AMC has renewed The Walking Dead for a fourth season, but without the showrunner Glen Mazzara. The fan-favorite series wrapped its record-breaking fall run with a midseason finale on December 2 that drew an impressive 10.5 million total viewers, much better than last year’s fall finale.
Margo Martindale returns to FX in The Americans, Whedonverse actress Eliza Dushku co-stars in a remake of The Saint, ABC develops high-concept drama The Returned, USA Network gives a pilot order to Horizon, FX seeks to have its own Homeland, and Congress’s law on TV commercials loudness mitigation comes into effect.
Game of Thrones’s Sean Bean gets a new gig on TNT’s Legends, casting is underway for the CW’s Wonder Woman, Piper Perabo is set to recur on NBC’s Go On, and CBS picks up Steven Spielberg’s ‘Under the Dome’ which is based on a Stephen King book.
Merlin to end on a climactic note, Emily Owens, M.D. canceled, Downton Abbey renewed for a fourth season, Chevy Chase leaves Community, Starz eyes a Spartacus’ spinoff centered on Julius Caesar, and another TV carrier dispute to entertain and revolt us.
ABC cancels Last Resort and 666 Park Ave, Showtime renews Web Therapy, CBS wants more of Elementary but less of Vegas, NBC develops project on founding father George Washington, MTV buys teenage mystery drama Blackwood, and Netflix pokes fun at Amazon.
Fringe’s Seth Gabel cast as villain in Arrow, Syfy’s Haven renewed for a fourth season of troubles, the CW’s The Beauty and the Beast and NBC’s Chicago Fire get full-season orders, NBC wins Election Night coverage, and Dish Networks is back in the news.
Syfy’s Battlestar Galatica: Blood & Chrome to premiere on YouTube on Nov. 9, Fringe finale moved up to January 18, CBS’s Elementary given the coveted post-Super Bowl timeslot, and Amazon’s first original series pilot order.
Sandy has come and gone, but has made sure its short visit would be remembered for a long time. The hurricane (or whatever it evolved into) wreaked havoc on the East Cost, leaving destruction and a deadly trail in its wake. After the initial shock and the first days focused on the overall devastation and the rising death toll, the focus has now shifted to the needs of people who have been hit and the impact on businesses. One business that has seen the impact right away was the entertainment industry.
Ming-Na Wen cast as Melinda May in Joss Whedon’s S.H.I.E.L.D., CBS gives full-season orders to freshman series Elementary and Vegas, the CW tries to have its own epic sword and costume drama, and Barnes & Noble goes against giants.
On the heels of its Primetime Emmy Awards wins and series best ratings for the beginning of its sophomore season, Homeland has been renewed for a third season of 12 episodes. After winning the Emmys for best drama, best actor in a drama (Damian Lewis), and best actress in a drama (Claire Danes) on September 23, the show’s second season premiere drew in 1.73 million viewers, a series high that was edged a few days ago by the game changing fourth episode with 1.75 million viewers.
