Television

Ang Lee Won't Direct the Pilot for FX's 'Tyrant' After All

"Tyrant," the FX drama from "Homeland" producers Howard Gordon and Gideon Raff, managed a serious coup when it landed Ang Lee as the director of its pilot. The announcement was made in March, less than a month after Lee won the Oscar for Best Director for "Life of Pi," and it was set to be Lee's fir...

Here's What Your ABC Fall (Black) Primetime Lineup Looks Like...

Not much new programming from ABC to look forward to next season, as far as shows with black actors in lead/starring roles are concerned. 

Watch: Trailer For J.J. Abrams/Alfonso Cuaron Series 'Believe' Arrives, Ang Lee Bails On 'Tyrant' Pilot

As far as two people to create a TV series together, it'd be hard to do much better than J.J. Abrams and Alfonso Cuaron. The former is, obviously, the man behind hits like "Alias," "Lost" and "Revolution," while the latter is the acclaimed filmmaker behind "Children Of Men," who'll make his long-awa...

How 'The Dark Tower' Inspired 'Arrested Development' & More From Rolling Stone's Piece On The Show's Creator Mitch Hurwitz

If the hairs on the back of your neck are standing up it probably means you have Spidey-senses. It also means that the new season of "Arrested Development," available streaming instantly over Netflix, is about to drop on Sunday. We are so close to new episodes of the iconic cult series, about a fami...

Steven Spielberg To Executive Produce 'Halo' TV Series For Xbox Live

Given that there's original content on streaming services Amazon Prime, Hulu and Netflix, it was only a matter of time before the game consoles got in on the action. Today during an overlong and somewhat confusing press conference for the new Xbox system (unimaginatively dubbed Xbox One,) it was ann...

Steven Spielberg Will Produce a 'Halo' TV Series for Xbox

There was a well publicized attempt to bring Microsoft's incredibly successful sci-fi video game series "Halo" to the big screen a few years ago. Alex Garland ("The Beach") wrote a script, Peter Jackson was going to be the executive producer and Neill Blomkamp ("District 9") was signed on to direct.

Not Everyone Is Happy With The Guy In NBC's 'Ironside' Reboot

According to The Wrap it seems that not everyone is happy with NBC’s upcoming new reboot of their old 1970’s Ironside series, and, in particular with Blair Underwood in the lead role. Not because he’s black, but because he’s not disabled in real life.

Ricky Gervais' 'Derek' Will Premiere on Netflix in September

Netflix has set a date for its next exclusive series (of sorts) -- all seven half-hour episodes of Ricky Gervais' "Derek" will premiere at the streaming service at 12:01am PT on September 12. Unlike "House of Cards," which premiered February 1st, "Hemlock Grove" (April 19th), "Arrested Development" ...

Meet the Have-Nots Of Tyler Perry's/OWN's 'The Haves And The Have Nots'