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EXCLUSIVE: Skydance Media has entered into a multiyear deal with Nathan Greno (Tangled) to direct the company’s upcoming animated feature film Powerless (working title). Under the agreement, Greno, an animation veteran, will also consult on projects currently in development. Greno is a well-known and respected name in…

Adam West had lost none of his mock-heroic Batman charm in this surprise parting gift to fans — a cameo performance in a never-aired episode of NBC’s Powerless. DC All Access is presenting the entire episode for a limited time on its YouTube channel as a tribute to TV’s Batman, who died June 9 following a battle with l…

Not a surprise here. After pulling the final three episodes of the comedy Powerless from its Thursday night lineup, NBC has officially canceled the series. Powerless debuted to soft ratings (1.1, 3.1 million in Live+Same Day) and never recovered. Starring Vanessa Hudgens, the single-camera workplace comedy focused on…

Not a good sign for NBC’s Powerless. The network has pulled the remaining three episodes of the comedy series from its Thursday night lineup. It’s being replaced by Superstore in its 8:30 PM ET time slot. This is a de facto cancelation for the series, whih debuted to soft ratings (1.1, 3.1 million in Live+same day)…

There was lot of intrigue, broken hearts and broken promises on Scandal (1.4/5) but it was in a very different way than we've come to expect as the Shonda Rhimes DC drama celebrated its 100th episode with an alternative version of the players and events of the series. What was also an alternative for the Kerry…

During a tour through her career at Keshet Media Group's INTV conference, President of NBC Entertainment Jennifer Salke said that when she first joined NBC, many people told her it would be “impossible to turn (the network) around." It was in "terrible shape" at the time, and the first few years "were really difficult…

Snapshot: New series premieres: CBS' Superior Donuts (1.9 in 18-49, 10.6 million) and Training Day (0.9, 4.7 million), NBC’s Powerless (1.1, 3.1 million); Week 2: the CW’s Riverdale (0.4, -0.1); NBC’s The Blacklist (0.9) hits series L+SD low. Thursday night is seeing the most midseason action on the broadcast…

Grey's Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder are all back, putting ABC and Shonda Rhimes' TGIT in full swing again. But NBC and CBS are bringing some newbies to Thursday primetime this week with very different results: one worth watching and one most certainly not. As I say in my video review above, the…

Set in the DC Comics universe, Powerless is a workplace comedy set at Wayne Security, run by Van Wayne, dim-bulb cousin of billionaire crimefighter Bruce Wayne. Van is angling for a job closer to Bruce at mothership company Wayne Enterprises in Gotham. EP Justin Halpern likened it to the Rockefellers and all the…

NBC is giving two midseason comedies, Trial & Error and Great News, The Voice lead by scheduling them back-to-back in an hourlong block. Meanwhile, the third new NBC midseason comedy series, the DC Comics-themed Powerless, will air behind Superstore on Thursdays. NBC’s midseason Thursday lineup also will include The Bl…

There has been a change at the helm of the new DC Comics-themed NBC comedy series Powerless. The show’s creator/executive producer and showrunner Ben Queen is exiting. Start of production on the midseason series, which had been slated to begin in two weeks, is being postponed as a search is underway for a new…

Warner Bros. Television is bringing a record number of its series –21– down to the San Diego fanboy convention. This comes on the heels of 20th Century Fox TV announcing last week that they’re also showing off a massive 13 shows at Comic-Con. From WBTV’s upcoming lineup there are screenings and panels for its Berlanti…