The first season has been extended to 18 episodes, resulting from an additional five-episode order after the initial pickup. The family drama is about the family lives and connections of several people who all share the same birthday and the ways in which they’re similar and different and stars Milo Ventimiglia,…
HBO has Cast the ‘Mogadishu, Minnesota’ Pilot
“Mogadishu, Minnesota” is a family drama that grapples with what it means to be American, among the Somalis of Minneapolis. Somali Canadian rapper/singer Warsame wrote the pilot and will direct. He serves as executive producer, along with with Bigelow and Carolyn Strauss. Ezana Alem will play Sameer, the Somali all-American boy, who is described…
Sandra Oh heads back to ABC for season three of ‘American Crime’
Sandra Oh is headed back to ABC. The “Grey’s Anatomy” alum will guest star on Season 3 of “American Crime,” set to premiere in 2017. Oh will play Abby Tanaka, a social worker who runs a shelter in Alamance County, N.C., for victims of domestic abuse.
John Singleton’s ‘Snowfall’ gets a series order at FX
“Snowfall” s et against the dawn of the crack-cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles in 1983, the 10-episode first season is set to premiere in 2017. Production on the series is scheduled to begin in October. Singleton. will executive produce with Dave Andron, Thomas Schlamme , Eric Amadio , Michael London, and Trevor Engelson…
‘Dynasty’ Reboot in the Works
The CW is developing a reboot of “Dynasty The project is in script development,and comes from CBS Television Studios in association with Fake Empire and executive producers and writers Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage and Sallie Patrick. The new series will be told primarily through the perspectives of two female characters locked in…
‘Aquarius’ canceled After Two Seasons
Aquarius was created by John McNamara and starring David Duchovny, premiered May 28, 2015. It was picked up straight to series, and following the premiere’s broadcast, the full 13-episode first season was released on NBC’s website and mobile apps for four weeks. The second season premiered June 16, 2016.
‘Designated Survivor ’and ‘Speechless’ get a full season pickup from ABC
ABC has given full-season pickups to two freshman shows: the Kiefer Sutherland drama “Designated Survivor” and Minnie Driver comedy “Speechless.” Both shows received back-nine orders to bring their total first season episode tallies to 22. “Designated Survivor,” about a cabinet member thrust into the presidency after an attack, hails from…
