TV News Roundup: Week of February 10, 2014
The Supreme Court sets a date, CBS makes Thursday movies, Lifetime to end drama... again, and Netflix is the place for lost Star Wars episodes.
MONDAY:
MONDAY:
- CBS releases more series on Hulu:
CBS and Hulu are becoming quite the partnership. in the latest deal, Hulu will have classic series like EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND, CHEERS, TAXI and THE BRADY BUNCH available. Over 2,600 episodes from the CBS library. - A second helping of WAHLBURGERS:
A&E has ordered a second season of the reality series WAHLBURGERS. The season will consist of 18 episodes.
- The SCOTUS to begin Aereo vs Broadcasters case:
The Supreme Court of the United States will begin hearing arguments of the case of Aereo vs The Broadcast networks, on April 22, 2014.
- Lost STAR WARS: CLONE WARS coming:
Netflix will stream the unaired 6th and final season pf the animated series STAR WARS: CLONE WARS, begining March 7. The previous 5 seasons will also be available on the service. - LAST MAN ON EARTH picked up by FOX:
FOX has picked up the comedy LAST MAN ON EARTH, from Will Forte. The series will premiere mid-season of the 2014-15 TV season.
- Comcast to Merge with TWC:
In a $45 billion stock bid, Comcast will merge/take over Time Warner Cable. [LINK] - DROP DEAD DIVA to end series this year:
Lifetime has announced that the dramedy series DROP DEAD DIVA will end after the run of the sith season, which premiere on March 23.
- ABC Family cancels series:
ABC Family series RAVENSWOOD has been cancelled by the network. - CBS has changes for Thursday Nights and moves summer series to mid-season:
After the Olympics, THE CRAZY ONES and TWO AND A HALF MEN switch time slots. Late April, new Comedy BAD TEACHER replaces THE CRAZY ONES, and UNFORGETTABLE is set to start season three in early April, on Friday nights. [LINK]
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