TV News Roundup: January 16, 2016

• Netflix getting another superhero series
• FX getting superhero series
• FOX makes many moves
• USA renews comedy

More Marvel hero for Netflix:
Netflix is eyeing yet another Marvel superhero for a seres, THE PUNISHER. It will be a spinoff from DAREDEVIL, starring Jon Bernthal (THE WALKING DEAD). Not details were given and no confirmation from Marvel or Netflix.

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Marvel series on FX:
FX is readying its new Marvel series, LEGION, based on the X-Men franchise. The series will not be part of the same universe as the X-Men Films.

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FOX renews two series for next season:
FOX renewed two series, one a surprise, the other, no so much. SCREAM QUEENS will be back for another season in 2016-17, despite a very low rated freshman season. The hit series, EMPIRE also received a renewal, pretty much a given, with the ratings it produces.

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More 24 for FOX?
FOX has given a pilot order for a spin-off from the long running series, 24. The new series would not include Jack Bauer and be titled 24: LEGACY.

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Also from Fox...:
The network has given the greenlight to the event series "PRISON BREAK." FOX has given a pilot order for PITCH, a female baseball drama.

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PALYING HOUSE renewed:
USA Network's sitcom, PLAYING HOUSE, will be back for a third season. USA has also ordered new series, FALLING WATER, for 2016.

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Sling-TV could top two million subs:
according to a forecast by Gldman Sachs, Sling-TV could have over two million subscribers by the end of 2016.