TV News Roundup: Week of August 26, 2013

Here is a quick look at the past five days of TV news as we head into the weekend.

MONDAY:

• LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE reboot:
  CBS has put a reboot of the 70's romance/comedy anthology series, LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE, into development. If successful, this will be the third time for the series, out of four attempts.
• Movie 12 MONKEYS getting TV pilot:
  the 1995 film 12 MONKEYS, starring Bruce willis and Brad Pit, will have a pilot developed for SYFY 

TUESDAY:

• Apple TV adds more channels:
  The streaming service added th Weather Channel, Vevo Music, Disney and Disney XD.
• Hulu orders comedy series:
  Hulu picked up 10 episodes of the new comedy DEADBEAT from Lionsgate Television. The series is scheduled to premiere in 2014.

WEDNESDAY:

• Social media firm Trendrr is bought by Twitter:
  The social TV analytics firm Trendrr is being purchased by Social media giant Twitter. This is another part of Twitter providing Social TV content as part of its free service.

THURSDAY:

• Netflix orders comedy Special:
  Comedian Aziz Ansari will debut his third comedy special on Netflix, instead of a traditional cable network. Other spcials by Marc Maron and Kathleen Madigan are being developed.

FRIDAY:

• A&E cancels drama:
  Drama THE GLADES was axed by A&E.
• NFL Network now #2 in carriage fees:
  By adding more games to the network, the NFL Network is now the second most expensive network on cable at an average of $1.34 per subscriber. With 69.7 million homes, that will translate to $1.12 billion annually. ESPN is still #1 with an average sub fee of $5.45.