ABC drama Pan Am is set for a revival at the hands of online retail giant Amazon, who would use the series as an exclusive on their Amazon Prime Instant Video service, should such a deal go ahead. The series, which is set based on a 1960′s American airline (the real-life former airline Pan Americam World [...]
While online TV and linear schedules are generally seen on different markets, Netflix appear to have made it their duty to claim that they are responsible for the recent upturn in success of AMC drama Mad Men, suggesting that the show’s prominence on the online streaming site has given it a cult status that has [...]
Channel 4′s planned new unique approach to catch-up TV (in the form of broadcast channel 4seven) is due for a release date fitting of the network’s name, with 4 July now earmarked for the channel to debut. The date, best known as America’s Independence Day, will fit in with the branding of the ’4/7′ theme, [...]
The town of Staines (England) on Sunday marked an official name change (under a slight alteration of ‘Staines-upon-Thames’), claiming the move has been made in an effort to enhance their poor public image, with one of the contributions to that stereotype widely believed to be made by ‘Ali G’, who was Sacha Baron Cohen’s first-ever original character. The ‘suburban ghetto’ [...]
Cable TV station USA Network have revealed their new drama series for the 2012-13 premiere season, with the announcements headlined by a new culinary-based scripted series. Based in a fictional San Francisco restaurant ‘Tour’, new series Rare, executive produced by Cory Concoff and written by Larry Golin, is to centre on Tour’s head chef, a ‘mysterious ex-special forces captain’ with aspirations [...]
Following on from the wave of the current $1b box-office earnings of Marvel superhero film The Avengers, ABC network president Paul Lee took the time to confirm that one of the film’s best-known characters, The Incredible Hulk, is still on course for a scripted series, a plan first made by the network in 2010. ABC, which like [...]
