‘Greenleaf’ Delivers Top Ratings on OWN
The summer drama series Greenleaf delivered OWN’s most watched Wednesday telecast in network history last night on Wednesday night, with 2.3 million total viewers and a 1.79 women 25-54 (…)
PBS Explores The Earth’s Elements in ‘Forces of Nature’
Forces Of Nature, a BBC co-production, will premiere on PBS on September 14, 2016, at 8:00 p.m. ET. The four-episode series illustrates Earth’s natural forces, including shape, elements, color (…)
Tom Nash Wins Red Planet Writing Prize
U.K.-based independent producer Red Planet Pictures, one of the UK’s most innovative and successful independent producers has chosen a winner of the company’s annual writing competition. Copywriter Tom Nash’s (…)
A+E Commissions Woodcut for ‘Combat Ships’
A+E Networks U.K. commissioned Woodcut Media to produce a new documentary series, Combat Ships. The doc series follows the success of previous series Combat Trains which aired on H2 in November 2015. Combat (…)
Up the Ladder: Entertainment One
Vanessa Steinmetz has been promoted to senior vice president, production financing. Steinmetz has worked for the Toronto-based distribution company since they acquired Barna-Alper Productions in 2008.
SNL Kagan Research Predicts Subscriber Growth
According to research by SNL Kagan (an offering of S&P Global Market Intelligence) the 10-year outlook for the U.S. cable industry is positive. The recent studies indicate that the (…)
Bryan Singer, Michael Cudlitz and Anna Friel Join Edinburgh TV Fest
X-Men director Bryan Singer, The Walking Dead actor Michael Cudlitz and Marcella star Anna Friel are the final names to be announced for the 2016 Edinburgh International Television Festival, which runs August 24-26. Delegates will join a discussion (…)
Fuse, Dwayne Johnson Partner on “Clash of the Corps”
Fuse will premiere the new 8-part half-hour docu-series Clash of the Corps on October 5 at 11 p.m. ET/PT. Executive produced by Seven Bucks Productions’ Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia and Hiram (…)
Lifetime Commissions New Series of Britain’s Next Top Model
Britain’s Next Top Model will return to Lifetime, announced A+E Netowrks today. Last series, the format refreshed and drew over half a million consolidated unique viewers a week, with an (…)
Netflix Creates a Glut of Programming, FX’s John Landgraf
John Landgraf, chief executive of FX Networks, criticized the dizzying array of content available during yesterday’s Television Critics Association media event in Beverly Hills. By the end of this year, (…)
