After two seasons and one creative revamp, CBS and star Halle Berry have pulled the plug on summer sci-fi drama series Extant. The network is staying in business with the Oscar-winning actress, putting in development Legalease, a drama which Berry will executive produce. "CBS, Halle Berry and the producers have…

With the new television season looming and the NFL season about to formally kick-off tonight, Wednesday saw a lot of summer shows wrapping things up. In what can best be summed up as Battle of the Mollys, Extant (0.7/3) ended its second season with a 2-hour finale. While up a solid 17% among adults 18-49 from last…

To quote Herman's Hermits, it was a little bit of a case of “second verse same as the first” last night on NBC. Having burned off 6-episodes of Mr. Robinson in 3-weeks, the Comcast-owned net debuted The Carmichael Show (1.1/4) last night in the same post America's Got Talent (1.6/6) slot. And the result was …pretty…

After failing to appear together in a scene for years amid rumors of a personal friction, The Good Wife‘s Emmy-winning Julianna Margulies and Archie Panjabi shared a sweet bar scene in the season finale, which marked Panjabi’s departure from the show. It turned out to be a CGI trick — the two actresses didn’t film…

The schedule was pretty full, but there wasn't a lot cooking on TV last night. With the exception of Fox's MasterChef (1.4/6) dipping 6% among adults 18-49 and a clip heavy America's Got Talent (1.6/6) 10th anniversary special rising 33% over last week's clip show, pretty much everything else was even with its July 22…

Proving once again that location, location, location can be everything, especially in primetime, CBS' time slot shift for Extant (0.7/2) showed immediate results on Wednesday. In its first night back in the 9 PM post-Big Brother (1.8/7) slot where the Halle Berry series debuted in back in 2014, the struggling Extant…

Emmy nominations may have dominated this morning but on primetime last night it was all about the athletes and one Gold Medalist in particular on ABC. To that end, Wednesday was also a series low for Extant (0.6/2), which is undoubtedly why after the final ratings came out CBS decided today to shift the show. The…

UPDATE with Comic-Con trailers for Extant and Zoo: "Television is where it's at right now; the best things are on TV,” Extant star Halle Berry told a packed Ballroom 20 today in kicking off the CBS mega-panel in San Diego. "TV is the new frontier, the best writing is on TV. There's great writing for women, women like…

It was "Gordon's Greatest Hits" on MasterChef (1.7.6) last night and the audience ate it up. Hitting its best result among adults 18-49 this season, the Gordon Ramsay series rose 21% in the demo from its July 2 show. While the top rated show of the night, fellow 8 PM time slotter Big Brother (1.9/8) was even with last…

As far as Comic-Con royalty goes, few have as many jewels in their crown as the Oscar winner. Halle Berry has been frequent visitor to the San Diego Convention Center with features like 2003's Gothika and her Storm role in the X-Men franchise. Now starring in CBS' Extant, the Monster's Ball actress returns Thursday…

The retooling didn’t help much. The second-season premiere of CBS’ sci-fi drama Extant last night drew a paltry 0.7 Live+Same Day rating in adults 18-49, down -56% from last summer’s series debut to a series low. In total viewers, it logged 5.2 million, down -46%. Since the get-go, Extant has been a heavily DVR-ed…

Seville International, the boutique sales outfit of eOne, is set to handle sales on Cannes Critics' Week selection Sleeping Giant. It’s the feature directorial debut of writer-director Andrew Cividino, which is in competition for the Caméra d'Or at Cannes. Newcomers Nick Serino and Reece Moffett star alongside Jackson…