May 5, 2017
Look, there was A LOT of news this week. We apologize, we go
long. We always go long -- but we go really long here. So instead
of writing all about going long, let's just get into it...
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NEWS:
- The
WGA narrowly avoided going on strike as talks with the Alliance Of
Motion Picture And Television Producers went into overtime -- a
deal was put in place at roughy 1:00 am Tuesday
morning.
- HBO
is currently developing four different “Game of Thrones” spinoff
ideas. “Each of the four projects will explore different time
periods of Martin’s sprawling world of Westeros. It’s unclear where
any of the four fall in the show’s universe — meaning they could be
prequels, sequels or spinoffs.”
- Anne
Rice is now working with Paramount TV to develop “The Vampire
Chronicles” to series. No word yet on which network the show will
land at but it’s very possible Paramount TV -- formerly known as
Spike TV -- will be taking it for themselves.
- Sundance has renewed “Hap and Leonard” for a
third season.
- FOX
has canceled “Pitch” after one season.
- Hulu
has ordered a second season for “Handmaid’s Tale.”
- Hulu
has officially announced they’re getting into the Marvel game with
“Runaways” which will premiere to the service later this
year.
- Hulu
has officially launched its own live TV service.
And...?
- On
May 9, Stephen Colbert’s Late Show will practically be a Daily Show
reunion with Jon Stewart, Samantha Bee, John Oliver, Ed Helms and
Rob Corddry coming by for a “special evening of comedy and
conversation”
- “13
Reasons Why” has added more trigger warnings because, suicide is
bad.
- News
hit last week that a “Roseanne” revival was in the works -- but
Roseanne Barr took to Twitter to debunk the rumor. She’d love it to
happen, but it looks like it isn’t just yet.
- There’s a “Boondock Saints” prequel TV series
in development. There’s no network assigned as of yet.
- Jesse
Eisenberg has been tapped to write, direct and star in a new
half-hour comedy series titled “The Market.” The show is from Bad
Robot and "centers on the recently widowed Harold Katzman who moves
to Pittsburgh to live with his adult son, Stan (Eisenberg). Both
men simultaneously lose their jobs due to the changing American
economy and are thrust into an unforgiving job market."
AARON’S LOSER: "Supernatural" and "Great News"
JACK’S LOSERS: "The President Show"
AARON’S FENCERS: "The President Show," "Mary Kills People," "Last Man on Earth," "Bill Nye Saves the World" and
"Fargo."
JACK’S FENCERS: "Great News," "Truth and
Iliza" and "Victorian Slum House."
AARON’S WINNERS:
VIVA LA RESISTANCE
SHOWS!:
- "Guerilla"
- "Burn
Motherfucker Burn"
- "The
Lost Tapes: LA Riots"
- "Dear
White People"
- "The
Handmaid’s Tale"
Also... "Catastrophe,"
"Parts Unknown,"
"Better Call Saul,"
"The Leftovers" and
"American Gods"
JACK’S WINNERS: "Jimmy Kimmel Live," "The White Princess," "Last
Man on Earth," Bob's Burgers," "Handmaid's tale" and
"American Gods"
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