CBS today picked up the bulk of its remaining drama series, including two that had been on the bubble, Madam Secretary and MacGyver. That leaves four hourlong series in limbo, sophomore Instinct, freshmen The Code and The Red Line and third-year Canadian import Ransom. Neither of the four have finished their newest…

ABC's American Idol (1.1 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic, 6.72 million viewers) won Sunday night in the demo among broadcast networks, marking its 10th week in a row at the top. But the live singing competition tumbled five tenths in the demo, week to week, from its season high, and fumbled about 2 million…

ABC's 8-10 PM American Idol (1.4 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic, 7.88 million viewers) continued its run as Sunday's top broadcast program in the demo, more than doubling NBC's World of Dance (0.8, 3.36M) head-to-head in total viewers, and by sixth tenths in the demo. CBS' 60 Minutes (0.8, 9.06M) clocked the…

CBS has set spring premiere dates for new drama series The Code, The Red Line, which will air as an eight-episode event series, and returning Ransom. The Red Line, from Greg Berlanti and Ava DuVernay and starring Noah Wyle, will air in two-hour installments over four consecutive Sundays beginning April 28 following 60…

CBS ordered four dramas and three comedies to its 2018-2019 slate last week, as the annual Upfronts Week hit with full force with orders, renewals and cancellations. On the comedy side, they join fellow newcomer the Murphy Brown reboot on the all-multicam slate, and on the drama side join the legal series The…

Howard Charles (The Musketeers) and Elizabeth Laidlaw (Boss) have signed on as series regulars opposite Emayatzy Corinealdi, Noel Fisher, Michael Patrick Thornton and Aliyah Royale in CBS' Red Line, a racially charged hourlong drama executive produced by Ava DuVernay and Greg Berlanti. Written by Caitlin Parrish and…

The Great Indoors‘ alum Christine Ko is set as a series regular in the CW supernatural cop drama pilot Dead Inside, from writer Katie Lovejoy and producer Bill Lawrence. In Dead Inside, penned by Lovejoy and directed by Michael Patrick Jann, after surviving an explosion that killed her hotshot detective big brother…

Noah Wyle has been tapped as the lead of CBS' pilot Red Line, a racially charged hourlong drama executive produced by Ava DuVernay and Greg Berlanti. Written by Caitlin Parrish and Erica Weiss and directed by Victoria Mahoney, Red Line explores what happens after a white cop in Chicago (Noel Fisher) mistakenly shoots…

Noel Fisher (Shameless) and Michael Patrick Thornton (Private Practice) are set as series regulars opposite Emayatzy Corinealdi and Aliyah Royale in CBS’ Red Line, a racially charged hourlong drama executive produced by Ava DuVernay and Greg Berlanti. Written by Caitlin Parrish and Erica Weiss and directed by Victoria…

CBS is wrapping its drama pilot orders with nods to Red Line, a racially-charged one-hour executive produced by Ava DuVernay and Greg Berlanti, Main Justice, inspired by and executive produced by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, with Jerry Bruckheimer also exec producing; L.A. Confidential, based on James…