TV News Roundup: Week of February 3, 2014
More Adult Swim, More HOUSE OF CARDS, More markets for Aereo and more football for CBS.
MONDAY:
MONDAY:
- Hulu & CBS ink deal for series:
CBS content is not regularly found on Hulu, but second year crime drama ELEMENTARY will be heading to the streaming service after a deal with CBS. - Aereo set to launch in next market:
San Antonio is the next market to get the streaming TV service AEREO, beginning Wednesday, February 19.
- Adult Swim expanding schedule:
Cable network Adult Swim is expanding it's programming schedule, now starting at 8 p.m. and staying on the air until 6 a.m., each day. - More HOUSE OF CARDS:
Before the second season has been released, Netflix has renewed the political drama HOUSE OF CARDS for a third season. - WWE Channel coming to Apple TV:
The new WWE Channel will be coming to the Apple TV platform, starting on February 24.
- CBS primetime football coming this fall:
CBS was the surprise winner of the new Thursday Night NFL package, for the 2014 season. [LINK] - Long running USA series to end this season:
USA series PSYCH will end after it's current, and eight season. The series finale is scheduled for March 26th. - NBC cancels MJF:
Freshman sitcom THE MICHAEL J FOX SHOW was cancelled by NBC, despite all 22 episodes having already been produced. HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT will take over the Thursday, 9 p.m. slot.
- Seth Rogen developing series for AMC:
The actor is developing the comic book PREACHER into a TV series for AMC. No scheduled premiere date has been announced. - It's pilot season for Amazon Prime:
Amazon Prime has released 10 pilots to viewers. Five of the are kids programming. The shows are available to watch for free and feed back is encouraged. - ESPN to air games of new football league:
A new spring football league, A11FL, is schedule to kick off an exhibition season this spring and ESPN2 will televise two games. The first full season will be in 2015. [LINK]
- Another Hulu deal:
After bringing past seasons of ELEMENTARY to Hulu, the streaming service will also have past seasons of the ABC drama NASHVILLE. - AMC picks up reality series on football franchise:
What happens when two super star, rock & roll legends buy an expansion football franchise? The get a reality series, of course. AMC has picked up 10 episodes of a reality series on the inaugural season of the Arena Football League team, the LA KISS< owned by Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley.
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