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EXCLUSIVE: ViacomCBS' Entertainment & Youth Brands has signed a rich overall production and development deal with Yellowstone co-creator Taylor Sheridan. The pact, said to be well into the eight figures, covers multiple projects across the division run by Chris McCarthy, including projects for the newly created…

A&E Network has ordered a second season of Kids Behind Bars: Life or Parole, a docuseries which tells the stories of convicted juvenile offenders who received mandatory life sentences without the possibility of parole. The new season is set to premiere this fall. Due to a recent United States Supreme Court ruling that…

Fox will keep on dancin’ this summer. The network has handed a Season 17 renewal to So You Think You Can Dance hosted by Cat Deeley. Auditions for the new season of hoofing begin in March (see below). From those tryouts, the dancers selected will be invited to Los Angeles to perform for judges Nigel Lythgoe, Mary…

Nickelodeon handed renewals to a brace of series today, including second seasons of Are You Afraid of the Dark? and The Casagrandes. The network also ordered 10 more episodes of the first season of the revived All That. Coming back for more in 2020-21 are veteran kids series PAW Patrol, Bubble Guppies, Blaze and the…

BET+ is getting more Bigger. The streamer has handed a Season 2 renewal for the comedy series from executive producer Will Packer and his Will Packer Media. Watch the cast react to the pickup news above. "I'm so proud of this show,” Packer said. “And I can't wait for new audiences to follow the shenanigans of this…

Let the games continue. NBC has handed a Season 4 renewal to Ellen’s Game of Games, the hourlong series hosted by Ellen DeGeneres that ranked as primetime’s No. 1 game show last season. The announcement — which comes six weeks into the series’ third season — was made during her talk show today, and the host had…

The original documentary series Live PD: Wanted has been greenlit for season two. Produced by MGM's Big Fish Entertainment, the new season premieres on Thursday, February 27 at 9pm ET/PT. Hosted by Tom Morris Jr. with analysis from crime journalist Michelle Sigona and Sheriff Mark Lamb of the Pinal County Sheriff's…

Lionsgate-backed comedy The Goes Wrong Show has been renewed by the BBC for a second season. The series, produced by Mum producer Big Talk Productions and Mischief Screen, is based on the latter's eponymous play from the team behind Peter Pan Goes Wrong and A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong. The first season followed the…

Bosch is getting an early renewal and an end date. Amazon has picked up a seventh and final season of its hit drama series starring Titus Welliver and based on Michael Connelly’s bestselling books. The renewal comes ahead of Bosch’s sixth-season premiere later in 2020 on Amazon Prime Video. "I'm proud of what we have…

On the heels of the launch of season 1, HBO has renewed comedy series Avenue 5 for a second season. "We've loved every minute of Avenue 5's inaugural voyage," says Amy Gravitt, EVP HBO Programming. "Armando Iannucci and his team are masters of smart and incisive comedy, and the ensemble cast, brilliantly captained by…

Forest Whitaker-led Godfather of Harlem will be coming back for another go-round. Epix has renewed the drama series, from ABC Signature, for a 10-episode second season. Production on season 2 will begin in New York later this year. While Epix does not release viewership data, Godfather of Harlem, boosted by strong…

ABC has given an early Season 4 renewal to hit drama series The Good Doctor. The pickup secures the network’s two most watched series for the 2020-2021 season, as fellow popular ABC medical drama Grey’s Anatomy is in the first year of a two-year renewal. The Good Doctor marks the first ABC scripted series renewal this…