9-1-1 is heading to USA Network.
17.12.2021 - 22:43 / variety.com
Selome Hailu editorFormer “CSI” showrunner Carol Mendelsohn and producer Julie Weitz in early development on two drama series: “Honor” for NBC and “Body Farm” for CBS.“Honor” is based on “Heder,” the Swedish series created by Sofia Helin along with stars Julia Dufvenius, Anja Lundqvist and Alexandra Rapaport, which centered on a law firm that handles sexual crimes against women.
The legal thriller will follow four women lawyers who fight for disenfranchised underdogs, going to great lengths to
.9-1-1 is heading to USA Network.
Even if you haven’t been watching the TNT adaptation of “Snowpiercer,” if you’re familiar with the plot, you know the series revolves around a post-apocalyptic hellscape where the only survivors are holed up in a perpetually moving train through the icy tundra.
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Squid Game has been nominated for Best Drama Series at the upcoming 27th Critics Choice Awards.On Monday (December 6), the Critics Choice Association announced its nominees for the upcoming 2022 ceremony. Among the nominations were Squid Game, which has become the first non-English programme to be up for Best Drama Series, per Variety.