UPDATE: NBC Cancels ‘1600 Penn’, ‘Guys With Kids’, ‘Up All Night’ & ‘Whitney’
NBC Renews ‘Parks And Recreation’ For Season 6
On the heels of picking up five pilots to series, NBC has officially renewed veteran comedy series Parks and Recreation for a sixth season. The pick up is for 22 episodes. Parks and Recreation joins Chicago Fire, Grimm, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Parenthood and Revolution; all of which have been renewed for the 2013-2014 season.
UPDATE: NBC Picks Up ‘About A Boy’, ‘Believe’ ‘Crisis’, ‘The Family Guide’ & ‘Sean Saves The World’ To Series
UPDATE, 6:57 PM: NBC isn’t done yet. They’ve just picked up Family Guide (formerly Untitled D.J. Nash) to series with a 13 episode order.
‘Elementary’ To Shoot In London For Second Season Premiere
Sherlock Holmes is returning to his native stomping grounds. CBS has just announced that Elementary will film its second season premiere episode in London this July.
Sneak Peek: National Geographic’s ‘The 80s: The Decade That Made Us’
National Geographic has released a clip for their upcoming series The 80s: The Decade The Made Us, which is set to premiere in the UK on Sunday May 12th at 8pm.
Read MoreLA Screenings: Channel 4 & Channel 5’s New Acquisitions Teams Less Bullish On U.S. Content?
Two of the UK’s major broadcasters, Channel 4 and Channel 5, have seen internal shake ups in recent months and, as a result of which, both have new acquisitions teams as we head into the LA Screenings. Both broadcasters have been, behind BSkyB, the most prolific buyers of US content, but with these new teams in place could that be about to change?
BBC One Orders ‘Poldark’ Reboot, ‘Our Zoo’, ‘Dickensian’ & ‘From There To Here’
In what are the final four commissions from Danny Cohen as Controller of BBC One, the channel has given the green-light to a new reboot of the 1970s series Poldark, a series about the creation of Chester Zoo, a series set in the world of Dickens characters and a drama serial about the aftermath of the 1996 Arndale Bombing.
Channel 4 Renews ‘Friday Night Dinner’ For Season 3
Channel 4 has renewed its comedy series Friday Night Dinner for a third season of 6 episodes. The show’s third season is set to enter production in North London this Summer, with Channel 4 eyeing a 2014 premiere.