Upfronts 2013: First Look At The CW’s ‘The Tomorrow People’
Based on the British series of the same name, The Tomorrow People is one of several new series that The CW has ordered for their 2013-2014 schedule. The series hails from Warner Bros. Television and FreemantleMedia and tells the story of several young people from around the world who represent the next stage in human evolution, possessing special powers, including the ability to teleport and communicate with each other telepathically. Together they work to defeat the forces of evil. Want to know more about The Tomorrow People? TVWise presents a first look at the new series.
Amongst the 5 new shows that The CW has ordered for next season is The 100, a drama set 97 years after a nuclear war has destroyed civilization.The series comes from Jason Rothenberg and Warner Bros. Television. Want to know more about Reckless? TVWise presents a first look at the new series.
The CW is the last of the five broadcast networks to announce their fall 2013-2014 schedule. There is a fair amount of movement this year, with Hart of Dixie, Beauty and the Beast, The Carrie Diaries and Supernatural moving to new time-slots. Of the network’s five new drama series, only 3 will premiere this fall, while the remaining two will air mid-season, as will the fourth and final season of Nikita (which the network has now confirmed will comprise of merely 6 episodes).
The third season of A&E’s docu series Steven Seagal: Lawman will finally see the light of day. ReelzChannel has announced that they have acquired all three seasons of the series and will air the never-before-seen 8 episode third season in early 2014. Reelz’s deal also gives them format rights, allowing the network to possibly order future seasons of the series.
BSkyB’s Pick TV has closed a deal with Passion Distribution to acquire the free-to-air rights to When Vacations Attack, a one-hour documentary series which airs on the Travel Channel in the United States. BSkyB’s deal with Passion covers the show’s first two seasons and comes on the back of Passion Distribution selling the series to various countries across EMEA.
Simon Crawford Collins’ independent production company Slim Film + Television, which was set up in November 2011 to produce high-end drama, scripted comedy and major international co-productions, has won its first commission. BBC Two has ordered a 90 minute one-off film titled Legacy, a gripping espionage thriller set during the height of the Cold War in 1970s London which will be produced by the indie. The drama will form part of BBC Two’s season of programmes exploring the history of the Cold War.
Created by Michael Seitzman and produced by ABC Studios, Intelligence is one of a number of new drama series ordered by CBS for the 2013-2014 season. The series stars Josh Holloway & Marg Helgenberger and follows a unit inside U.S. Cyber Command that has been created around one agent with a very special gift — a microchip that has been implanted in his brain that allows him to access the entire electromagnetic spectrum. Want to know more about Intelligence? TVWise presents a first look at the new series.
Amongst the 8 new shows that CBS has ordered for next season is comedy series Hostages, which hails from Jeffrey Nachmanoff and Warner Bros. Television. The series based on an Israeli format and follows a surgeon who is selected to operate on the President of the United States and finds herself drawn into a political conspiracy. Want to know more about Hostages? TVWise presents a first look at the new series.