On Thursday, Spike TV will become the first major basic cable network to rebrand itself in the Peak TV era of nearly 500 scripted originals. Topped by president Kevin Kay, who was charged with leading the rebranding while also overseeing fellow Viacom cable networks...
The family in ABC’s comedy Black-ish, including Dre Johnson, right.Photograph: Patrick Wymore/ABC via Getty Images Advertiser-funded programming is an important source of money for broadcasters, but could advertiser-funded dialogue be the next step? Last week saw a...
Apple has announced a major scripted series, winning a bidding war for an untitled drama starring Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston. The show will focus on the lives of people working in the world of morning television. Apple has given the go-ahead to a...
Popular culture caught up to Philip K. Dick. The audacious imaginings of the legendary science fiction author bled into thousands of ideologically descendant books, films, and movies, even as some technologies he dreamed up became reality. That catching-up poses a...
On Jan. 18, Spike TV will become the first major basic cable network to rebrand itself in the Peak TV era of nearly 500 scripted originals. Topped by president Kevin Kay, who was charged with leading the rebranding while also overseeing fellow Viacom cable networks TV...
If you’ve been following this story over the last couple of weeks, you’ll recall the surprising news that Quentin Tarantino has had an idea for a Star Trek movie enthusiastically accepted by Trek studio Paramount and producer JJ Abrams. QT is overseeing...