Starz has picked up another new series, this one based on an animated Japanese TV show. Noir follows two female assassins who team up to fight against a secret society in order to find answers about their mysterious pasts. Noir will be produced by Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert, who … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2010
AMC Cancels ‘Rubicon’
Now that AMC has entered the "original scripted series" landscape, the cable network has been put in the difficult position of having to cancel a show for the first time ever. Rubicon is the unfortunate victim, having been undone by extremely poor ratings. Rubicon had a strong … [Read more...]
Coast Guard Drama Coming from BSG’s Ron Moore
Ron Moore, the man primarily responsible for the critically-acclaimed reimagining of Battlestar Galactica for Syfy, has had a very busy pilot season. He's already sold District 17 to NBC (described as "an adult Harry Potter" world of wizardry), and is working on a reimagined … [Read more...]
Animated TRON Coming to DisneyXD
Disney -- always one for smartly leveraging properties across the many arms of its empire -- has given a series order to an animated follow-up to this winter's hotly-anticipated feature film Tron: Legacy. Tron: Uprising will debut Summer 2012 on DisneyXD, Disney's "tween boy" … [Read more...]
Conan Trounces Leno & Letterman
All eyes were on Conan O'Brien Monday night -- and that's not a figurative statement. TBS' debut of Conan defeated both his Tonight Show rival Jay Leno and fellow Leno roadkill, Late Show's David Letterman. Conan's premiere pulled in 4.2 million viewers, with 3.3 million in … [Read more...]