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Upfronts 2015: First Look At NBC’s ‘The Player’

By Patrick Munn | May 10, 2015 - 8:09 pm | No Comments

TVWise continues our Upfronts coverage with a first look at NBC’s new drama series The Player. From the team behind The Blacklist, The Player stars Wesley Snipes & Philip Winchester and tells the story of former FBI agent Alex Kane who becomes a reluctant player in an age-old secret society’s perverse game of chance, where the stakes are measured in criminal acts and human lives. Made up of the world’s wealthiest, members of this anonymous, amoral club place their bets through The House to gamble on the probable outcomes of horrific crimes.

Upfronts 2015: First Look At NBC’s ‘Heartbreaker’

By Patrick Munn | May 10, 2015 - 7:58 pm | No Comments

TVWise continues our Upfronts coverage with a first look at NBC’s new drama series Heartbreaker. The medical drama series, starring Melissa George, follows the outspoken Alex Panttiere, one of the rare female heart-transplant surgeons. Alex brings an innovative eye to treating patients week to week while also balancing the complications of her professional and romantic life.

Upfronts 2015: First Look At NBC’s ‘Blindspot’

By Patrick Munn | May 10, 2015 - 6:51 pm | 1 Comment

TVWise continues our Upfronts coverage with a first look at NBC’s new drama series Blindspot. From Arrow EP Greg Berlanti, the series follows a woman covered in tattoos who wakes up naked in Times Square, suffering from amnesia, whose case catches the attention of the FBI, which soon discovers that the tattoos are in fact a roadmap that leads them to a large conspiracy. The Warner Bros. Television produced drama stars Sullivan Stapleton, Jaimie Alexander, Audrey Esparza, Rob Brown, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Ukweli Roach and Ashley Johnson

First Images: NBC’s New Shows For 2015–2016 Season

By Patrick Munn | May 10, 2015 - 5:33 pm | No Comments

TVWise continues our Upfronts coverage with a first look image gallery of the new shows that NBC has ordered for the 2015–2016 season.

Upfronts 2015: NBC Announces Fall Schedule; ‘Undateable’ Gets Fall Berth, ‘Chicago Fire’ Benched Until November & More

By Patrick Munn | May 10, 2015 - 4:31 pm | 1 Comment

NBC is the first network to announce their Fall schedule for the 2015-2016 season and there are a fair number of changes in store.

‘Castle’ Scoop: Terence Paul Winter & Alexi Hawley Set As Co-Showrunners For Season 8

By Patrick Munn | May 9, 2015 - 7:35 pm | No Comments

ABC has set two new bosses for their long running Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic fronted procedural Castle. Terence Paul Winter and Alexi Hawley have been drafted in to serve as executive producers and co-showrunners on the show’s recently ordered eighth season.

NBC Picks Up ‘The Player’ & ‘Game Of Silence’ To Series

By Patrick Munn | May 9, 2015 - 7:04 am | No Comments

In what may well be their final pick ups this pilot season, NBC has handed out series orders to sniper drama The Player, starring Strike Back's Phillip Winchester; and Game Of Silence, an adaptation of Turkish thriller Suskunlar.

‘CSI’ To End Run On CBS Next Season, ‘CSI: Cyber’ Closes In On Season 2 Order

By Patrick Munn | May 9, 2015 - 6:35 am | No Comments

CBS is close to making a final decision on the fate of their CSI franchise. TVWise understand that, as has been hinted at for months, CBS execs have opted to give CSI: Crime Scene Investigation a final send off. Now I cant confirm the rumours that the send off will be a two-hour TV movie, but that is one scenario being considered, with another one being a 8 episode send off similar to what USA Network did for Law & Order: Criminal Intent back in 2011. In addition, CBS is close to ordering a 13 episode second season of CSI: Cyber.