AMC, Starz and HBO Pilot and Series Pickups
It would seem the month of May is no longer a broadcast network affair with its sweeps and upfront events. Cable channels (premium and basic) were out front this week with new series pickups.
It would seem the month of May is no longer a broadcast network affair with its sweeps and upfront events. Cable channels (premium and basic) were out front this week with new series pickups.
It’s early May, barely more than a week from the upfront events, so the last renewals are starting to trickle out, including from premium cable channels.
NBC is planning on releasing a ‘mini marathon’ of the final three episodes of Community on May 17th. Does this bode well for a Season 4 of Community?
“The Ghost of Harrenhal” was the sort of episode every showrunner dreams of making. It grabbed us from the opening scenes and really didn’t let us go until the very last image. From Arya’s boldness to Brienne of Tarth’s oath and Jorah Mormont’s plea, it showcased the best Game of Thrones has to offer in terms of characters and storylines, all that without the less attractive and more controversial bits.
Defying the odds once again, Fox’s sci-fi drama Fringe has been renewed for a fifth and final season of 13 episodes. The news broke on Thursday after long and painstaking negotiations between the network and the production companies Warner Bros TV and J.J. Abrams’s Bad Robot.
“Worlds Apart” did many things wrong, but what was done right was done extremely well. Regardless of how we got to the final farewell scenes, each of them was a gem and showed how much Fringe, like all the best sci-fi series, is more a character study than a tale centered around advanced technology and a world unlike our own.
The second season may not have wasted any time getting on air, but, as this premiere reveals, it sure has been a long time since we’ve seen these characters.
