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‘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.

‘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.

CBS Cancels ‘Battle Creek’, ‘Stalker’ & ‘The McCarthys’

By Patrick Munn | May 8, 2015 - 10:16 pm | No Comments

CBS is following the lead of both Fox and NBC in finally making calls on their bubble shows. The network has officially cancelled low rated series Battle Creek, Stalker and The McCarthys.

NBC Cancels ‘State Of Affairs’, ‘About A Boy’, ‘Constantine’, ‘Marry Me’ & More

By Patrick Munn | May 8, 2015 - 9:48 pm | 2 Comments

It looks like NBC is making a clean sweep of things. After carefully picking up drama and comedy pilots to series over the past several days, the network just informed producers on the fate of their bubble shows. The network has officially cancelled About A Boy, Constantine, Marry Me, One Big Happy and CIA drama State Of Affairs.

UPDATED: Fox Cancels ‘The Following’ & ‘Backstrom’

By Patrick Munn | May 8, 2015 - 8:49 pm | 1 Comment

Fox is pulling the plug on a number of bubble series. The network has official cancelled the Kevin Bacon fronted serial killer drama The Following, and Hart Hanson's Backstrom, starring Rainn Wilson and Dennis Haysbert.

Fox Renews ‘Bones’ For 11th Season

By Patrick Munn | May 8, 2015 - 6:56 pm | No Comments

After lengthy negotiations, Fox has finalised a renewal for veteran procedural crime drama Bones - which will return in the fall for its eleventh season.

ABC Renews ‘Castle’, ‘SHIELD’, ‘Scandal’ & More; Cancels ‘Resurrection’, ‘Cristela’ & ‘Forever’

By Patrick Munn | May 8, 2015 - 2:42 am | 6 Comments

ABC has handed out renewals to Castle, Marvel's Agent Carter, Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., Scandal, Grey's Anatomy, How To Get Away With Murder, American Crime, Secrets & Lies, Black-ish, Fresh Off The Boat, Galavant, The Goldbergs, The Middle, Modern Family, Nashville and Once Upon A Time. While, on the flip side of that, they have also cancelled Resurrection, Cristela and Forever.

The CW Cancels ‘Hart Of Dixie’ & ‘The Messengers’

By Patrick Munn | May 7, 2015 - 7:34 pm | No Comments

After months of rumours The CW has finally made it official: they have cancelled their Rachel Bilson fronted drama Hart Of Dixie after airing four seasons of the Warner Bros Television produced series.