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Disney has made a killing at the box office by reimagining some of its greatest works, from “Alice in Wonderland” to “The Jungle Book” and “Beauty and the Beast,” which remains the highest grossing film of 2017 (at least until “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” surpasses it). The company is set to do it again with a Christmas twist in next year’s “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms.”

Directed by Lasse Hallström, the Christmas epic takes inspiration from both E.T.A. Hoffmann’s “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” and Tchaikovsky’s ballet “The Nutcracker.” Mackenzie Foy plays a young girl who is whisked away on an epic adventure through fantastical realms. Keira Knightley stars as the Sugar Plum Fairy, with Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, and ballet dancer Misty Copeland featured in supporting roles.

“The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” will be released in theaters November 2, 2018. Watch the first trailer below.

Andrew Blair Jun 16, 2017

As Father's Day approaches, we take a look at dads, through the eyes of Disney movies...

This article contains mild spoilers for The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Frozen, Moana, and Beauty And The Beast.

Picture the scene: King Triton and the Sultan are making their way through a bottle of Duty Free Glenlivet after a solid paintball sesh, having dinghied harmless crackpot Maurice due to his low social status and shan banter. At this point the Prince of the Forest walks in and they all bond over how difficult it is being a single parent powerful dude. It’s hard enough being a good dad and ruler without worrying about how dog memes are getting hecking incomprehensible these days. Can’t people see that they only want simpler dog memes and what’s best for their daughters? Maybe if they weren’t so headstrong and feisty...

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Did Bad Boys 3 get delayed for nothing? It was rumored that the upcoming sequel, titled Bad Boys for Life, was in danger of being canceled altogether as Will Smith entered negotiations for a human role in Disney's live-action adaptation of its animated classic Dumbo. While Will Smith was never confirmed for that impending fairy tale adventure about a circus elephant with big ears, it was later announced that Bad Boys 3 was being bumped from January to November 2018. And that the previously planned Bad Boys 4 was being indefinitely delayed. Many speculated Dumbo was to blame, but that may not be the case.

Dumbo was announced as part of Disney's release slate last April. But has only recently started casting, with Tim Burton set to direct. Will Smith was reportedly in negotiations to star in the movie about the flying pachyderm. But it now appears that those talks have broken down,...

Thor: Ragnarok – (L-r) Director Taika Waititi and Chris Hemsworth. Photo by: Jasin Boland. ©2016 Marvel Studios.

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures has released their upcoming slate of films coming down the pipe for 2017. The release schedule includes some the highly anticipated blockbusters Star Wars: Episode VIII ( Dec. 15, 2017), Cars 3 (June 16, 2017), Beauty And The Beast (March 17, 2017), Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (May 26, 2017) and Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 (May 5, 2017).

Among the new photos is a behind the scenes look, plus synopsis, at Marvel Studios’ Thor: Ragnarok.

Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe without his mighty hammer and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok – the destruction of his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilization – at the hands of an all-powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela. But first he must survive a deadly gladatorial contest...

It's that time of year when we must say goodbye to some beloved (and not so beloved) TV shows.

From long running franchises (CSI: Cyber) to new series with big stars (Grandfathered, Telenovela) to those that viewers had high hopes for that didn't quite deliver (The Muppets), the broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, The CW, Fox and NBC), are deciding which of their shows will live and die.

See the complete list of canceled and renewed shows below (via Entertainment Weekly).

Keep checking back as this list will be updated in the coming weeks, when more announcements will be made as...

Stan chief executive, Mike Sneesby.

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Streaming service Stan has signed a long-term exclusive licensing agreement with CBS to become the official Australian home of Showtime.

The deal will bring all future Showtime series and hundreds of hours of programming to the Australian streaming service.

.It will also provide Stan with an exclusive license to the Showtime brand and trademark.

The agreement kicked off earlier this week with the premiere of Billions in Australia, following its series debut in the Us..

In 2017, Stan will also exclusively premiere Twin Peaks.

Stan chief executive, Mike Sneesby, said the deal rounded out an amazing first year for Stan, "with more than 1.5 million Australians having used the service across almost 700,000 subscriptions since our launch on Australia Day 2015..

"Showtime is one of the world.s greatest creators of television programming, and we are delighted to enter this long-term partnership, cementing our position as Australia.s leading local Svod service.

The People have spoken, and they really like Cookie.

Nominations for the 2016 People’s Choice Awards — being hosted by Jane Lynch on Wednesday, Jan. 6 (CBS, 9/8c) — were announced Tuesday, and several TVLine staples are among this year’s honorees.

Regardless of the outcome, it’s safe to declare Shondaland an early winner, with all three of Shonda Rhimes’ current shows — Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder — nabbing nominations in top categories.

Scroll down for the full list of TV nominees (in 30+ categories!) before dropping a comment with your own picks.

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At the time of writing, Marvel have not yet confirmed a third standalone Hulk movie, but without giving anything away, the closing events of Avengers: Age of Ultron definitely leave that door wide open. With that in mind, it seems like the perfect time to re-appraise ol' greenskin's first big screen outing, Ang Lee's multi-million dollar psychodrama, Hulk.

Released in 2003, Hulk took a total of $132.2 million at the Us box office, just short of its reputed £137 million budget. Though it eventually took over $245 million worldwide, it was perceived as a flop, significantly under-performing compared to the likes of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man or Bryan Singer's X-Men movies. Hulk not box-office Smash, in other words. Critics weren't overly kind either – it earned 62% on review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, indicating decidedly mixed reviews albeit with a positive slant.

Based on the Marvel comics character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby...

Today's episode includes our review of Insurgent and Brad talks about an upcoming movie he still has 30 minutes to watch, stemming from a conversation regarding reviewing movies before you've seen the whole thing or even reviewing it all without seeing it. On top of that we explore listener Mitch's article "What I've Learned from Listening to 340 episodes of The "Brad and Laremy on movies" podcast", play a couple voicemails, play some games, talk some news and dabble into the March Madness basketball tournament. If you are on Twitter, we have a Twitter account dedicated to the podcast at @bnlpod. Give us a follow won'tchac I want to remind you that you can call in and leave us your comments, thoughts, questions, etc. directly on our Google Voice account, which you can call and leave a message for us at (925) 526-5763, which may be even easier to remember at (925) 5-bnl-pod. Just call,...

Fairy tales on telly? Nah, no-one wants to watch that, surely? Because we don’t already have Once Upon A Time, Grimm, Beauty And The Beast... Miramax clearly sees there’s an appetite for them, and has pressed Brothers Grimm screenwriter Ehren Kruger to develop and TV series based on the Terry Gilliam film. Putting something into development now, ten years after the movie, doesn’t exactly feel like striking the iron while it’s hot. But with the aforementioned series and various fairy-tale movies helping fuel interest, it’s perhaps not that surprising. Kruger will use the movie as an origin story launch pad for ongoing tales of Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, who discover the supernatural stakes behind the folklore. The casting search will kick off once the elements are in place.“We reached out to Ehren Kruger and producing partner Daniel Bobker to see if they had any...

The long awaited big screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's "Into the Woods" finally hits theaters on Christmas Day, and judging by the reviews so far, the consensus is it ain't half bad. Of course, the fact that the film made AFI's top 10 of 2014 list, earned a Golden Globe nod for Best Film - Musical or Comedy (granted, a given) and has also earned a slew of best supporting actress nominations for Meryl Streep (not a given) should have been a big hint. Still, it's slightly surprising considering director Rob Marshall's woeful track record since his feature debut, "Chicago," won the Best Picture Oscar almost 12 years ago. Whether it can crack this year's Best Picture race remains to be seen (it would need to be a pretty massive hit to get the Academy's attention), but it will receive a significant number of nominations on Jan. 15. Inspired...

Will Nashville pit Rayna versus Luke? How will Five-0 mark the big 1-0-0? How does Once Upon a Time‘s Rumple know the Snow Queen? Is a Grimm romance doomed? Read on for answers to those questions plus teases from other shows.

Nashville scoop, please! — Molly

I hear that Rayna and Luke are going to compete against each other at this year’s CMAs — that’ll make for some awkward pillow talk — and Teddy will find love in the wrong place. Follow-up: Has Teddy ever found love in the right place?

Hi Matt, can you please tell us something...

The final tallies for broadcast TV’s 2013-14 season are in, and The Big Bang Theory enjoyed the biggest gains from Live+7 DVR playback — aka Nielsen family members who watched recorded programs within a week of broadcast. Elsewhere, that Modern Family grew and grew while freshman fare such as The Blacklist and Sleepy Hollow locked in Season 2 renewals with significant surges — though no amount of DVR lovin’ could save Dracula or the Chance clan.

Related | Sunday Night Football, Big Bang Theory Top Ratings for 2013-14 Season; No. 2 New Comedy Got Axed

In terms of absolute ratings gains, the Top 5 rank...

From Almost Human to Vikings, we’ve collated some of the year’s many Us geek TV cancellations and renewals in one handy list…

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Turn, turn, turn. We’ve reached the point in the TV year when Us networks either give a thumbs up or a thumbs down to the shows on their schedules. It’s traditionally a painful time for the geek community (Almost Human, you deserved much better) but one not without its new commission excitement (Agent Carter, come on in and make yourself comfortable).

To save you the trouble, we’ve collected together the majority of geek TV cancellations and renewals below, along with details of those shows due to bow out after their next season and some of those still awaiting news either way. We’ll keep this post updated as more announcements are made.

Cancellations

Almost Human Jh Wyman’s follow-up to Fringe sadly...

Here’s the scorecard of recently announced TV cancellations and renewals, as we all bite our fingernails waiting for those final few verdicts to trickle in, particularly (I’m guessing), Nashville, Hannibal, and Community. Update: Hannibal just renewed.

ABC

Cancelled: Trophy Wife, Mixology, and Neighbors. (Comment: Trophy Wife was superbly cast and sweet and funny, if slight, will be missed – the other two, good riddance)

Renewed: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Once upon a Time, Resurrection, Castle, Scandal, Revenge, Goldbergs, Modern Family, Dancing with the Stars, and Grey’s Anatomy. (Comment: Woot!)

CBS

CBS renewed nearly everything back in March. Among those renewed: 2 Broke Girls, Mike & Molly, Two and a Half Men, The Millers and Mom, NCIS, NCIS: La, Person of Interest, CSI, Hawaii Five-0, Blue Bloods, Criminal Minds, Elementary and The Good Wife.

CW

Cancelled: The Carrie Diaries, The Tomorrow People and Star-Crossed. (Comment: The latter two were expected,...

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Yesterday, was a busy day for new series, cancellations and renewals. Buckle up, here we go:

ABC has renewed nine shows, namely Scandal, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Grey’s Anatomy, Resurrection, The Goldbergs, Castle, Modern Family, Once Upon a Time and Revenge.

ABC has cancelled Trophy Wife. That’s too bad, Trophy Wife was a fun show that sparkled with plenty of potential. (Being a show about a modern family, perhaps it should have been given a chance to air after Modern Family.)

ABC also ordered nine new series. There are a few I think Tbl viewers will find interesting. Selfie is a comedy starring former Doctor Who companion Karen Gillan and John Cho about a woman who tries to revamp her life after obtaining the wrong kind of internet fame. Marvel’s Agent Carter is a spin-off of Captain America. Galavant is a “musical fairy tale.” Finally,...

NBC shows (so far): American Dream Builders, Believe, The Biggest Loser, The Blacklist, Chicago Fire, Chicago Pd, Community, Crisis. Dateline, Dateline Saturday Night Mystery, Grimm, Growing Up Fisher, Hannibal, Hollywood Game Night, Ironside, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Michael J. Fox Show, Parenthood, Parks and Recreation, Revolution, Sean Saves the World, The Sing-Off, The Voice, and Welcome to the Family.

Fox shows (so far): Almost Human, American Dad!, American Idol, Bob's Burgers, Bones, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, Dads, Enlisted, Family Guy, The Following, Glee, Kitchen Nightmares, MasterChef Junior, The Mindy Project, New Girl, Raising Hope, Rake, The Simpsons, Sleepy Hollow, Surviving Jack, and The X Factor.

CW shows (so far): Arrow, Beauty and the Beast, The Carrie Diaries, Hart of Dixie, Nikita, The Originals, Reign, Star-Crossed, Supernatural, The Tomorrow People and The Vampire Diaries.

CBS shows (so...

The Little Mermaid is usually credited with kick-starting Disney’s first animation renaissance, but this often-discussed period started 3 years prior with The Great Mouse Detective. Similarly, Disney’s second animation renaissance has been credited to Frozen and Tangled when it started years earlier. While it is convenient to think that all Disney needed was Idina Menzel and a great power ballad to rediscover their movie musical roots, the path that led to Frozen’s nearly $1 billion box-office gross worldwide has been rough and messy with one major loss for the company along the way.

Good – The Princess and the Frog

In many ways, The Princess and the Frog serves as a bridge between The Little Mermaid and Frozen. The story is based on a Brothers Grimm fairy tale. For casting, they chose actors like Anika Noni Rose and Michael Leon-Wooley who are better known on Broadway than for work on the big screen,...

Halfway there, people! Save One Show 2014 is at its midway point, with ten shows left in the competition and they need you now more than ever in our annual tournament that finds the network series most deserving of a renewal.  Eliminated in the last round? Hawaii, Five-0, Grimm, The Following, Nashville and Parenthood. So let's have a moment of  silence for our fallen friends before continuing, Ok? We're not savaged here!  And we're back! The top three vote-getters were Beauty and the Beast, The Mentalist and Dracula. Well done! Fret not, fandoms of The Tomorrow People, The Mindy Project, Hart of Dixie, Almost Human, Trophy Wife, Revolution and Community, as today kicks...

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While Modern Family continues to debate an offer from Australia, TV Guide reports that the comedy is very likely to make the next family vacation a trip to Las Vegas. Meanwhile, we’ll have to wait until May to see Mitch and Cam‘s wedding, which is slated to be a series event along the lines of Gloria giving birth.

The CW announced their midseason schedule, which puts Beauty and the Beast on hiatus, moves The Tomorrow People to Monday nights and pairs Hart of Dixie with Whose Line Is It Anyway? on Friday nights. That doesn’t sound like a vote of confidence for either Beast or The Tomorrow People. At least the midseason shows replacing them — the post-apocalyptic The 100 and the District 9-meets-Romeo & Juliet Star Crossed — are starting out with some pretty bad buzz.

The CW’s Star-Crossed with former 90210 hunk Matt Lanter.

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The holidays are the most wonderful time of the year … unless you’re a television addict. Mid-season finales always promise big cliffhangers, which won’t be answered until the calendar reads 2014. It’s basically cruel and unusual punishment. So, in order to make sure you don’t lose your mind this holiday season, we’ve rounded up all the many finales and premieres that December and January hold for us TV lovers. From fall finales and return dates, to season finales and premieres, here is your comprehensive list of television dates. Start your holiday countdowns now!

Fall Finales

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Ryan Murphy has never been shy about showing how much of a fan he is of Stevie Nicks -- and now the Fleetwood Mac singer will be guest starring on American Horror Story: Coven. Also, Alan Alda will be causing some trouble for James Spader's character on The Blacklist. Read on for all the details, including casting news for Person of Interest, Beauty and the Beast, Community, The Mindy Project, The Goldbergs, The Neighbors, Grimm and The Millers.

The current trend of television dramas based on dark, gritty fairy tale worlds has produced a hit in the form of ABC’s Once Upon A Time, and while similar shows like NBC’s Grimm and the CW’s Beauty and the Beast haven’t quite caught on in the same way (despite both of the latter shows receiving renewals this year), the trend of revisionist interpretations of these classic stories is here to stay.

On the surface, Disney’s next show along these lines seems like the latest in a long line of series based on their animated feature hits, but this one has an interesting twist.

Deadline reports that ABC is developing Esmeralda, a (presumably live-action) period drama take on The Hunchback of ...

Click to continue reading ‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’ TV Series ‘Esmeralda’ in Development at ABC...

Hope your summer was restful because the new TV season is upon us and with more than 30 new shows -- plus 50 returning favorites -- your DVR will be working like never before!

To help maximize your viewing experience and streamline your plan of attack, ETonline has a handy reference guide featuring the premiere dates and times for every show!

Also, to help you decide which new shows are worth the time, and find out what your faves have up their sleeves, click the More after every entry to watch an interview with the actors!

September 11

8 p.m. The X Factor, Fox - More

September 16

8 p.m. Dancing with the Stars, ABC

8 p.m. Bones, Fox - More

9 p.m. Sleepy Hollow, Fox - More

September 17

8 p.m. Dads, Fox - More

8:30 p.m. Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Fox

9 p.m. New Girl, Fox

9:30 p.m. The Mindy Project, Fox

September 18

8 p.m. [link...

Watch has ordered its first ever original drama series.

Legion - a Red Planet Pictures commission - is a supernatural thriller following criminologist Nathan Jones.

The 10-part drama sees Jones make a deal with the Devil to save his daughter from an inoperable brain tumour.

Realising he's been tricked, Nathan undertakes to renegotiate his contract by fighting the Devil's work on earth wherever he finds it.

"Legion is my ultimate passion project; the one that I have been working on and trying to perfect for almost 15 years; the one that has sat in my bottom drawer just waiting for the right time and place for this story to be told," said writer and founder of Red Planet Pictures, Tony Jordan (Hustle, Life On Mars).

"UKTV share my passion for storytelling and have been brave enough to take a chance on it for their first ever original drama!

"I know that...

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Dominion, the Syfy pilot based on the movie Legion has started with a cast that’s at least fairly gay-adjacent. At least, I associate them with some fairly gay shows. Christopher Egan (remember the David character from Kings, I know by now we mostly remember the cast as Sebastian Stan and … not Sebastian Stan) is the soldier who realizes he could be humanity’s savior. Meanwhile, Tom Wisdom (from the British flight attendant soap Mile High as well as 300) will play a warrior archangel who helps humanity, and Alan Dale will be the leader of one of the few remaining cities.

Tom Wisdom. That means my husband will want to sample the pilot, at least.

The third season of Project Runway All Stars will be hosted by Alyssa Milano and will feature three former winners — Jeffre Sebelia, Irina Shabayeva and Seth Aaron Henderson. Also returning are Viktor Luna and Ari (née Andy) South.

Got a scoop request? An anonymous tip you’re dying to share? Send any/all of the above to askausiello@tvline.com

Question: I read that Penny and Sheldon will bond during Leonard’s absence on The Big Bang Theory – do you have any more details on this? —Emily

Ausiello: I can confirm that there will be some hugging (see photo, right). I can also confirm that there will be an exchange of classified information. “They [share] a couple of intimate secrets about each other,” exec producer Steven Molaro teases of the CBS comedy’s Sept. 26 opener. “They have some really sweet scenes together.

This year, the fall television schedule is a decidedly crazy beast. I know, that doesn’t seem like the sort of thing that separates any year from any other, but television is in the midst of dizzying spins of theory, and comparisons to previous years show some serious changes.

Most striking is probably the extent to which the big networks are content to leave each other alone. Also noticeable is the unspoken admission that perhaps DVRs exist, and the schedule doesn’t really need to worry quite as much about who is watching what at the exact moment it airs. We’re still pretending to a degree, but there are hints.

At the moment, you’ve only got a quick look, but we will be constantly updating this page as any changes occur, and as the new shows are available for review (sure, we’ve seen them, but we aren’t supposed to “review” them…...

Update 5/30: NBC has announced it's picking up "Hannibal" for a second season.

Update 5/16: With everyone's schedules announced, only a handful of shows are still in limbo.

Update 5/13: A few more shows, including "The Cleveland Show" but not "Hannibal" (at least not yet), have their futures decided.

Update 5/10: More pilot pickups and CBS and NBC cancellations, plus ABC's massive wave of announcements, now reflected below.

Update 5/9: Now includes "Parks and Recreation" renewal, NBC cancellations and more pilot pickups.

Update 5/8: Latest news reflected below.

In just two weeks, the broadcast networks (and a few cable channels) will announce their lineups for the 2013-14 season. We'll get our first looks at new shows for next season then, along with schedules for the fall and beyond.

Before the upfronts start, though, it's helpful to know -- which series the networks have already picked up for next season. In...

Why? Because we love you. And because we wanted this for ourselves and therefore figured you wanted it too. We wanted a place where we could see when Our Shows are on, and when Our Movies are coming out, and maybe a reminder of when ComicCon is happening. You know, like a calendar.

So, we’ve done it: it’s the SciFiMafia.com Calendar. Yes, that’s a link right there, but you can find it every day, 24/7, on the top navigation bar on any SciFiMafia.com screen; it’s the far right tab entitled, conveniently, “Calendar”. There you can see all of the TV series that we cover, to the best of our knowledge, as well as premiere dates for movies, and a few choice events.

Because it’s sometimes easier to see it all written out, however, the SciFiMafia.com Spring and Summer Primetime Schedule has been continually updated,...

The lineups are set, the new shows are ordered and the broadcast networks are starting to gear up for another season.

Here's your first look at how the networks will stack up against one another in the fall. For the most part, the biggest shows -- like "The Big Bang Theory," "The Voice" and "Modern Family" -- are staying in their familiar timeslots, but the nets have done a good amount of timeslot shuffling with returning series and added more than 20 new shows to the mix as well -- including Fox's "Almost Human," pictured above.

It's never too early to start planning your DVR strategy for the fall. This should help. Take a look at the prime-time grid for ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and The CW in fall 2013 (roll your mouse over a day to see that night's schedule).

Fall 2013 Primetime Night-by-Night Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 8:...

With the five major American TV network upfront presentations set to take place next week, each of them has been locking down their schedules for the new season.

That means the axe has fallen on numerous shows over the past 48 hours, while others have scored renewal orders. Decisions have also been made as to which pilots will be ordered to series. Here's the breakdown by network:

ABC

Renewed: Castle, Grey's Anatomy, Last Man Standing, The Middle, Modern Family, Nashville, The Neighbors, Once Upon a Time, Revenge, Scandal, Suburgatory

Cancelled (Or Finished): Body of Proof, Family Tools, Happy Endings, How to Live With Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life, Malibu Country, Red Widow

New Shows: Marvel's highly anticipated "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," the 'Once' spin-off "Once Upon a Time in Wonderland," the Hannah Ware and Stuart Townsend-led murder thriller "Betrayal," the remake of...

In just two weeks, the broadcast networks (and a few cable channels) will announce their lineups for the 2013-14 season. We'll get our first looks at new shows for next season then, along with schedules for the fall and beyond.

Before the upfronts start, though, it's helpful to know -- which series the networks have already picked up for next season. In some cases -- particularly at CBS and at Fox -- there won't be a lot of suspense about veteran shows returning. Elsewhere, though, a lot is still up in the air.

Here's a breakdown of which shows on the air now are already picked up for 2013-14, what's already canceled and what's still in limbo*, in order of when each network has its upfront.

Pics: Shows canceled in 2012-13

(*In a number of cases, "in limbo" means the network just hasn't announced a pickup yet. ABC, for instance,...

News Louisa Mellor 29 Apr 2013 - 07:46

NBC has renewed Revolution and Grimm, while The CW is keeping Beauty and the Beast going, and adding The Originals to the mix...

It's that time of year again, when the Gods of TV renewal and cancellation (we're picturing an occult, expensively robed group who live in opulently decorated caves underneath the Ge Building) can either smile or frown upon our shows, granting them new life, or sending them to an early grave. 

Two of 2012's new series, NBC's Revolution and The CW's Beauty and the Beast, have escaped the early grave and will be returning in the autumn for a second season. What's that sound you just heard? Just Billy, our Revolution reviewer, dropping to his knees and cursing the heavens, and Rachael, our Beauty and the Beast reviewer, performing the dance of joy.

NBC's Grimm is also to return for season three,...

You can no longer live in denial: It’s season finale time. Before you start planning your summer binge-viewing, find out when your favorite broadcast shows are ending. (Click on show titles for details). Click here for full alphabetical listing

2 Broke Girls, 9 p.m., CBS — Monday, May 13

90210, 8 – 10 p.m.., The CW — Monday, May 13

The Amazing Race, 8 – 10 p.m., CBS — Sunday, May 5

America’s Funniest Home Videos, 7 p.m., ABC — Sunday, May 19

American Dad, 9:30 p.m., Fox — Sunday, May 12

American Idol (performance show), 8 p.m., Fox — Wednesday, May 15

American Idol (results show), 8 to 10:07 p.m., Fox — Thursday, May 16

Arrow,...

Rest easy, Arrow fans. Take a relaxed breath, New Girl lovers. Come on, was there ever any doubt, NCIS viewers?

While a number of established hits have already received renewals for 2013-2014, other programs remain on the bubble. Just how closely is your favorite from falling off the cancellation edge?

Below, we divide up the shows still awaiting word on their fate by those most likely to return and those that ought to be penning their series finales as we type...

Might As Well Be Renewed

Castle

Glee

Chicago Fire

Grey's Anatomy

Scandal

Two and a Half Men

More Than Likely To Be Renewed

Go On

Criminal Minds

Chicago Fire

Grimm

The Middle

Once Upon a Time

Might Be Renewed

Parks and Recreation

Nashville

The Cleveland Show

The Carrie Diaries

Beauty and the Beast

Suburgatory

Parenthood

Hart of Dixie

Community

Might As Well Be Canceled

Cult

Smash

1600 Penn

Deception

Golden...

Happy Spring, Mafiosi! Now that we’re starting to get June premiere dates it seemed like a good time to move on from the Winter and Spring list and start a new Spring and Summer list of season and series premieres and finales. You’ll now be able to set up your DVRs and vacations accordingly. As is our way, each of Our Kind of Shows is listed by premiere/return/finale date first, then by day of the week.

If no finale date is known, episode counts are given when they are known, along with guesstimated season finale dates.

So here you go. Bookmark it, print it, plan your lives: The SciFiMafia.com Spring and Summer 2013 Prime Time TV Schedule by date and by day (but as always, confirm all dates and airtimes with your local TV, cable, and/or satellite provider):

By Date

Monday, April 8 ~ 9/8c Being Human (Syfy) (season finale)

Wednesday,...

We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including NCIS: La, Justified, Scandal and Community!

1 | Is Degrassi really telling us that Fiona doesn’t understand what the Gps feature on Twitter means? And after watching the ensuing break-in, are we the only ones who feel validated in our decision not to join Foursquare?

2 | Was it a bit of a creative leap to think T.R. Knight’s otherwise genius Good Wife campaign strategist would’ve grilled Zach about his love life without first consulting Peter?...

We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including The Following, Dallas, The Big Bang Theory and Glee!

1 | Which Saturday Night Live Five-Timer’s appearance surprised you the most?

2 | Has Walking Dead‘s Daryl been sneaking off to an Aveda hair salon in between zombie attacks? And weren’t you both thrilled and horrified when he kinda manly-man bonded with Martinez? Because don’t we all know that, now that Martinez is getting actual scenes to play, he’s as good as dead by the season finale?...

It’s a tale as old as time: A revisionist fairy tale blows up at the box office (this time, it’s Oz the Great and Powerful, which made over $80 million this past weekend), and suddenly all the studios want in on creating the next big live-action “fairy tale.” (In this case, “fairy tale” means any popular children’s story).

Disney is looking to develop Beauty and the Beast into a live-action film, possibly to be written by Joe Ahearne (Trance), according to a Deadline report. The studio’s 1991 animated movie is a beloved classic, and was the first animated...

The CW is moving freshman drama "Cult" to Friday nights at 9 p.m. Est beginning March 8, the network announced Wednesday.

The Matt Davis mystery about a journalist trying to track down his missing brother (and the obsessive TV fans who might be behind his disappearance) drew only 941,000 viewers for its series premiere, and dropped to 877,000 viewers in its second outing, both episodes failing to rise above a 0.3 rating in the adults 18-49 demo.

While a shift from prime midweek real estate to the so-called "Friday death slot" is usually seen as a killing blow for most series, as HitFix points out, The CW is one network where the rule doesn't always apply. "Nikita" has been able to carve out a solid niche for itself on Fridays at 8 p.m., while "Supernatural" flourished for two seasons at 9 p.m. before being moved back to midweek to follow "Arrow" on Wednesdays. Likewise,...

We're not sure if this is a good thing or a sign that the show's in trouble, but The CW just announced that they are moving "Cult" immediately from Tuesday to Friday night. Read on for the details.

From the Press Release:

"Cult" will move to its new night on Friday, March 8 (9:00-10:00 p.m. Et), as investigative journalist Jeff Sefton (Matt Davis) searches for his missing brother and uncovers the dark underworld of the TV show “Cult” and its rabid fans. The series also stars Jessica Lucas as Skye Yarrow, Alona Tal as Kelly Collins, and Robert Knepper as Billy Grimm.

Encore episodes of CW series will take over the show's Tuesday, 9:00-10:00 p.m., timeslot, beginning with "Beauty and the Beast" on March 5.

"Cult" is from Fake Empire and Rockne S. O’Bannon Television in association with Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios,...

After two low-rated outings, The CW’s Cult has been snapped right off of its Tuesday perch and shuttled to Fridays, where it will lead out of Nikita — and pit Billy Grimm against NBC’s soon-to-return Grimm – the network announced on Wednesday.

Taking over the Tuesdays-at-9 time slot will be CW encores, starting with a Beauty and the Beast repeat on March 5.

Cult, starring Matt Davis, Robert Knepper, Alona Tal and Jessica Lucas, premiered to 860,000 viewers and a 0.3 demo rating on Feb. 19. In its second outing, it showed precious little improvement, save for a few more viewers.

Happy New Year, Mafiosi! If you are like we are here at SciFi Mafia headquarters, one of the first thoughts in your head as you emerge from the holiday haze is: When will my shows be back?! We wanted to know, too, so we’ve looked into it and have produced the following schedule. Like our Fall TV Schedule, we’ve listed each of Our Kind of Shows by premiere/return date first, then by day of the week.

I’ve made a few predictions about the premiere dates for Doctor Who and True Blood; those discussions can be found below the listings.

Update: Syfy has now announced the premiere date of Defiance as April 15 with a two-hour first episode. According to @TheFutonCritic, Syfy has not yet determined if Defiance‘s regular time, to be be paired with Warehouse 13, will be 9 or 10pm eastern, nor has it decided if...

Updated 12/31: New year, new shows for the broadcast nets. The most promising new series looks to be the Kevin Bacon starrer from The Vampire Diaries’ Kevin Williamson called The Following, which features the sexy James Purefoy (Rome) in a very unsexy role. There’s also a new reality show rolling out on CBS Fridays called The Job (which will fill the bill until the Eye’s other job-based show, Undercover Boss, returns), and NBC’s got a Revenge-like drama called Deception bowing on Monday.

Here’s the full schedule for now:

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Next year's flurry of fairytale film adaptations promises some sinister thrills – but fairy stories have always been dark at heart

Harry's long gone, but wands are still selling. 2013, comme 2012, promises a score of classic fairytale film adaptations – a legion of Pinocchios, Peter Pans, Cinderellas and Wizards of Oz. A cursory squint into the crystal ball that is the Imdb website confirms that most of the upcoming fairytale films will be tormented, adult-oriented affairs; expect the adjective "twisted' to appear with some frequency. The sort of films in which for every lie, Pinocchio has to wash blood off his hands. With sandpaper mittens. That sort of thing.

The Dark Heart of Fairy Tales, a season of older films currently playing at the Barbican, proves Hollywood isn't doing anything new. The screenings mark the bicentenary of the first publication of the Brothers Grimm stories, while acknowledging that popular fairy stories mainly derive...

The 2012-13 TV season is already a month old and, as expected, returning favorites have remained just that — favorites. Naturally, this year’s best comedy winner at the Emmys remains in the Top 5 (way to go, Cam!), while Shonda Rhimes’ trusty medical drama is still fighting the good fight for ABC.

But how are all those new shows faring opposite the veterans through the first four weeks? Here’s the top (and low) rated dramas through Oct. 21 and what they are averaging in the uber-important adults 18-49 demographic. (New shows are in red and cancelled ones are crossed out). Remember,...

Yeah, trying to figure out how to watch all the great Tuesday night comedies is driving me to drink, too.

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The Good Wife have an impressive (and huge) recurring cast, and it has just added T.R. Knight. Knight will play a political operative, which is just the kind of character who has room to make return appearances. Also, Michael J. Fox will return as Louis Canning.

In unsurprising news, Showtime has ordered a third season of Homeland. Then again, maybe you thought the shelf full of awards and solid ratings were a misdirect about the series' future.

Homeland wasn't the only show to get good news, Fox will bring back The X-Factor for a third season.

Has reality TV (on cable, at least) become the modern version of the circus sideshow?

Betsy Brandt will appear on an episode of Parenthood, playing the ex-wife of Ray Romano's character, who...

Fast National ratings for Friday, Oct. 19, 2012

The Season 3 premiere of "Nikita" on The CW bombed even by Friday standards, drawing a meager 951,000 viewers and a 0.3 rating in the 18-49 demo according to fast national ratings. That's a new series low for an original episode and down sharply from the 1.4 million viewers a rerun of the "Beauty and the Beast" premiere gave CW in the slot last week.

There was better news at ABC, where the surging reality competition "Shark Tank" hit a series high 7 million viewers and took the night's 18-49 demo crown for the sixth consecutive week. At 10 p.m., a "20/20" interview with Victim #1 in the Penn State sex abuse scandal gave ABC a modest victory in the 18-49 demo.

New episodes of "CSI: NY" and "Blue Bloods" on CBS and "Grimm" on NBC were all down slightly from last week, possibly due to stronger competition on Fox from major league baseball.

Five more premieres make this the most packed week yet this fall season. After talking through Our Week in TV (Ben and Kate, New Girl, The Mindy Project, Parenthood, 30 for 30, Key and Peele, the Arrow pilot, Supernatural, the Nashville pilot, 30 Rock, the It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia premiere, The Vampire Diaries premiere, the Beauty and the Beast pilots, Last Resort, Person of Interest, Grimm, Fringe, The Thick of It, The Amazing Race, Call the Midwife, The Good Wife, Dexter, Homeland, The Voice, Alphas, Revolution), we spotlight this week’s episode of Treme, “The Greatest Love”, and then welcome SoS and Slutty Lemon’s Cath Murphy to the DVD Shelf to help us take a look at British comedy The League of Gentlemen.

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