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POP TV Adds New Sitcom From ‘American Pie’ Writer

POP TV is attempting to compete on an ever evolving TV and Entertainment stages.

POP TV, the CBS-owned cable network, is busy adding to their roster of original sitcoms. A little over a week ago, POP TV announced that it was reviving the Netflix cancelled show One Day At A Time. Today, POP is announcing that they are adding a new sitcom called Bad Intentions from American Pie writer Adam Herz.

Herz will write and produce the 8-episode sitcom for the cable network. The Hollywood Reporter says:

“Best Intentions stars David Fynn (Undateable) as dad Andy Banks and Daniel Rashid (Stargate Origins) as his son, Nate. Lindsey Gort (Impastor, The Carrie Diaries) will also be a regular as Katie Baxter, a teacher with whom Andy is smitten. Guest stars in the series premiere include Sarah Levy of Pop’s flagship show Schitt’s Creek, Natalie Ganzhorn and Benjamin Ayres.”

POP TV’s premiere sitcom is Schitt’s Creek, will end in 2020. Other original sitcoms include One Day At A Time, Florida Girls, Flack, Hollywood Darlings, and coming soon, Hot Date.

10 July, 2019 0 comment

Business Television

Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul Are Teaming Up, But Not For What You Want

written by Ruben Jay

Bryan Cranston (Walter White) and Aaron Paul (Jesse Pinkman) are teaming up for a non-Breaking Bad related project. The dynamic duo is teaming up to launch a liquor brand called “Dos Hombres”.

Aaron Paul was announced to be involved with a Breaking Bad film that is yet to have a production date, so when Paul Tweeted a photo of the two with the caption “Even Sooner…”,the world expected an announcement about the film.

While the Breaking Bad film is still in the works, Dos Hombres is here and ready for purchase. According to The Wrap, a bottle of Espadin Mezcal is available now and retails for $58.

Commentary: I recently binged the Breaking Bad show on Netflix. WOW! What an incredible show. Each episode is like a short film. I hope to try this brand of liquor someday.

10 July, 2019 0 comment

Business Featured Tech Television

‘Friends’ Is Officially Leaving Netflix For HBO Max. ‘Fresh Prince’ and ‘Pretty Little Liars’ To Join

written by Ruben Jay

WarnerMedia also announced that other cult classics like The Fresh Prince of Bell Air and Pretty Little Liars will join Friends as HBO Max exclusives.

WarnerMedia officially announced that the beloved sitcom, Friends, is leaving Netflix for their newly christened, HBO Max. HBO Max is the WarnerMedia owned streaming platform that is designed to take on Netflix and Amazon Prime.

HBO Max will also house many of the CW original shows that have ended up on Netflix. Reese Witherspoon also has an original film in the works for the platform.

WarnerMedia also announced that other cult classics like The Fresh Prince of Bell Air and Pretty Little Liars will join Friends as HBO Max exclusives. According to the Hollywood Reporter, WarnerMedia is paying $420 Million for 5 years of exclusive streaming rights to Friends.

HBO Max will launch with a massive library of content. On day one, the service will have over 10,000 hours of content available for consumers. The price point of HBO Max has yet to be announced.

Commentary: By the looks of the trailer for HBO Max, this is going to include a ton of Warner classic films. I am excited for the new service. I am not a huge fan of the name as HBO already has HBO Now and HBO Go. HBO Max may add confusion to the market.

WATCH THE HBO MAX TRAILER

9 July, 2019 0 comment

Featured Television

MTV And Diddy Thinking About Bringing Back ‘Making The Band”

written by Ruben Jay

Diddy took to Instagram the other day to tease the possibility of bringing back the hit MTV show, Making The Band. The show that brought us Danity Kane, Day26, and others.

“Something interesting happened this morning that I need to share with you guys,” Diddy began. “Years ago I did something that will go down in television history. This show called Making the Band. Now, I’m trying to figure out my schedule for the next 24 months…but MTV called me out of nowhere and was like, ‘What do you think about partnering and bringing Making the Band back?'”

“I was like, man, something so great, sometimes you don’t need to mess with it. You need to just leave it alone,” he said, adding that he’s “kind of on the fence about it.”

“I feel like that’s my calling as a coach, to be able to take young talent and take them to the next level,” Diddy admitted. “You think I should bring Making The Band back??? Let me know #IWantMyMTB,” he tweeted.

This news might be an unofficial announcement that FOX’s The Four: Battle For Stardom is officially done.

9 July, 2019 0 comment

NBC The Voice USA

Ryan Tedder On Almost Replacing Adam Levine On The Voice; Songland

written by Ruben Jay

Ryan Tedder has worked on NBC’s The Voice as an in-house mentor and producer for the show. Now, he’s a cast member of NBC’s Songland.

Ryan Tedder is one of the songwriters and producer on the NBC Show, Songland. Songland is the song writing competition show executive produced by former Voice coach, Adam Levine.

The concept of the show is a bit of Shark Tank meets American Idol with song writing. Aspiring songwriters come onto the show, sing their songs in front of the shows cast of songwriters and producers and a potential artists.

The artist then picks 3 songs from the contestants that they are interested in. After that, the producers and the songwriters begin to rewrite the song for the artist they are pitching. Eventually, the artist selects a song to record and release.

Tedder spoke with Jimmy Fallon about how he ended up on the show. Originally, Tedder was bring pitched on replacing Adam Levine on The Voice a few years back. According to Tedder, he got a call from NBC saying that Levine wanted a break and if he would be interested. When Levine decided not to take a break, they pivoted to pitching Tedder Songland.

“I initially got pitched four years ago on potentially replacing Adam on The Voice because he was just tired. He was like, ‘I think I’m going to step off for a minute.’ They called to see if I would do it,” Tedder, 39, recalled. “And before I could even decide, they called back and said, ‘False alarm. He’s back on but we have this other show that you might be better for,’ ” the three-time Grammy winner and OneRepublic frontman said.

Levine almost leaving The Voice ended with Tedder getting a gig on Songland.

5 July, 2019 0 comment

NBC Television

The Famed ‘Cash Cab’ Is Returning To TV

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Bravo TV, The NBCUniversal owned cable network, is bringing back the famed Cash Cab! The show debuted in 2005 and aired for 7 years on the Discovery Network.

Unsuspected passengers enter the cab, and the host then asks them a series of questions. For each question they get right, they are given a cash award. Ben Bailey, Cash Cab‘s original host is returning to host this run for Bravo.

Bravo has also ordered new episodes of the controversial dating show, Blind Date.

3 July, 2019 0 comment

CBS Featured

Les Moonves Loses $30 Million Of 2018 Compensation

written by Ruben Jay

Les Moonves is the former CEO of the CBS Network. He stepped down from the position in September of 2018 after a dozen women accused him of sexual misconduct. We recently learned that Moonves was forced to forfeit over $30 million of stock options from his 2018 compensation.

Moonves was compensated $47 Million, $34 million in stock awards, in 2018. Moonves returned the $34 Million.

Since his ousting, Moonves has started a new production company called Moon Rising.

26 June, 2019 0 comment

NBC Television

‘The Office’ Is Leaving Netflix

written by Ruben Jay

In what comes as no surprise, The Office is leaving Netflix at the end of 2020. NBC, the sitcoms home for 9 seasons, will be launching their own streaming service and will be taking exclusive rights to the show in 2021.

“The Office has become a staple of pop culture and is a rare gem whose relevance continues to grow at a time when fans have more entertainment choices than ever before,” said Bonnie Hammer, chairman of NBCUniversal DTC and digital enterprises. “We can’t wait to welcome the gang from Dunder Mifflin to NBCUniversal’s new streaming service.”

The Office is one of, if not the highest streamed show for Netflix. It’s only a matter of time before shows like Friends do the same thing and leave Netflix. Almost all Disney owned content will also be leaving the streaming platform for upcoming Disney Plus streaming service.

25 June, 2019 0 comment

Tech Television

‘Veronica Mars’ Returns Next Week, Here Is Your First Look

written by Ruben Jay

After over 10 years away, Veronica Mars is returning! This time, the show will be on the streaming platform, Hulu! Kristen Bell returns to the show as well.

Here is the first look at the trailer for Veronica Mars.

Watch Veronica Mars Trailer

19 June, 2019 0 comment

Featured NBC Television

NBC’s Sitcom, “The Good Place”, Ending After Fourth Season

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NBC’s hit sitcom, The Good Place is set to end after its fourth and current season, announced the show creator Michael Schur.

“After The Good Place was picked up for season two, the writing staff and I began to map out, as best we could, the trajectory of the show,” he said. “Given the ideas we wanted to explore, and the pace at which we wanted to present those ideas, I began to feel like four seasons – just over 50 episodes – was the right lifespan.”

While Schur has been tempted to expand on that, he has decided against doing so.

“At the end of the day, we don’t want to tread water just because the water is so warm and pleasant. As such, the upcoming fourth season will be our last,” he stated.

What are your thoughts on The Good Place ending?

8 June, 2019 0 comment