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Bryan Cranston is set to star in and executive-produce new Showtime limited series Your Honor. Cranston will play a respected judge whose son is involved in a hit-and-run that leads to a high-stakes game of lies, deceit and impossible choices. Robert and Michelle King (The Good Fight, The Good Wife) will executive produce the project.
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The debut of the eighth and final season of Homeland has been moved back to the fall. Gary Levine, Co-President of Entertainment at Showtime, revealed the news at the TCA, noting that the previously announced June premiere had to be switched “because of production demands of our international locations.” The drama’s final season is being filmed in Morocco and starts production next week.
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Diana Ross will take the stage for a special performance during this year’s 61st Annual Grammy Awards when The Recording Academy honors the icon. Ceremony airs live Sunday, February 10, at 8p on CBS.
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New on-demand streaming service FOX Nation signed Abby Hornacek as a travel and lifestyle host. She will make her debut Sunday, February 3, as host of FOX News Channel special, FOX Nation: In Depth, which will air during halftime of the Super Bowl.
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Comedy Central, Superfly and Outside Lands co-producer Another Planet Entertainment announced that Comedy Central Presents Clusterfest, a three-day comedy and music festival, will return to San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza and Bill Graham Civic Auditorium Friday, June 21, to Sunday, June 23. Now in its third year, the event combines a collection of established and up-and-coming talent performances with immersive fan experiences based on comedy series.
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The Paley Center for Media presents Shaping Our Nation’s Story: African-American Achievements in Television Presented by Citi from February 1 to 28. Coinciding with the 60th anniversary of Motown and the 100th birthday anniversary celebration of Jackie Robinson, the month-long celebration will take place at the Paley Center’s locations in New York City and Beverly Hills.
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Don Cheadle hosts Saturday Night Live for the first time on February 16. The actor will be joined by musical guest Gary Clark Jr., who’s also making his debut on the NBC sketch show.
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Bravo’s Married to Medicine franchise is expanding to the City of Angeles. Married to Medicine Los Angeles premieres Sunday, March 10, at 9p. Series follows a group of doctors and wives in the exclusive LA medical community.
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Paco Cabezas (Penny Dreadful) will direct multiple episodes of Penny Dreadful: City Of Angeles, the new chapter of the series from original creator, writer and executive producer John Logan.
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Showtime’s Shameless was officially renewed for a tenth season. William H. Macy and the rest of the cast will be returning, minus Emmy Rossum. Cameron Monaghan, who left the show in season nine, is heading back for the upcoming run.
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In other Showtime news, the net issued an eight-episode order for a sequel to The L Word, scheduled to premiere by the end of 2019. Marja-Lewis Ryan (The Four-Faced Liar, 6 Balloons) will serve as showrunner and is executive producing along with series creator Ilene Chaiken and original series stars Jennifer Beals, Katherine Moennig and Leisha Hailey.
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Spring premiere dates were announced for a trio of Showtime projects. The Chi returns Sunday, April 7, at 10p; City on a Hill, starring Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge, debuts Sunday, June 16, at 9p; and four-part docu-series Wu-Tan Clan: Of Mics and Men, coming off its world premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, bows on Friday, May 10, at 10p.
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CBS ordered three drama pilots: Republic of Sarah, set in a small New Hampshire town, from writer Jeffrey Paul King (Elementary), Fulwell 73 and CBS TV Studios; legal drama Courthouse, from Greg Spottiswood (Remedy) and Warner Bros. Television; and a new version of Frankenstein, from Jason Tracey, Rob Doherty (Elementary) and CBS TV Studios
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Longtime Pixar producer Darla K. Anderson (Coco, Toy Story 3, Cars) inked a multiyear deal at Netflix. Under its terms, Anderson will develop and produce new animated and live-action feature films and series for family audiences.
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Brenda Song (Pure Genius) and Lex Scott Davis (Superfly) will have lead roles opposite Kat Dennings in Dollface, reports Deadline. Ten-episode Hulu comedy, executive produced by Dennings and written by Jordan Weiss (Harley Quinn), follows a young woman (Dennings) who, after getting dumped by her longtime boyfriend, must rekindle the female friendships she left behind.
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ABC gave a pilot order for Woman Up, from Life in Pieces star Zoe Lister-Jones, Single Parents co-creator Liz Meriwether and Jason Winer (Life in Pieces, Single Parents). Written by Lister Jones, comedy tells the story of two former teen moms.
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ABC also ordered a pilot for New York Undercover, a contemporary reboot of Dick Wolf’s 1990s series. The series, written by Hand of God creator Ben Watkins and based on a story by Watkins and Wolf, picks up 20 years after the end of the original show. The reboot is expected to feature cast from the original series reprising their roles.
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The adventures of the Tanner-Fuller family will continue. Netflix renewed ABC spin-off Fuller House for a fifth and final season.
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Dynamic Television teamed with David Mirkin (The Simpsons) to develop one-hour live-action sci-fi dramedy Jeff of the Universe for YouTube Premium. Mirkin will write, direct and executive-produce the series with Dynamic Television’s Daniel March and Holly Hines along with Todd Berger and Emiliano Calemzuk.
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Disney+, Walt Disney Company’s soon-to-be direct-to-consumer streaming service, gave a 10-episode straight-to-series order to Diary of a Female President. The project hails from writer Ilana Peña (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Robin Shorr (The Carmichael Show), Jane the Virgin star Gina Rodriguez’s I Can and I Will production company and CBS TV Studios. Created and written by Peña, the series follows a Cuban-American 12-year-old girl as she navigates middle school on her journey to become the future president of the United States.
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MTV is taking the dating experience to another level with Game of Clones. New series gives the network’s most eligible reality stars the opportunity to date seven clones of their celebrity crush, and debuts with back-to-back episodes Thursday, February 21, at 9p.
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Premiere dates have been pushed back a week for two FOX series due to the rescheduling of the State of the Union address. Masterchef Junior returns Tuesday, March 5, at 8p followed by reality competition Mental Samurai, hosted and produced by Rob Lowe, at 9p.
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Let’s Make a Deal celebrates host Wayne Brady’s “Favorite Folks” the week of Monday, February 4, on CBS. The second annual event includes “trekkies,” teachers, grandparents and grandchildren, fathers and daughters, and contestants from the original series with Monty Hall. Check local listings for times.
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Michael Bublé returns to NBC on Wednesday, March 20, at 10p with his seventh music special on the network. This one takes viewers on a musical journey through his career and features six songs from his new album, “love.”
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The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Presents “State of the Union 2019: Uncancelled” airs Tuesday, February 5, at 11p. The special episode will provide immediate commentary about the President’s State of the Union address.
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Nick celebrates the Chinese New Year with themed episodes of two series on Monday, February 4: Peppa the Pig (in honor of the Year of the Pig) at 9a, and Thomas & Friends at 9:30a.
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Jennifer Jason Leigh will recur on the fifth and final season of Showtime’s Affair… Michael Raymond-Jones booked a guest spot on Showtime’s Billions…Sarunas J. Jackson (Insecure) and Jackie Long (Real Husbands Of Hollywood) were tapped as the male leads in BET’s upcoming drama series Games People Play … Steven Yeun and J. K. Simmons will lead an A-list voice cast on Amazon Prime Video’s Invincible. Adult animated superhero series is being adapted from Robert Kirkman’s comic book series.
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