NBC has ordered an additional three episodes of their time-travel drama Timeless, the network announced on Tuesday. With the partial back-order, the network has ordered a total of sixteen episodes for the show's first season. 
Kevin James' (The King Of Queens) new CBS comedy series is coming to the UK. E4 has secured the exclusive UK broadcast rights to Kevin Can Wait after closing a deal with international distributor Sony Pictures Television, TVWise has learned. NBC's time-travel drama Timeless has found a UK home. Channel 4's youth-skewing digi-channel E4 has secured the exclusive first run UK broadcast rights to the series after striking a deal with international distributor Sony Pictures Television, TVWise has learned. 
Playstation Network's first - and to date only - original scripted drama series Powers has been cancelled, shortly after wrapping its ten episode second season, TVWise has confirmed. 
Sony Pictures Television has acquired a minority stake in Blueprint Television, the TV division of Blueprint Films that was recently set up by Co-Chairmen Pete Czernin, Graham Broadbent and Managing Director Diarmuid McKeown, TVWise has learned. The indie has also announced the hire of former EastEnders showrunner Dominic Treadwell-Collins as their Head of Television. 
Roseanne is heading to Moscow. Russian broadcaster CTC has ordered a pilot for Katya, a local adaptation of ABC's iconic 1980s sitcom, which starred stand up comedian Roseanne Barr, John Goodman and Laurie Metcalf. 