While Netflix and Spike projects were among the winners of Peabody Awards for documentary, the category was dominated by PBS, whose titles took five of the nine total prizes. The honorees include “stories that give insight to the lingering grief of communities after mass shootings, the impact of climate change on…

The Shannara Chronicles will not see a Season 3 at the soon-to-be launched Paramount Network. The fantasy drama has been canceled after two seasons, Deadline has confirmed. The Shannara Chronicles, based on the best-selling fantasy books by Terry Brooks, debuted on MTV in 2016 and was the network's highest rated and…

The Mist has lifted. Spike confirmed to Deadline that it has canceled its horror series based on a novella by Stephen King from the early 1980s after one season. The Mist, which marked Spike’s first original scripted series, was leftover from the old regime and programming strategy at the network, which will be…

The second season of hit fantasy series The Shannara Chronicles is set to premiere Wednesday, October 11 at 10 PM on Spike, its new home following the move from sister Viacom network MTV. The 10-episode Season 2 picks up a year after the events of last season, with The Four Lands in chaos. The re-emergence of magic…

It is hard to see clearly what is going on with The Mist, which premieres on Spike on June 22. Based on a beloved novella by Stephen King from the early 1980s, this latest adaptation initially plays on the horror of the cloud that envelops a Maine community adroitly, but also quickly becomes bogged down in small-town…

On May 15, 2010, 16-year-old Bronx native Kalief Browder was arrested for the alleged theft of a backpack. For this minor offense, Browder was imprisoned in New York’s notorious Rikers Island for three years, where he was physically and mentally brutalized, spending the majority of his time in solitary confinement, in…

Spike has given the greenlight to a new entry in its Ink Master tattoo franchise: Ink Master: Angels, a 10-episode series focusing on four of the original show’s top female contestants, will air this fall. Angels will follow four previous Ink Master competitors – Ryan Ashley, Kelly Doty, Nikki Simpson and Gia Rose…

Another series is on the move from one Viacom network to another. The upcoming 10-episode second season of MTV’s fantasy drama The Shannara Chronicles will air on Spike TV this fall. The Shannara Chronicle, based on the best-selling fantasy books by Terry Brooks, debuted on MTV in 2016 and was the network’s highest…

"There's something in the mist," says a voice in the first trailer for Spike TV's upcoming series The Mist. "That's what it does, it screws with your mind." Based on story by Stephen King, the 10-episode series follows the residents of Bridgeville, Maine who find themselves engulfed by a foreboding mist containing a…

Tributes poured in yesterday after the death of comic legend Don Rickles, and today comes word that a three-year-old special honoring Mr. Warmth will re-air this weekend. One Night Only: An All-Star Comedy Tribute to Don Rickles will air at 11 PM Sunday on Spike and 1 AM on its Viacom sister nets Comedy Central and TV…

The second episode of Time: The Kalief Browder Story will see some of its heavy-hitter executive producers step in front of the camera Wednesday night for a special Spike TV town hall on criminal justice reform. EPs Jay-Z, Harvey Weinstein and David Glasser will join members of the now-deceased Browder’s family and…

Twenty-five-year Viacom veteran Niels Schuurmans has been named to the newly created position of Chief Marketing Officer for The Paramount Network, TV Land, and CMT. It is the latest executive move following Viacom's reorganization, in which the three networks were grouped together under Kevin Kay, who was named…