On NBC’s TCA network panel, NBC entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt discusses the emphasis on “event” television for the network’s future. Four new series were announced, Hillary, Rosemary’s Baby, Tommyknockers, and Plymouth.
CBS has announced the second season renewal for the hit summer series Under the Dome. The Stephen King adaptation has proven to be an absolute hit with audiences and has seen audience growth since its premiere episode.
Orange is the New Black has beaten out Arrested Development in terms of viewers on Netflix. The show runs for 60 minutes and has an interesting blend of comedy and drama. It follows Piper Chapman, a woman who is sent to prison as a result of her relationship with a drug smuggler.
A season 6 premiere date of September 10 has been set for Sons of Anarchy. The series will feature a 90 minute premiere on FX and will air on Tuesdays. Sons of Anarchy follows a motorcycle club and the illegal activities that go on with an arms dealership that becomes seduced by money, power and blood.
FX offspring comedy network, FXX, has announced the premiere dates of its flagship comedies. The network will be making its debut on September 2nd and will air former FX series, It’s Always Funny in Philadelphia, The League, Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, and Legit.
Revolution creator Eric Kripke has adressed season one flaws and promises an improved sophmore season of the post-apocalyptic NBC drama. At the San Diego Comic-Con panel for Revolution season two secrets are revealed and a sneak peek trailer for the new season offers exciting glimpse of the season to come.
Ratings for The Newsroom have improved since last season, the series’ first. Created by Aaron Sorkin, the popular drama tells the story of a fictional news program starring Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy. An excellent ensemble cast and script are the keys to the series’ success.
After setting record breaking numbers in its premiere and seeing a rise in numbers in the following week, the new show Ray Donovan has quickly been renewed for a second season. It airs on Sunday nights on Showtime at 10 p.m.
The Cinemax action drama Banshee will be hosting a panel event Friday July 19th at San Diego Comic-Con. Entertainment Weekly has released the first look at the special Comic-Con posters that will be available for fans at the convention.
HBO has announced the renewal of the network’s hit vampire drama True Blood. The fantasy show, currently airing its sixth season, will come back for a seventh season in the summer of 2014.
