Julie Plec wrote CW’s Containment pilot after telling Warner Bros. execs of her enthusiasm for contagion. Well, maybe not so much contagion, but “the world” of contagion. Ebola, Plec said during the show’s TCA panel today, “wasn’t a cultural conversation when I started writing,” … Read entire story.
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American Crime came back for its second season this week, and so it was that the cast and producers were on hand to talk it up for the TCA Winter Press Tour. Season two is set in Indianapolos and tracks the fallout when a public high school student accuses several … Read entire story.
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Originally based on a Dan Savage idea about a Catholic family that includes a gay teenage son, The Real O’Neals had been an internal ABC favorite. But the network made adjustments when religious and conservative organizations waged a campaign against the project, based largely on their opposition to the outspoken … Read entire story.
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In the fall of 1990, CBS was about to debut a TV adaptation of John Hughes’ Uncle Buck, and TV critics at TCA had their knickers in a knot because the pilot featured a 6-year-old girl bellowing “You suck!” and using the word “ovulating.” That was … Read entire story.
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As ABC Family is set to become Freeform next week, the network’s president Tom Ascheim today unveiled its new look, debuting a branding spot created by five illustrators to teen music star Alessia Cara’s upcoming single “Wild Things.” “As all good things should, Freeform starts … Read entire story.
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