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After an unexpectedly solid ratings run in the summer, boosted by strong DVR lifts, Fox’s psychological thriller Wayward Pines has been renewed for a 10-episode second season to air next summer. M. Night Shyamalan is back as an executive producer of the series, which will have a new showrunner in Season 2. Chad Hodge…

X-Men is closer to coming to TV. There had been a lot of chatter that X-Men would be one of the top Fox projects this development season. Asked about the state of the project at the TCA Summer Press Tour today, Fox’s Dana Walden sounded optimistic that a deal is near. “We’re in negotiations with Marvel,” she said. “We…

The final reckoning came on Wayward Pines (1.2/5) last night with the finale of the Fox 10-episode event series. And it seems like it was a good way to end things. Coming off a low last week, the M. Night Shyamalan, Chad Hodges, Donald De Line and Ashwin Rajan EP'd mystery show based on Blake Crouch's novels was up…

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details of tonight's Wayward Pines finale. After 10 episodes and a summer of time-shifting successes, Wayward Pines came to a bloody and awakening end tonight – literally and figuratively. Or did it? Although picked up as an event series back in 2013 by Fox, the mystery series from…

With Aquarius and Hannibal marched over to the TV graveyard of Saturdays now, last night had a lot less drama in primetime. Of course, the highest rated show of the night was actually the unscripted Big Brother (2.0/7). Amidst a love triangle and an eviction, the show saw a 5% bop up among adults 18-49 from last week…

The truth is out there, and it’s that this isn’t a reboot. Mulder, Scully and presumably the whole gang of whatever it was invading Earth are returning to television for the first time in 14 years (we’re going to pretend that I Want To Believe didn’t happen) for The X-Files, a miniseries continuation of the Fox series…

There weren't a lot of repeats last night but there were a number of repeat performances. Thursday's primetime saw the majority of originals matching their tepid July 2 results. With a 6% bop up from last week, Big Brother (1.9/7) was the top-rated show and the third most watched (5.9 million) after The Big Bang Theory…

Wayward Pines, from Chad Hodge and M. Night Shyamalan, was one of the first two event series greenlighted by Fox as part of its current push in the arena, getting a pickup alongside 24: Live Another Day in May 2013. Since then, Fox aired Live Another Day; ordered, aired and cancelled another limited series, Gracepoint…

2ND UPDATE, 2:30 PM: Game 4 of the NBA Finals on ABC has officially set another record for the network, with 19.8 million total viewers and a 7.6/26 rating in adults 18-49 for last night’s matchup. It reps the latest series of best-of marks for ABC which first began carrying the NBA’s championship series in 2003. Last…

UPDATE, 2:08 PM: The final score is in and it is a clear win for ABC with last night's Game 1 of the NBA Finals. The 9 – 11:57 PM ET battle between the overtime winning Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers drew a 6.9/25 rating among adults 18-49 and bringing in 17.8 million total viewers. That's up 15% in…

UPDATE PM: Encouraging ratings uptick in the finals for new NBC drama Aquarius (1.1 in 18-49), which will rely on digital viewing as the network is making the whole season available for streaming. PREVIOUS AM: The performance of new NBC drama Aquarius won’t be judged by on-air ratings as it is introducing a new…

The first night after the 2014-15 season, which of course ended Wednesday, was packed with encores, but there was also some very good intentions and a couple of second chances as well. The first of those second chances was the second week of Wayward Pines (1.2/4), which had a double-digit good night. Without the…