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Prolific television director David Von Ancken, who also helmed the feature Seraphim Falls, passed away July 26 at his home in Agoura Hills, CA after a two-year battle with aggressive stomach cancer. He was 56. David Von Ancken, known lovingly as “DVA,” was born in New York on December 5, 1964. His career got off to a…

UPDATED with comment from Rob Lowe: Fans of the CBS drama Code Black were pleased to hear Kelly Kahl, President of CBS Entertainment say that they were looking to bring back the medical drama. Show creator Michael Seitzman also said that they have reached out to streaming services to give Code Black a new home and…

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about tonight's series finale of Code Black. CBS’ Code Black ended its run on CBS tonight with an action-packed Season 3 finale, which marks a series finale for the medical drama, canceled by the network in May. It gave all characters’ stories proper ending, especially…

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about tonight’s series finale of Code Black. If you are going to go out, go out with a bang — that seemed to be the sentiment for the Code Black series finale tonight on CBS. The medical drama was not short on the drama as it stacked intense, near-death moments in and…

Facing a lot of encores on the rest of the Big 4 and the CW last night, Fox was served up another Wednesday primetime ratings victory by Gordon Ramsay. Both MasterChef (0.9/4) and the second week of Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back (1.0/4) were down a tenth from their June 13 airings. However, the simmer…

It might amaze some that there is even room on FOX's Gordon Ramsay packed schedule for another show from the caustic chef. Yet, as the debut of Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours To Hell and Back (1.1/5) last night made clear, the Rupert Murdoch owned network is sure glad that there is. Matching NBC's American Ninja Warrior…

The beginning of the NBA Finals tonight on ABC and the fourth consecutive face-off between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers will undoubtedly dominate the Big 4 but last night belonged to another warrior. The highest rated and third most watched (5.35 million) show of an Empire-less Wednesday, Ameri…

CBS medical drama Code Black will not return for a fourth season. Creator/showrunner Michael Seitzman revealed the news in a note to fans early Thursday on Twitter. “The sad news came today that we were cancelled,” Seitzman wrote. “It’s been a true joy to make this show and watch your response every week. Thank you…

Code Black (0.7, 5.56M) started Season 3 on an off note Wednesday; the CBS drama fell 33% compared to last season’s premiere, to tie NBC's Chicago P.D. repeat (0.7, 3.63M) for the 10 PM demo win. In total viewers, Code Black slipped 13%. Both shows bested ABC’s Designated Survivor (0.5, 3.37M) in the hour. Fox's 8 PM E…

CBS has tweaked the schedule for the Season 3 premiere of medical drama Code Black and the Season 13 finale for Criminal Minds. The third season of Code Black, which takes over Criminal Minds’ timeslot, will now premiere Wednesday, April 25 at 10 PM, replacing the previously announced May 2 date. It follows Survivor…

A couple of weeks ago, a Deadline story about new Fox medical drama The Resident planning a sexual harassment episode was reposted on Facebook by ER doctor/TV writer Zachary Lutsky with the message, “Here’s an article on the new show I have been writing on for the last few months. Check it out,” followed by a smiley…

CBS has set the spring premiere dates for a pair of veteran dramas. Season 6 of the modern Sherlock Holmes series Elementary will bow at 10 PM Monday, April 30, and the third season of medical thriller Code Black launches at 10 PM Wednesday, May 2. Starring Jonny Lee Miller as the storied detective and Lucy Liu as Dr…