Joe Otterson TV Reporter The second half of “Outlander” Season 7 has set its premiere date at Starz. The final eight episodes of the season will premiere on Nov. 22.
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Joe Otterson TV Reporter The quiz series “The Floor” has been renewed for Seasons 2 and 3 at Fox, with host Rob Lowe entering into an unscripted first-look deal with the network. “Fans loved the first season of ‘The Floor’ so much that we’ve ordered two more seasons of this breakthrough game show with plans already underway to make our epic battle of the brains even bigger and bolder,” said Michael Thorn, president of the Fox Television Network. “It’s also been a massive win to have a huge star like Rob Lowe as our host, and both our viewers and competitors can’t wait to see him back in action.” Under Lowe’s new deal, he will develop new unscripted series for Fox that would be produced by the network’s unscripted studio, Fox Alternative Entertainment.
Lowe is also the star of Fox’s hit series “9-1-1: Lone Star,” which will air its fifth season in the fall. “I couldn’t be happier with ‘The Floor’ phenomenon and the opportunity to create more unscripted projects with my partners at Fox,” added Lowe. “The Floor” originally premiered on Fox in January.
The first season averaged 5.5 million viewers per episode in multi-platform viewing. The series was created by John de Mol’s Talpa and is produced by Eureka Productions. In the series, players stand on an interactive LED game floor featuring 100 squares, each representing a different trivia category.
Per the official description, “The first challenger, selected at random, must choose one of his or her neighboring opponents to go head-to-head in an epic quiz duel in the opponent’s category. The winner takes over the loser’s square, gaining valuable ground as they expand their territory, while the loser exits the game. The winner must then choose – do they go on the offensive
.Joe Otterson TV Reporter The second half of “Outlander” Season 7 has set its premiere date at Starz. The final eight episodes of the season will premiere on Nov. 22.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter “The Vince Staples Show” has been renewed for Season 2 at Netflix, Variety has learned. “The ‘Vince Staples Show’ is back!” Staples said in a statement. “The people have spoken and the most riveting, captivating, and polarizing show on Netflix is returning for season 2.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter “The Girls on the Bus” are not going round and round. Variety has learned that Max has canceled the political drama after just one season. “While Max will not be moving forward with a second season of ‘The Girls on the Bus,’ we are grateful to have partnered with immensely talented Amy Chozick, Julie Plec, Rina Mimoun, as well as the teams at Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros.
shows the famous ’80s stars reuniting. As director Andrew McCarthy – who is also a member of the Brat Pack – says in the trailer, the phenomenon started with the 1985 New York magazine cover that gave the stars the now-iconic label. “I just remember seeing that cover and thinking, ‘Oh, f—,'” he says in the trailer.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter The travel series “Conan O’Brien Must Go” has been renewed for Season 2 at Max. The announcement was made as part of the Warner Bros. Discovery upfront presentation to advertisers in New York on Wednesday.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Only Murders in the Building” dropped the first teaser for Season 4 on Tuesday and set its premiere date on Hulu. The reveal was made during Disney’s upfront presentation to advertisers in New York. The new season of the popular comedy series will bow on August 27.
ABC News Studios, Neon and Network Entertainment announced on Tuesday that Brats, the feature-length Brat Pack doc directed by Andrew McCarthy, will premiere on Hulu in the U.S. on Thursday, June 13.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” has been renewed for Season 2 at Amazon Prime Video.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter The 2024 Fox upfront presentation featured an appearance by Jamie Foxx in one of his first public appearances since his health crisis last year. Foxx took to the stage and did his best to crack up the crowd of advertisers, a tall order considering the bar had yet to open.
Lego Masters host Will Arnett kicked off the 2024 Fox Upfront by introducing most of the celebrity players for the new season, including Jon Hamm, Olivia Culpo, Tom Brady and of course Rob Lowe, who he introduced as coming straight from St. Elmo’s Fire.
Snoop Dogg is heading back to The Voice alongside Michael Bublé.
EXCLUSIVE: Fox is tripling down on The Floor.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter The animated comedy “Housebroken” has been canceled at Fox after two seasons. The series aired its second season at the broadcaster last year. It originally debuted on Fox in May 2021 and was renewed for its second season in August of that year.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter Gordon Ramsay and Fox are set to launch Bite, described as a global food brand and entertainment platform. Bite falls under Ramsay’s deal with Fox Entertainment and their production partnership, Studio Ramsay Global.
Selome Hailu “Alert: Missing Persons Unit” has been renewed for a third season at Fox. The series is a producedural drama set in the Philadelphia Police Department’s Missing Persons Unit, with each episode featuring a search for a missing person headed by detectives Jason Grant (Scott Caan) and Nikki Batista (Dania Ramirez), a former couple whose marriage ended after the disappearance of their son. Along with Caan and Ramirez, the cast includes Ryan Broussard as Mike Sherman, Adeola Role as Kemi Adebayo, Petey Gibson as C, Gil Bellows as Hollis Braun and Alisha-Marie Ahamed as Wayne Pascal.
Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart) will play the title role in Grendel, a live-action monster flick from The Jim Henson Company, for which Palisades Park Pictures is launching international sales ahead of Cannes.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter “The Conners” has been renewed for Season 7 at ABC, which will also be the show’s last. In addition, ABC has canceled “Not Dead Yet” after two seasons. The final season of “The Conners” will reportedly be shorter than past seasons, with sources saying it will run for just six episodes.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Law & Order: Organized Crime” has been renewed for Season 5, with the show now officially set to move from NBC to Peacock. The news comes after weeks of speculation that the show would make the jump to the streaming service from the broadcast network. The Season 4 finale will air on NBC on May 16 and stream the next day on Peacock.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter The “Ted” prequel series has been renewed for Season 2 at Peacock, Variety has learned. Originally presented as an event series, the seven-episode first season of “Ted” debuted on the streamer in January. It serves as a prequel to the two “Ted” feature films, which were released in 2012 and 2015.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Lioness” has been renewed for Season 2 at Paramount+, Variety has learned. Previously titled “Special Ops: Lioness,” the series debuted its first season at the streamer in July 2023. It hails from Taylor Sheridan, who produced the series under his expansive overall deal with Paramount.