TV News Roundup: February 6, 2019

TV News Roundup
A Quick Hit of Current Headlines

1. (02/06) Music-streaming service, Spotify, acquires podcast network, Gimlet Media, and podcast publishing company, Anchor.


2. (02/06) In its Q1 earnings call, Disney CEO, Bob Iger, stated that the streaming service, ESPN+, has surpassed two million paid subscribers.


3. (02/06) CBS has awarded sitcom, MOM, a two season renewal, through the 2021-22 season.


4. (02/06) ABC renewed THE GOOD DOCTOR for a third season, and A MILLION LITTLE THINGS for a second season.


5. (02/05) Freeform has renewed comedies, GROWN-ISH and GOOD TROUBLE.


6. (02/05) ABC renews MODERN FAMILY for 11th and final season.


7. (02/05) Freeform has given a 10-episode commitment for a PARTY OF FIVE reboot. The new series will follow the Acosta family as their parents are deported to Mexico, while the children are left in America.


8. (02/05) AMC has renewed the long running hit series, THE WALKING DEAD, for a 10th season.


9. (02/04) FX has announced that the series, LEGION, will end after its third season, this summer.


10. (02/04) NBC picks up medical drama, NEW AMSTERDAM, for a second season.


11. (02/04) Per Nielsen, season two of Amazon's THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL averaged 1.9 million viewers, during its first seven days of release. Episode one averaged 3.3 million viewers.


12. (02/01) The CW renews 10 series for next season, including The Flash, Supergirl, Arrow, Black Lightning, Legends of Tomorrow, Riverdale, Supernatural, Charmed, Legacies and Dynasty.


13. (02/01) Netflix renews freshman series, SEX EDUCATION, for a second season.


14. (01/31) CBS All Access announced picking up a 10-episode commitment for a TV adaptation of Stephen King's THE STAND.


15. (01/31) Showtime renews SHAMELESS for 10th season.


16. (01/31) Netflix is picking up FULLER HOUSE, for a fifth and final season.


17. (01/30) FOX renews THE MASKED SINGER for a second season.