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Today at TCA following the panel for his new NBC drama series Rise, Jason Katims shed some light on whether there would ever be a reboot of his Emmy-winning series Friday Night Lights or Parenthood in the near future. “At some point we talked about a Friday Night Lights movie, but that we are not doing,” said Katims…

Hulu is about to get in the middle of Liz Lemon and Jack Donaghy’s business. The streaming service has a deal with NBCUniversal Television for exclusive SVOD rights to all episodes of the Emmy-winning NBC comedy 30 Rock, starring Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan and others. The series makes its Hulu debut on…

Ron Howard spent time on stage at Cannes Lions today for a discussion with New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and WPP CEO Martin Sorrell. While he touched on his new Han Solo movie gig, Howard also talked about how Imagine is evolving; the impact of technology on the business; and a trio of Broadway…

EXCLUSIVE: Dax Shepard has signed with WME. This happens as he is preparing to direct and star in the movie version of the TV series CHiPs for Warner Bros. That film goes into production this fall, and Shepard is separately developing a show at Showtime. CHiPs will be the third film directed by Shepard, following…

London-set film noir thriller City Of Tiny Lights, written by Patrick Neate based on his novel, will begin principal photography April 27. Directed by Pete Travis (Vantage Point, Endgame, Dredd), the movie stars Riz Ahmed (Nightcrawler) who plays down at heel gumshoe Tommy Akhtar, and Billie Piper (Penny Dreadful, Secr…

Parenthood has always been a quiet show but the underrated family drama made some noise in its series finale last night, which delivered a 1.7 in 18-49 and 5.5 million viewers overall at 10 PM. That was up +31% from last week in 18-49 and +24% in viewers  (+31% in 18-49 and +37% in viewers from last season’s finale)…

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details of tonight's Parenthood finale. Kleenex sales are bound to slide in the near future, as fans of NBC's Parenthood cried their last tears tonight during the finale "May God Bless and Keep You Always," written by the show’s executive producer Jason Katims and directed by…

UPDATE PM: The finals are in, and, as expected, all CBS series between 8:30 PM – 11 PM were adjusted down from the NFL preemption-inflated fast nationals. The McCarthys (1.4), Mom (2.6) and Elementary (1.0) all shed two tenths each. This marks new series lows for The McCarthys and Elementary, down a tenth and two…

At the end of its day at Summer TV Press Tour 2014, NBC brought out four of the showrunners on returning drama series to take questions. Matt Olmstead (Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D.) said that when he was working on a cable program, “I missed doing 22 [episodes],” while John Eisendrath (The Blacklist) said, “Having never…

It took some negotiating and a compromise on all sides, but NBC‘s family drama Parenthood has secured a 13-episode final season. It will air in the fall, with the series returning to its Thursday 10 PM slot. Previous: 'Parenthood' Update: Path To Renewal Clear As Actors Reach Agreement There was a brief standoff…

No word from NBC yet but I hear that the cast of Parenthood have reached an agreement with NBC, paving the way to a 13-episode sixth and final season. With everyone willing to bring the beloved show to a proper conclusion, I hear there was a compromise on all sides. The actors had been asked to go down from 13 to 9…

One more piece has fallen into place for NBC‘s schedule next season with the network opting not to bring back vampire drama Dracula for a second season. That leaves us with Parenthood, which is still in a holding pattern for a 13-episode sixth season. The deadline for the actors to agree to a cost-cutting episodic…