2011 Upfronts: NBC
Following the NBC Upfront to market, observers note the network is trying to lure the same upscale, educated young audience it once had. NBC has ordered Smash, a musical comedy set on Broadway, which...
View ArticleFoxtel signs new deals with Seven, Nine and TEN
EXCLUSIVE: Foxtel has signed deals with Free to Air networks to acquire new programmes. The first-time deals with Seven and TEN follow similar arrangements for new shows with Nine. In his first feature...
View ArticleUS critic tips odds for Fall shows
Australian networks are ramping up their fast-tracking of US shows from the Fall season as early as Tuesday. It’s hard to remember a time when we’ve seen so much fast-tracking of content. Readers have...
View ArticleAxed: The Playboy Club
NBC’s 1960s period piece drama The Playboy Club has been axed after 3 episodes. Due to screen in Australia on Arena, it becomes the first cancellation of the new US fall TV season. The show started...
View ArticleFoxtel channels: 2012 highlights
Foxtel announced its 2012 programming highlights to media buyers in Melbourne last night. Director of Television Brian Walsh was joined by Charlotte Dawson, Alex Perry, Megan Gale and Laura Dundovic at...
View ArticleRenewed: Grimm
The news isn’t grim for fairy tale procedural Grimm, which has been renewed by NBC. Starring David Giuntoli as a police detective / descendant of the Brothers Grimm who sees fairy tale characters, it...
View ArticleTony Awards tribute to “Television sucks”
I missed this rather fab moment at the Tony Awards on Monday. But check out these Broadway stars who have all had TV shows cancelled: Andrew Rannells (The New Normal), Megan Hilty (Smash), and Laura...
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