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Machine Gun Kelly; Joins Showtime Pilot ‘Roadies’, Allen Maldonado In...
Rapper and actor Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly) is rounding out the cast of Showtime comedy pilot Roadies. It follows the day-to-day life of a successful rock tour as seen through the eyes of...
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Pilot Season 2015: The ‘Empire’ Effect, Volume & Direct-To-Series Retreat +...
Television development has always been a reactive business, with the networks jumping on the latest trend, trying to replicate the formula of the most recent thing that worked despite the age-old adage...
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As ‘Empire’ Looms Large, Should ABC Swap ‘The Goldbergs’ And ‘Black-ish’?
We need to go back five and four years, respectively, to find the last black comedy on the Big 4: Fox’s Brothers in fall 2009, and the last drama with black main cast, NBC Undercovers in fall 2010....
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‘Selma’, ‘Black-Ish,’‘HTGAWM’ Dominate NAACP Image Awards – Complete Winners...
The Martin Luther King Jr biopic Selma marched away with four trophies to top the movie field at the 46th annual NAACP Image Awards tonight. The Best Picture Oscar nominee won for Outstanding Motion...
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Pilots 2015: The Year Of Ethnic Castings
There was a noticeable shift toward minority castings last season, with more parts opening up to ethnic actors, a casting term used for non-Caucasian thesps. It was a concerted effort, with more than...
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‘Survivor’ Ratings Top ‘The Voice’&‘Idol’, ‘black-ish’ Falls, ‘SVU’ Rises
Singing and surviving – that was most of primetime last night and a lot of it was produced by Mark Burnett. On Survivor (2.3/8) they were determined to, as last night's episode was entitled, "keep it...
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‘Black-ish’, ‘Transparent’, ‘The Normal Heart’ Among Television Academy Honorees
The eighth annual Television Academy Honors are set, and a pair of freshman series and two HBO projects are among the six recipients. The honors recognize programs that have used the power of...
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‘Black-ish,’‘Goldbergs’ EPs Sell Pitch To MGM/New Line; Ice Cube Looms Large...
EXCLUSIVE: MGM and New Line have teamed up to acquire a comedy pitch that Black-ish creator/EP Kenya Barris and The Goldbergs exec producer Alex Barnow hatched and will write together. A big part of...
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‘American Idol’&‘Survivor’ Ratings Steady, ‘Black-ish’ Up, ‘Criminal Minds’...
It wasn't a big jump by any measure, but the two unscripted veterans saw a small rise last night after previous dips and some status quo. CBS’ Survivor (2.3/4) was the second-highest-rated show of the...
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‘Black-Ish’ Creator Kenya Barris To Script ‘Good Times’ Film
EXCLUSIVE: Black-Ish creator Kenya Barris is riding high on his freshman sitcom about an upscale African-American family. Now, he has been set by Sony to write Good Times, the feature adaptation of the...
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‘Black-ish’ Star Anthony Anderson Sees Himself In Dre Johnson: “It’s My...
Between senior citizens and digital-brained teens, tweens and tots are the befuddled middle-agers trying to make sense of it all—while texting at the same time. Anthony Anderson, 44, takes this...
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Networks Scoring With Family Comedies For All – Awardsline
"Is there such a thing as being too colorblind?" Samie Falvey, executive vice president of comedy development for ABC Entertainment, calls this question "one of the most provocative I've heard in all...
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‘Black-ish’ Creator Kenya Barris Inks Overall Deal With ABC Studios
On the heels of the breakout success of ABC’s freshman comedy Black-ish, the series’ creator Kenya Barris has signed a three-year overall deal with Black-ish producer ABC Studios. Under the pact,...
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ABC Ups Orders For ‘Middle’, ‘Goldbergs’, ‘Blackish’&’‘FOTB’; ‘Modern Family’...
ABC once again is looking for supersized seasons of its Wednesday comedy series The Middle, The Goldbergs, Modern Family and Black-ish. The network has ordered two more episodes each of The Middle, The...
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NAACP Image Award Nominations Unveiled
The NAACP this morning announced nominees for its 47th annual Image Awards, which celebrate the accomplishments of people of color in TV, music, literature and film and honors individuals or groups who...
View ArticlePaleyFest 2016: ‘Empire’ Debut Highlights First Batch Of Panels
Fox’s Empire will make its PaleyFest debut at the 33rd annual PaleyFest Los Angeles in March, headlining the initial lineup announced today by the Paley Center for Media. It will be joined by panels...
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‘Black-ish’ Will Be Having Good Times While Keeping The Conversation Current...
Black-ish creator Kenya Barris revealed today at Deadline’s The Contenders Emmys event that the show’s season finale will be a throwback to Good Times, with each cast member playing a version of a...
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Corey Nickerson Re-Ups ABC Studios Overall Deal, Upped To EP On ‘Black-Ish’
Black-ish co-executive producer Corey Nickerson has extended her overall deal with ABC Studios for three more years, through 2019. Nickerson joined the studio in summer 2014 with a two-year overall...
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‘Empire’ Ratings Halt Decline, ‘Beyond Borders’ Dips, ‘Arrow’&‘Heartbeat’ Up
There was a lot of corporate jockeying on Empire (3.7/12) last night as the question of who would be CEO of Lyonland was finally answered. There wasn't as much ratings movement on Fox drama – and...
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Deadline’s The Contenders Emmys Video: ‘Black-ish’ Goes For Universal Truths...
Broadcast networks have not had an easy time of it lately landing their shows in many of the top-tier Emmy races, but comedy series is one category where ABC prevailed for five seasons in a row with...
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