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Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Three weeks after resuming production, filming on National Geographic’s Genius: Aretha came to a halt today after a background actor tested positive for COVID-19, sources said. I hear production was suspended for the day.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: IMDb TV, Amazon’s free, ad-supported streaming service, has put in development High School, a coming-of-age comedy series based on the best-selling memoir by Grammy-nominated, Platinum recording artists Tegan and Sara Quin.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Netflix has opted not to pick up a second season of Away, its space drama series starring Hilary Swank. The decision comes a little over a month after Season 1 was release on Sept.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVJeff Bridges, who this evening revealed that he has been diagnosed with lymphoma, has been filming FX on Hulu’s The Old Man in his return to series television after 50 years.Following Bridges’ announcement, FX, Hulu and the studios behind the series, Touchstone Television and FXP, issued a statement.“Our thoughts go out to Jeff and his family during this challenging time and they have our love and support,” the statement said.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVDays Of Our Lives is returning to production sooner than originally planned.Filming on the NBC daytime drama was suspended on Oct. 12 for two weeks after a production team member tested positive for COVID-19.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVTyler Perry’s Sistas launched its second season — the first season of a primetime scripted series filmed during the pandemic to hit the air — on Oct 14 with two back-to-back episodes.The first drew 1.5 million viewers and .845 P18-49 rating in Live +3 for the simulcast across BET and BET Her; 1.4 million and  .789 in 18-49 rating on BET alone.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVIn January, AT&T announced that DirecTV’s Audience Network was shutting down, transforming itself into an HBO Max Preview Channel. While not surprising, the move threw in limbo three original series on the channel, comedy Loudermilk and dramas Condor and Ms.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVLAPD swarmed the Paramount lot Sunday night.According to local news reports, the police are pursuing a suspect after an officer-involved shooting on the lot of Paramount Studios. According to eyewitnesses, some 20 police cars were at the scene.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVGrammy and Oscar winner Adele will make her hosting debut on the October 24 episode of Saturday Night Live.The English singer-songwriter previously served as musical guest on the NBC sketch program on October 18, 2008, also on the eve of a Presidential election, and on November 21, 2015.Adele will be joined by H.E.R. who will make her musical guest debut on SNL next week.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVThe Oct. 17 telecast of Saturday Night Live, with host Issa Rae and musical guest Justin Bieber, drew a 4.5 rating household Live+Same Day rating in the 44 metered local markets and a 2.0 adults 18-49 rating in the 25 markets with local people meters.That was down a notch from last week’s show hosted by Bill Burr (4.7, 2.2), which in turn was off from the season premiere two weeks ago emceed by Chris Rock (5.6, 2.9).

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVWE tv’s Love After Lockup came back strong with its Friday, Oct. 9 Season 3 midseason premiere.The episode drew 1.3 million viewers in Live+3, 780K of them in the adults 25-54 demographic and 635K among adults 18-49.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Chris Harrison, whose presence has been key to the success of ABC’s venerable Bachelor reality franchise, has signed with Gersh for representation.Harrison is the only host that The Bachelor franchise has ever had, beginning with the launch of the mothership show, now heading into its 25th season, in 2002.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Three days after ABC released the trailer for David E. Kelley’s new triller drama Big Sky, it has been viewed 25.5 million times across social media platforms.That is a very encouraging news for the broadcast networks that viewers are craving  fresh scripted programming amid the coronavirus-related production delays.Big Sky is the first new scripted broadcast series from the 2019-20 development cycle to release a full-fledged trailer.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVIt’s an end of an era at Warner Bros. as Peter Roth, one of the most accomplished TV executives of the past couple of decades, will be leaving the independent television studio in early 2021 after 22 years.Roth was upped to his current role as Chairman of the Warner Bros.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Adrienne Warren, fresh off herTony nomination for Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, is set to headline ABC’s The Women of the Movement.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Jeff Wachtel is leaving NBCUniversal after almost two decades at the company, most recently as President of NBCUniversal International Studios since 2018.According to sources, there had been internal complaints about Wachtel’s management style. They led to a discussion between the company leadership and Wachtel about respect in the workplace, and a decision was made for the veteran executive to depart.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Jane Wiseman is out as VP, Original Series at Netflix after almost seven years at the streamer where she was head of comedy.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: NBC has put in development Always Wright, a drama from For Life executive producer Sonay Hoffman and Sony Pictures TV, where Hoffman is under an overall deal.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersWritten by Hoffman, Always Wright is set in Los Angeles.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVPaul Frank, a entertainment executive who worked on both the creative and business sides of the industry for 30 years, died unexpectedly of a suspected heart attack on September 30 in his home in Los Angeles. He was 53.Frank started his career as an agent trainee at the Triad agency and became an agent at the William Morris Agency following its acquisition of Triad.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVAmericanah will not be moving forward at HBO Max.The limited series had been a longtime passion project of Lupita Nyong’o who was set to star in and executive produce the adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s best-selling novel of the same name.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEpix has given a six-episode series order to Bridge and Tunnel, a half-hour dramedy written, directed and produced by Edward Burns. It is slated for a Jan.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVMore than 100 writers, actors, directors and producers are speaking out against NBC’s plan to air a town hall with President Donald Trump tonight at 8 PM directly opposite the Joe Biden town hall on ABC.In an open letter to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell and NBCU News Group chairman Cesar Conde, the Hollywood heavyweights are asking for the Trump town hall to be shifted from the time slot.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVSpectrum has opted not to order a third season of cop drama L.A.’s Finest, an offshoot from the Bad Boys movie franchise headlined by Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba, I have learned.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersThe decision comes a little over a month after the show’s second season launched on the platform.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVShowtime will no longer be making its drama pilot The President Is Missing, an adaptation of the novel by President Bill Clinton and James Patterson, from Christopher McQuarrie and Anthony Peckham.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersThe network had ordered the project to pilot, which was fully cast and ready to go when the coronavirus pandemic halted all production in mid-March.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: For Life‘s Aaron Wallace is embarking on a new chapter, and the key art for Season 2 of the ABC drama series reflects that.It features Wallace (Nicholas Pinnock) outside the prison fence with the tagline, “Never stop fighting.” (see it below)The slogan also is at the heart of the first Season 2 trailer for the Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson-executive produced series.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVThe Grease spinoff series is on the move. The musical series, inspired by the 1978 film, originally was sold to HBO Max where it received a straight-to-series order a year ago.As part of a reevaluation of the streamer’s slate under its new leadership, I hear the project, produced by Paramount TV Studios, was released and put in turnaround.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVAmazon Studios has given a series greenlight to YA horror series I Know What You Did Last Summer, a modern take on the hit 1997 slasher film.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVKathleen Turner is joining Netflix’s The Kominsky Method as a series regular opposite Michael Douglas for the comedy series’ upcoming third and final season. She will reprise her role as Sandy’s (Douglas) ex-wife, which she originated in a Season 2 guest appearance.The addition of Turner reunites her with Douglas after starring together in such classic movies as Romancing The Stone, Jewel of the Nile and War of the Roses.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVSeth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door is expanding the executive team under president Erica Huggins with the hire of former Marvel Television exec Aimee Carlson as SVP.Reporting to Huggins, Carlson will work to grow Fuzzy Door’s slate spanning drama, comedy and areas such as science, history, politics and music across film, television, digital and animation.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: The CW is developing Slay, a drama executive produced by Oscar and Emmy winner Regina King.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersWritten by Julian Johnson with former CSI: NY showrunner Pam Veasey supervising, Slay centers on Carson Jones, a bold, witty teenager with afro puffs, leather boots, seventies cool, and – thanks to her mother’s ancient African bloodline – supernatural gifts and the responsibility to use them to

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Billy Burke (Revolution) is set to co-star opposite Margaret Qualley and Andie MacDowell in Maid, Netflix’s dramedy series from writer Molly Smith Metzler, John Wells Productions, Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersWritten by Metzler, Maid is inspired by Stephanie Land’s bestselling memoir Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: CBS’ new Chuck Lorre-Marco Pennette multi-camera comedy series B Positive has firmed up its regular cast and has set a number of recurring players.Young actress Izzy G, who played the co-lead AJ opposite RuPaul on the Netflix comedy series AJ and the Queen, has joined the main cast as a series regular opposite leads Thomas Middleditch and Annaleigh Ashford.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVShowtime has given a 10-episode straight-to-series order to half-hour comedy Flatbush Misdemeanors, created, written by and starring Kevin Iso and Dan Perlman. It is based on Iso and Perlman’s award-winning 2017 digital series of the same name.Flatbush Misdemeanors, a raw and grounded comedy of city life, follows Dan and Kevin, who play characters struggling to thrive in their new surroundings in the brash environment of Flatbush, Brooklyn.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVJoshua Jackson (Little Fires Everywhere, The Affair) has been tapped for the title role in Peacock’s Dr. Death.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVLast night’s Saturday Night Live, hosted by Bill Burr with musical guest Jack White, drew a 4.7 household Live+Same Day rating in the 44 metered local markets and a 2.2 adults 18-49 rating in the 25 markets with local people meters.That was off double-digits from last week’s season premiere (5.6 HH rating, 2.9 in 18-49).

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVComedian Bill Burr set the tone of the Saturday Night Live he hosted with his polarizing monologue, which took aim at the coronavirus pandemic, cancel culture and gay pride month with jokes that divided Twitter.