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Premium network Epix on Saturday unveiled its scripted and unscripted development slate for 2020 and beyond. The slate was announced at TCA by Epix President Michael Wright. The network is coming off the debuts of the first series ordered by Wright, docuseries Elvis Goes There and Punk; and scripted dramas Perpetual Gr…

Epix has given a 10-episode straight-to-series order to Jerusalem’s Lot, a drama based on the short story by Stephen King to star Oscar winner Adrien Brody. The series is the first from Epix Productions as Epix becomes the latest cable/premium network to launch an in-house production arm. Jerusalem’s Lot hails from…

Pennyworth, the stylish one-hour drama devoted to the edgy, early-day exploits of Batman’s British butler, will return for a second season on Epix. The 10-episode Season 2 will begin filming in January at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden in the UK. The series stars Jack Bannon in the title role and Ben Aldridge as young…

UPDATED with Comcast statement. Lionsgate-owned Starz has delivered another shot across the bow in its ongoing talks with Comcast, warning millions of Xfinity customers that they could lose access to the premium network on December 10. Comcast is the No. 1 U.S. cable operator, with most of its 21 million-plus…

MGM-owned Epix has reached an expanded carriage deal with Comcast that will extend the premium network’s reach by adding it to the provider’s premium channel package. The new pact takes effect December 10. The new deal supplements Epix’s existing availability on an a la carte basis, swapping Epix for Starz in the…

Before Nina Yang Bongiovi and her producing partner Forest Whitaker launched Significant Productions and created acclaimed films such as Fruitvale Station, Dope, Roxanne Roxanne and Sorry to Bother You, Bongiovi had another career in mind: journalism. Specifically, she saw a career as an on-air reporter — much like…

The new Fall TV season is officially underway with new series debuts last night on Fox, NBC and CBS. While it looks like the lowest rated Premiere Monday ever due to the changing habits and options of viewers, the expanse of new shows coming in the next two weeks on broadcast, cable and streaming seems greater than…

EXCLUSIVE: Chicago Fire‘s Joe Minoso has booked a recurring role opposite Chris O’Dowd and Ray Romano on the upcoming third season of Epix’s Get Shorty, from MGM Television. Get Shorty is based in part on Elmore Leonard's 1990 bestselling novel and created for television by Davey Holmes (Shameless, In Treatment). The…

Times have changed in Harlem, but Bumpy Johnson hasn’t. Epix has released a new trailer for the anticipated new series Godfather of Harlem starring Forest Whitaker as infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson. Inspired by the story of Bumpy Johnson, the 10-episode Godfather of Harlem picks up in the early 1960s with Johnson…

Some heavy hitters will be suiting up as contributors on NFL: The Grind, Epix announced today at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour. The weekly series from the premium cable net and NFL Films is being billed as offering fans the final word on the week in football. RELATED STORY: Epix Unveils Premiere…

Chris Brancato and Paul Eckstein’s new Epix series Godfather of Harlem tells the story of crime boss Bumpy Johnson (Forest Whitaker), a figure in the early 1960s who returned from a ten-year jail stint to find his neighborhood overrun by the Italian mob. One of the more intriguing true-life historical points played…

Epix has put in development two more series, Wicked, Kansas and Rocket Men. Epix is expected to make the announcement during its TCA session. Wicked, Kansas is a darkly comedic western from Oscar-nominated feature writer Ron Shelton (Tin Cup, Bull Durham) and Oscar-nominated feature producer Frank Marshall (Bourne Iden…