Month: May 2016

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News: BBC3 acquires Cleverman; Amazon acquires Preacher; Star Trek teaser; + more

19 May 2016 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

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ABC’s upfronts 2016-7 – a rundown and clips from the new shows

18 May 2016 Rob Buckley 12 Comments

We’ve seen the worst – and best – that USA, Fox and NBC are planning to offer us in the Fall 2016-2017 season. Now it’s the turn of ABC.

Currently placed fourth in the ratings, it’s no surprise there’s been a change of management in the company and with new blood comes new ideas… and plenty of cancellations. That means there’s a big roster of new shows for ABC this Fall:

  • American Housewife: A woman is fat.
  • Conviction: A woman is badly behaved.
  • Designated Survivor: Kiefer Sutherland is president.
  • Downward Dog: A dog comments on a woman’s life.
  • Imaginary Mary: An imaginary friend comments on a woman’s life.
  • Notorious: A news producer and a lawyer are friends.
  • Speechless: A woman has a disabled son.
  • Still Star-Crossed: A sequel to Romeo and Juliet
  • Time After Time: HG Wells and Jack The Ripper in modern day New York.

One caveat: I said new blood and new ideas, but obviously I meant “More of the same.” Sorry about that.

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Fox’s upfronts 2016-7 – a rundown and clips from the new shows

17 May 2016 Rob Buckley 11 Comments

If you play the fabulous game that is ‘media word association’ and say ‘Fox’, invariably the associated word everyone comes up with is ‘News’. However, it’s worth remembering that ’20th Century’ is an equally valid response.

So that’s why no one should be too surprised that Fox’s Upfronts 2016 (you can see elsewhere what NBC and USA are up to this year) is chock full of ‘synergy’ with Fox’s established ‘brands’. In other words, spin-offs, adaptations and remakes of things you’ve already seen and have heard about.

Brace yourself then because, after the jump, on top of the almost original sounding Making History, The Mick, Son of Zorn, Shots Fired, APB and Pitch, we also have another music drama from Empire‘s Lee Daniels (Star), an ‘event remake’ of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, sequels to Prison Break and 24, and TV series adaptations of Lethal Weapon and… wait for it… The Exorcist.

The power of Christ will not compel you to watch that last one.

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