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Daily Archives : Oct 29, 2015

Fox Hands Out Another Back-Nine Order as Freshman Shows Bring a Ratings Bump

One day after extending a back-nine order to one freshman series, Fox has given a full-season order to its lead-in. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the broadcast net ordered nine more episodes of the John Stamos sitcom “Grandfathered.”…

Scorsese-Jagger Series in the Lineup as HBO Rolls Out Premiere Dates

HBO unveiled a number of upcoming premiere dates, including the debut of one of the pay-cable channel’s most high-profile projects in a while, the music drama “Vinyl,” from Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and Terence Winter. Deadline.com report that “Vinyl’s” 10-episode…

Police Groups Continue to Rip Tarantino as ‘Cop Hater’; Supporters Rally Around the Embattled Director

Police organizations continued to show support for New York officers by joining a call to boycott the films of Quentin Tarantino in the wake of his participation in a protest against police brutality. Meanwhile, members of organizations actively protesting police killings…

Documentary Series Attracts Top Hollywood Players

Ron Howard. Brett Ratner. Akiva Goldsman. The names of these major Hollywood players are not normally associated with documentaries about science. But all three, along with Peter Berg and actors Angela Bassett and Paul Giamatti, have each directed an episode…