The second season of CBS' comedy series Life In Pieces will receive its UK premiere on Amazon Prime Video on Friday October 28th, it has been announced. New episodes will then continue to be made available UK Prime members every Friday, less than 24 hours after they initially air on CBS in the United States. 
Its' the end of the road for two of CBS' summer dramas. The network has pulled the plug on American Gothic and BrainDead after both aired only one thirteen episode season, TVWise has confirmed. The third of CBS' summer scripted dramas, Zoo, has previously been renewed for 2017. 
UKTV's W channel has commissioned Celebrity Advice Bureau, a new three-part series which sees various celebrities serve as agony aunts/uncles, TVWise has learned. The series is set to premiere on Sunday December 18th and will be stripped over three nights. 
CBS is expanding the runs of three of their freshman shows. The network has granted full season orders to dramas Bull and MacGyver and half-hour comedy series Kevin Can Wait, TVWise has learned. With these back nine orders, all three series' first seasons will now consist of twenty-two episodes. 
Hulu has renewed comedy series Difficult People for a third season, the streaming service announced on Monday. Ten episodes have been ordered for the show's third season, which is set to premiere in 2017. 
Kevin James' (The King Of Queens) new CBS comedy series is coming to the UK. E4 has secured the exclusive UK broadcast rights to Kevin Can Wait after closing a deal with international distributor Sony Pictures Television, TVWise has learned. 
NBCUniversal International Studios is adding to their executive ranks with the hire of Kudos executive Tariq Mirza. In his new role as Vice President, Head of UK Scripted; Commercial, Legal & Business Affairs, Mirza will concentrate on NBCUniversal International Studios’ growing scripted business. He will report directly to Guy Sheppard, the studio's Senior Vice-President of Legal & Business Affairs. 
Amazon has granted an early fourth season renewal to Bosch, their original crime drama starring Titus Welliver which is based on the series of novels by Michael Connelly.