors in a ceremony held in Beverly Hills last week. The shows are “Transparent,” “Virunga,” “Paycheck to Paycheck,” ”black-ish,” “The Normal Heart” and “E:60.” Please click here for all the details in…

‘Real Housewives’ Personality Inspires Comedy Series

One of the stars of the “Real Housewives” franchise has landed a sitcom based on her life. Variety reports that Kyle Richards of Bravo’s “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” will co-executive produce the untitled half-hour single-camera project, which is headed…

Cult Comedy Series Airs Its Final Episode — Or Does It?

A cult comedy series — which was already brought back to life once — today aired what may or may not have been its final episode. “Although the season six finale of ‘Community,’ which debuted today on Yahoo Screen, felt…

Television Academy Honors Recognize Six TV Shows

They are the programs on television that are most effective in creating awareness and often social change around important issues, whether they be pure entertainment or documentary in form — or anywhere along the spectrum. Sometimes they are hard to…

Apple TV Puts New Subscription Service on Hold

The announcement of the eagerly anticipated new subscription television service from Apple, which had been expected next week, has been postponed, re/code reports. An announcement had been anticipated at the company’s upcoming Worldwide Developer Conference. Citing sources with knowledge of…

The Internet Has ‘Voted’: Caitlyn Jenner Looks a Lot Like a Certain Oscar- and Emmy-Winning Actress — Here’s Her Response

The world got its first look at Caitlyn Jenner this week — when Vanity Fair revealed former Olympian Bruce Jenner’s appearance in his new identity as a woman — and many Internet users quickly determined that Jenner bears a resemblance…

Comedy Series Renewed

A sitcom airing on cable has been picked up for another season. Deadline.com reports that Adult Swim renewed “Childrens Hospital,” greenlighting the show’s seventh season. The Emmy-winning live-action comedy comes from creator and executive producer Rob Corddry. “The series explores…

Pay TV Subscriptions Falling, Along With Customer Satisfaction With Cable — Another Survey Names the ‘Most Hated Cable Company in America’

A report published today by the American Customer Satisfaction Index shows a decline in customer satisfaction with cable companies, and names what MarketWatch calls the “most hated cable company in America” — or maybe the two most hated. Coming in…

In Precursor to Emmys, Critics’ Choice Awards Name Best Drama, Best Comedy and Other Top TV Honors

The Critics’ Choice Television Awards, considered by many to be an indicator for the Emmys, were handed out Sunday, with Best Drama going to the FX spy series “The Americans” and Best Comedy awarded to HBO’s “Silicon Valley.” Among the…