OWN Orders Unscripted Series From Will Packer and Carlos King, Expands Programming Block

Sandra Bullock is putting in the heavy lifting.

Peter White Television EditorNetflix has ordered its latest family series – a live-action series based on William Joyce’s book Ollie’s Odyssey.The series will be adapted by Shannon Tindle, who worked as a designer on Coraline and wrote stop-motion fantasy film Kubo and the Two Strings, and directed by Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse director Peter Ramsey.Lost Ollie has been handed a four-part order with episodes of 45 minutes.The show follows a lost toy, searching across the countryside for

Sandra Bullock is staying safe!

A group of NXIVM members have enlisted the help of Amanda Knox — an American woman who was convicted for a 2007 murder but ultimately exonerated — in a bid to help the group’s leader, Keith Raniere.

Will Thorne Staff WriterA new generation of “Pretty Little Liars” is officially on its way.HBO Max has issued a straight-to-series order for “Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin,” a reboot of the original Freeform series. New of the order comes only three weeks after the project was announced as being in development.

Also Read: CBS All Access to Be Renamed Paramount+ in Early 2021, Add Scripted Series on Making of 'Godfather'“Yellowstone” will stay on the network, as its the channel’s most popular series, but will be treated more as an event series. The network is moving out of unscripted altogether — meaning that “Ink Master, “Wife Swap,” and “Battle of the Fittest Couples” are all canceled.

Jennifer Aniston brought out her red carpet best, even if the Emmys are being conducted virtually tonight. The actress wore a sleeveless black dress with diamonds on the Emmy stage, where she served as the night's first in-person presenter.

In a devastating blow for local LGBTQI communities, a Hong Kong court this week has refused to recognise same sex marriages conducted abroad. “The applicant’s attempt in the present case to achieve complete parity of legal recognition of foreign same-sex marriages and foreign opposite-sex marriages is too ambitious,” Judge Anderson Chow wrote in his judgment.The case bought forward by Jimmy Sham, a local district councillor who in 2013 had married his partner in New York, argued that Hong

Jennifer Aniston brought out her red carpet best, even if the Emmys are being conducted virtually tonight. The actress wore a sleeveless black Christian Dior dress with diamonds on the Emmy stage, where she served as the night's first in-person presenter.

Lindsay Blake Ryan Murphy’s new “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” prequel, “Ratched,” finally dropped today on Netflix. The highly-anticipated origin story takes a look at the early career of infamous villain Nurse Mildred Ratched (played by a deliciously vicious Sarah Paulson) as she perfects her special brand of patient care and lobotomy skills at the fictional Lucia State Hospital.

Nellie Andreeva, Denise Petski EXCLUSIVE: OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has lined up two new unscripted series for fall — Put A Ring On It, from Ready For Love producers Will Packer and Lighthearted Entertainment, and Behind Every Man, from Carlos King and Kingdom Reign Entertainment — and is expanding its unscripted programming roster to two nights, Friday and Saturday, beginning in October.Saturday has been OWN’s night for original unscripted programming since 2012.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterABC has given out a straight-to-series order to the drama series “Rebel.”Katey Sagal stars in the show, which is inspired by the life of Erin Brockovich. It is slated to debut in 2021.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterDisney Plus has picked up the female-led reboot of “Doogie Howser” to series, Variety has confirmed.The new series is titled “Doogie Kameāloha, M.D.” As previously reported, it will focus on Lahela “Doogie” Kameāloha, a mixed race 16-year-old girl who works as a doctor in Hawaii.The reboot hails from writer and executive producer Kourtney Kang. Jake Kasdan and Melvin Mar will also executive produce along with Dayna and Jesse Bochco.

Ellise Shafer editorTBS has picked up a full season of an hour-long talent competition series titled “Go-Big Show.”The show is hosted by Bert Kreischer and features celebrity judges Snoop Dogg, Rosario Dawson, Jennifer Nettles and “The American Nightmare” Cody from All Elite Wrestling.The news was announced on Wednesday simultaneously on TBS, TNT and truTV, making it the three networks’ first roadblock announcement.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNENT Group, the Nordic region’s leading streaming company, has ordered “Furia,” an original drama series created by Gjermund Stenberg Eriksen (“Mammon”) exploring the underworld of right-wing extremism in Europe.A co-production between Norway’s Monster Scripted and Germany’s X Filme Creative Pool Series and ZDF, “Furia” will premiere exclusively across the Nordics on NENT Group’s Viaplay streaming service in 2021.Repped by Keshet International, the

Jacob Blake, the 29-year-old Black man who was shot seven times in the back by a Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer in late August, made a brief court appearance on Friday for charges that were filed in July.

Also Read: ABC Sets Fall Premiere Dates for 'The Bachelorette,' 'Supermarket Sweep,' Other Unscripted Series“Since I was a kid, I have always been interested in people who help. People who save people,” Wilson said in a statement.

Will Thorne Staff WriterABC has called in Luke Wilson to save rescue its fall season.The Disney-owned network has announced a new unscripted series titled “Emergency Call,” which will be hosted and executive produced by Wilson, and will premiere Sept. 28 in the 10 p.m.

Mark Ruffalo stands with those rising up for Jacob Blake and he firmly stands against U.S. President Donald Trump.