Laurie Holden Exits NBC’s ‘Chicago Fire’ Spin-Off ‘Chicago Med’
NBC's Chicago Med is losing one of its main cast members. Laurie Holden, whose long list of credits include The Walking Dead and Major Crimes, is exiting the Chicago Fire spin-off due to "family reasons". Her departure comes several months before the series is set to debut this November. She was one of the few members of the main cast who appeared in the back-door pilot, which aired as an episode of Chicago Fire's third season. Read More
Sense8 star Alfonso Herrera has been set as the male lead in Fox's hour-long drama pilot Urban Cowboy, a reboot of the 1980s John Travolta feature film of the same name which hails from Paramount Television, 20th Century Fox Television and Craig Brewer. 
HBO is (once again) actively considering a two-hour Deadwood TV movie to wrap up storylines left lingering by the abrupt end of the show, it has emerged. Word of this new development first emerged on social media, when original cast member Garret Dillahunt revealed he had heard rumours that the network was looking at greenlighting a movie. In response to that HBO issued the following statement: "In reference to Garret Dillahunt’s tweet regarding the rumored Deadwood movie, there have only been very preliminary conversations". 
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Syfy is teaming with Battlestar Galactica and Caprica executive producer David Eick to develop a TV series based on Frederik Pohl’s Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novel Gateway, which tells the story of humanity’s encounter with a mysterious, ancient alien civilization. 
USA Network has set launch dates for their Josh Holloway fronted sci-fi series Colony and the second season of Satisfaction. Up first is Satisfaction, which kicks off its second season on Friday October 16th at 10/9c; while Colony will premiere on Thursday January 14th at 10/9c. The premiere dates where announced by USA Network at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour, which comes to a close tomorrow after the better part of three weeks. 
Sky1 has given the greenlight to One Hundred And Eighty, an 8 episode darts game show from ITV Studios that is being fronted by Davina McCall and will also feature Freddie Flintoff and Rod Studd. 
BBC One has today released the first four images from their upcoming event series War & Peace, which is being co-produced by The Weinstein Company and A&E Networks, who will air the series on A&E, History and Lifetime.