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‘Damnation’ Review: Damn Shame How Flat This Depression-Era USA Drama Is

Debuting tonight on USA Network, Damnation is a heartland-set tale straight out of the Great Depression that unfortunately ends up being as flat as the Great Plains themselves. Led with solid turns by Ripper Street alum Killian Scott and Quarry vet Logan Marshall-Green, as I say in my video review above, the…

Mike Medavoy: ‘The Long Road Home’ Better Suited To TV “In Light Of What’s Happening To The Movies” – TCA

“Do you think television now is the cutting edge arena?” TV critics asked Mike Medavoy during the TCA panel for his National Geographic Channel eight-episode limited series The Long Road Home. “There's no better way to tell this story, with the number of hours we got, than National Geographic,” he responded…

Nat Geo Sets Documentary Specials On Princess Diana, ‘Long Road Home’ & ‘Titanic’; ‘StarTalk’ Guest Cast – TCA

National Geographic announced three new documentary specials during its session Tuesday at TCA. One focuses on Princess Diana, another is a companion doc to upcoming scripted series The Long Road Home and the third is an event special marking the 20th anniversary of the blockbuster Titanic film. The network also…

‘Salvation’ Casts Erica Luttrell; Carter Redwood Joins ‘The Long Road Home’

Erica Luttrell (Arrow) has booked a recurring role in CBS’ summer suspense drama series Salvation, from Alex Kurtzman's Secret Hideout and CBS Television Studios. Salvation follows whip-smart MIT grad student Liam (Charlie Rowe) and tech billionaire Darius Tanz, who bring to a low-level Pentagon official a staggering…

‘The Tick’ Casts Scott Speiser; Roland Buck Takes ‘The Long Road Home’

Scott Speiser (NCIS) has booked a series regular role in Amazon's upcoming comedy series The Tick. A co-production with Sony TV, The Tick centers on an underdog accountant with zero powers who comes to realize his city is owned by a global super villain long-thought dead. As he struggles to uncover this conspiracy, he…

Nat Geo Greenlights ‘The Long Road Home’ Event Series Based On Martha Raddatz Book

National Geographic Channel has greenlit The Long Road Home scripted miniseries, based on Martha Raddatz’s New York Times bestseller. It was announced today ahead of Nat Geo’s session at TCA. The eight-hour event series is executive produced by Mike Medavoy, Jason Clark, Benjamin Anderson and Edward McGurn. The 33…

Nat Geo Adapting Martha Raddatz’s ‘The Long Road Home’; E! Renews ‘#Richkids’

National Geographic Channel is teaming with Mike Medavoy and Jason Clark to develop a scripted mini-series based on Martha Raddatz’s bestseller The Long Road Home. It will chronicle the events of April 4, 2004, a day that became known in military annals as "Black Sunday," when a newly-arrived Platoon from the First…