Michael Chiklis (The Shield, Sons Of Anarchy) and Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Suburgatory) are set to star in NBC's comedy pilot Cuckoo, which is an adaptation of the BBC Three series of the same name. Read More
Showtime has handed out a six episode straight-to-series order to Dice, a single camera comedy series inspired by the life of comedian Andrew Dice Clay which hails from Scot Armstrong and Fox 21 Television Studios. Read More
HBO is officially getting into business with Steve McQueen. The premium cabler has picked up the 12 Years A Slave helmer's drama project Code Of Conduct as a six episode limited series, TVWise has confirmed. It was originally developed as a fully-fledged drama project after being taken in at HBO close to two years ago. Read More
The X-Files revival is one step closer to becoming a reality. Fox is close to giving an official green-light to a limited series revival of their iconic science fiction series which aired between 1993 and 2002. Per sources, the network has settled on a "short-stack" order in the range of six to eight episodes and talks with their sister studio 20th Century Fox Television are on-going. Read More
National Geographic Channels International has taken global rights to a raft of programmes produced and distributed by Earth Touch. The five programmes covered by said deal include Tiger On The Run, Electric Amazon, I, Crocodile, Creative Killers and After Dark; all of which will air international on National Geographic Channels International's Nat Geo Wild channel later this year. Read More
ITV and Fox have reportedly landed a new drama series about the unlikely friendship between Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini. The two broadcasters, as well as Canada's Shaw Media, have handed out a 10 episode straight-to-series order to Houdini and Doyle, a drama about the two men investigating supernatural crimes which hails from House showrunner David Shore and Sony Pictures Television. Read More
CBS is continuing to rebuild the cast of Extant. Lyndon Smith and Nacar Zadegan have been tapped to join the cast of the network's summer drama series starring Halle Berry for its upcoming second season. The duo will recur in a handful of episodes when the show returns to CBS this July. Read More