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EXCLUSIVE: Ted Melfi, whose new film The Starling premiered last night at the Toronto Film Festival, has been set to adapt, direct and produce for Netflix Underworld, based on the seminal novel by Don DeLillo. The novel is a sprawling tapestry spread across decades that has a through line of the home run Bobby Thomson…

EXCLUSIVE: The critically acclaimed historical drama series Underground, which aired for two seasons on WGN America, is heading to OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. OWN said today it has acquired the series to air beginning Tuesday, January 5 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The series, from Sony Pictures Television, will have a…

The acquisition of Tribune Media by Nexstar Media Group has created the largest owner of local TV stations, but it also raises new questions about the future of WGN America and a nearly one-third stake in the Food Network. In a conference call Friday with Wall Street analysts to discuss the deal, which closed…

EXCLUSIVE: Steven Fisher has been upped to partner at Trevor Engelson’s Beverly Hills-based management/production company Underground. Fisher has been with Underground for five years. Prior to his post at Underground, he was an agent at both UTA and ICM.  His client roster includes Alex Karpovsky (Girls, Homecoming)…

Film Bridge International has entered into a two-picture production deal with Dublin-based Merlin Films headed by Kieran Corrigan and Deliverance director, John Boorman. Film Bridge founder and CEO Ellen Wander will partner with Corrigan and Boorman to produce two features, heist thriller Underground and gritty action…

More than three months after WGN America officially canceled Underground, executive producer John Legend is still fighting to find a new home for a third season of the series about the underground railroad and the race from the slavery of the South attempted by thousands. "The cast, producers and our studio Sony…

"I still struggle to find the words to really encapsulate what that experience was for me," says Aisha Hinds of playing Harriet Tubman this season on Underground. "As an artist, by all means, it was an incredible, exciting venture and challenge to bring theater on to television," she adds in our Next Generation TV…

The overhaul of WGN America in anticipation of parent Tribune’s acquisition by Sinclair continues. Matt Cherniss, who oversaw WGNA’s transformation from a superstation to a cable network and home of high-end original drama series, will be stepping down at the end of the month. He has served as president and general…

During a panel discussion at the ATX Television Festival entitled Television in a Trumped Up America, Queen Sugar producer Paul Garnes made a comment that made everyone cheer. In the midst of the discussion on how the election results have affected television, Garnes said, "One of my EPs on Queen Sugar thought maybe…

It’s been more than a week since WGN America officially canceled its acclaimed drama Underground after two seasons as the cable network is changing its programming direction in preparation for its parent Tribune’s acquisition by Sinclair. Underground hails from Sony Pictures TV, which probably has more saved shows…

WGN America is officially out of the high-end original scripted series business. As expected, the cable network today cancelled acclaimed drama Underground after two seasons. It follows the recent cancellation of fellow drama Outsiders as WGN America is changing its programming course, while its parent Tribune is…

Time is running out for WGN America’s only remaining original scripted series, Underground. While the praised drama has not been canceled, its future on the upstart cable network looks bleak. Official decision is expected next week. I hear at the time of WGNA’s cancellation of fellow sophomore drama Outsiders in…