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UPDATED with response below from TikTok to original 1/25 story: TikTok has rapidly become the most downloaded app in history, but the Chinese-owned social media video platform has received relatively little attention from documentary filmmakers compared to its rival, Facebook. That changes with the arrival of TikTok, B…

FremantleMedia and Movistar+ are bringing Web Therapy to Spain. The pair will produce a Spanish-language version of Lisa Kudrow's improvised series in 16 episodes. It will begin airing in February on Movistar+'s new channel #0 and be distributed globally by FremantleMedia International. The Spanish version includes…

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 has picked up Arash Amel’s series Butterfly with Bo Odar (WB’s Sleepless Night) attached to direct the pilot. The show is based on the BOOM! Studios comic book created by Arash Amel and written by Amel & rising comic book star Marguerite Bennett (A-Force, Angela). Amel (Grace of Monaco) will write…

As we await the programming flood of the upcoming season, last night was a bit of a roller coaster on primetime. While Big Brother (2.0/7), the top rated and second most watched (6.34 million) show of the night, was even among adults 18-49 with its August 20 show, lead-out Under The Dome (0.9/3) saw a nice rise. Up…

Fox is developing Protocol Orphans, a drama series based on BOOM! Studios’ graphic novel co-created by actor Peter Facinelli. Amanda Segel (Person of Interest) will write the TV adaptation of Facinelli’s comic. 20th Century Fox TV and producing with Boom! Studios under the graphic novel publisher’s first-look deal with…

The thing about clichés is that they are so often true and that what goes down also goes up, to flip one such expression – at least when it comes to space race ratings this week. After falling 33% among adults 18-49 last week from its July 16 show, ABC's The Astronaut Wives Club (0.8/3) rocketed up the exact same…

It was a busy Thursday last night with all of the Big 4 networks offering all-original lineups. Showing how far the networks have gone from the old notion of summer as a place for reruns, there were 10 original series on ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and the CW last night, including a whopping 8 original dramas. Returning for a…

“Imagine yourself standing right here in front of this bomb. Clock ticking, cutters in your hands and all that stands between you and a half a million dollars is the single cut of a wire.” That’s a pretty succinct description of the premise of Fox’s new summer game show Boom! from Keshet DCP. It goes like this: A…

Revenge and Legends alumna Amber Valletta is set to co-star opposite Chace Crawford and Don Johnson in ABC drama pilot Boom, from producer Tony Krantz and ABC Signature. Written by Josh Pate and Rodes Fishburne and directed by Jonas Pate, Boom examines the biggest oil discovery in American history which has triggered…

Caitlin Carver (The Fosters) and Yani Gellman (Pretty Little Liars) have booked series regular roles opposite Chace Crawford, Don Johnson and Delroy Lindo in the ABC drama pilot Boom. Written by Josh Pate and Rodes Fishburne and directed by Jonas Pate, Boom examines the biggest oil discovery in American history which…

EXCLUSIVE: Gossip Girl heartthrob Chace Crawford is returning to television as the lead in ABC drama pilot Boom, from producer Tony Krantz and ABC Signature. He joins previously cast Don Johnson and Delroy Lindo for what is shaping up to be a cast of boldface names. Written by Josh Pate and Rodes Fishburne and…

EXCLUSIVE: Delroy Lindo (Believe) is set to co-star opposite Don Johnson in the ABC drama pilot Boom, from producer Tony Krantz and ABC Studios. Written by Josh Pate and Rodes Fishburne and directed by Jonas Pate, Boom examines the biggest oil discovery in American history — bigger than Texas and as big as Saudi…