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Lionsgate Boards ‘Black And Blue’ Director Deon Taylor’s Crime Drama ‘Free Agents’
Lionsgate and Deon Taylor are back in business together for Taylor’s latest project Free Agents, a crime drama set in the world of professional athletes. This comes just weeks after the studio acquired Taylor's psychological thriller Fatale, starring Oscar winner Hilary Swank and Michael Ealy.
Taylor will direct Free A…
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NBC Cancels New Comedy 'Free Agents'
UPDATE 11:30 AM: NBC has made it official: Starting next week, repeats of Whitney will air in the Wednesday 8:30 PM slot vacated by Free Agents.
PREVIOUS: The inevitable happened this morning after another poor showing from NBC’s freshman comedy. Free Agents averaged a paltry 1.0 rating in 18-49 and 3.3 million…
RATINGS RAT RACE: No Boot Camp Bump For 'X Factor' But Fox Still Wins Night
We’ve yet to see the ratings growth on The X Factor that Simon Cowell keeps promising, but at least the show is maintaining its ratings levels. The first 90-minute edition of the singing series, which entered the boot camp phase of the competition, posted a 3.9/11 in adults 18-49 and 11.5 million total viewers…
NBC's Bob Greenblatt Not Rushing To Cancel Low-Rated 'Playboy Club' Or 'Free Agents'
There have been rampant rumors this week that NBC is cancelling underperforming new series The Playboy Club and Free Agents. It’s because the shows have logged 2 and 3 low-rated airings, respectively, dropping double-digits week-to-week. Also in danger is the network’s Prime Suspect, which opened with a disappointing…
RATINGS RAT RACE: 'Suburgatory' Opens Well To Seal Comedy Genre's Comeback
Comedy’s hot streak this fall continues with another solid opening for a new half-hour show, ABC’s Suburgatory. The comedy starring Jane Levy and Jeremy Sisto drew a 3.3/9 among adults 18-49 at 8:30 PM, up 27% from the premiere of Better With You in the slot last fall for ABC’s biggest comedy debut in the half-hour in…
PREMIERE WEEK: Comedies In Comeback, Dramas Mixed While NBC & CW Struggle
As network executives break out the “I Survived Premiere Week” T-shirts, they are probably relieved as most nets have something to brag about. Overall, the comedy genre’s comeback was in full force: Half-hour series had a big showing, claiming the top six highest-rated non-sports programs of premiere week among adults…
RATINGS RAT RACE: 'X Factor' Premiere Falls Short, 'Revenge' Off To Strong Start
UPDATE: The premiere of Simon Cowell’s The X Factor drew a modest (by mega talent competition series standards) 4.2 rating/12 share in adults 18-49 and 12.1 million viewers. That fell short not only of the January season premiere of American Idol (9.7/26, 21.6 million viewers in the fast nationals) but also the April…
RATINGS RAT RACE: 'Survivor', 'Top Model' Down In Return, 'Up All Night' Solid In Preview, 'Free Agents' Not So Much
Pre-fall launches continued last night with the season premiere of CBS veteran Survivor and previews of new NBC comedies Up All Night and Free Agents, while two summer staples, NBC’s America’s Got Talent and CBS’ Big Brother, wrapped their seasons.
Encouraging news for NBC’s new Christina Applegate-starring comedy Up A…
New Broadcast Season: Which Network's Got The X Factor?
The broadcast season unofficially kicks off tonight. And just like in a kids board game, the youngest of the networks, the CW, got to start first, unspooling its new series Ringer starring Sarah Michelle Gellar. Also launching tonight are the new seasons of the CW’s 90210 and NBC’s Parenthood, marking the unofficial…
BBC America To Air Original 'Free Agents'
A month after NBC’s version of the British comedy series Free Agents premieres, the original will make its U.S. debut on BBC America. The hit BBC romantic comedy set in the office of a London talent agency stars Stephen Mangan, Sharon Horgan and Anthony Head, who reprises his role in the NBC version. It will join BBC…
TCA: NBC Lets Slip A Slight British Accent
Diane Haithman is contributing to Deadline’s coverage of TCA.
At the NBCUniversal press sessions at Monday's TCA, not one but two of the new series introduced here are re-imaginings of British shows. In the morning, it was the comedy Free Agents. This afternoon, it was the Maria Bello starrer Prime Suspect, a…
TCA: NBC Looks To Break Into Comedy Club With “Crooked” 'Free Agents'
Diane Haithman is contributing to Deadline’s coverage of TCA.
TCA: NBC Renews Overall Deal With Greg Daniels, Signs Pacts With Gary Sanchez Prods, Sean Hayes & More From Exec Panel
In his executive session this morning at TCA in Beverly Hills, NBC entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt, addressing the idea that NBC…
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