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'Last Resort': How a 'Pre-Apocalypse' Drama Can Be More Alarming Than Going Right to the End of the World
Premiering tonight, Thursday, September 27th on ABC at 8pm (though it's been available for streaming online for the past two weeks), the military series "Last Resort" isn't just the most promising new broadcast network drama of the season, its quietly the most alarming. While ...
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7 Things We Learned About 'Last Resort' From Creator Shawn Ryan: 'This isn’t a show about Democrats versus Republicans'
The new drama "Last Resort" -- yes, the one with the submarine -- revolves around the naval crew of the USS Colorado as they find themselves pitted against their own country after questioning orders to launch a world-changing nuclear attack against Pakistan. It isn't long before t...
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Watch: The First Episode of ABC's Nuclear Submarine Drama 'Last Resort' Online Now
The fall pilot online previews continue with "Last Resort," ABC's upcoming naval drama about the crew of the USS Colorado, a nuclear submarine that goes rogue after Captain Marcus Chaplin (Andre Braugher) and his second-in-command XO Lt. Commander Sam Kendal (Scott Speedman) question orders they rec...
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'Awake' Creator Kyle Killen Has a New, Hopefully Not Doomed Pilot at ABC
Aside from having written "The Beaver," Kyle Killen has been the creator of two smart, highly acclaimed and quickly doomed network shows -- the Jason Isaacs-led two realities saga "Awake," which was cancelled by NBC toward the end of its 13-episode first season earlier this ...
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Spike Lee's Michael Jackson Doc 'Bad 25' Picked Up By ABC For a Thanksgiving Broadcast
Spike Lee's "Bad 25," a documentary about Michael Jackson and the making of his seminal "Bad" album (a quarter-century old this year), has been picked up by ABC for a Thanksgiving broadcast premiere.
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Joss Whedon Sells a 'S.H.I.E.L.D.' Live-Action Pilot to ABC, May Direct
In news that could send general geek culture into gleeful hysterics, ABC has ordered a pilot for "S.H.I.E.L.D.," a live-action project based on the Marvel property from Joss Whedon, Marvel TV and ABC Studios.
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More UK Remakes: ABC Developing an American Adaptation of British Comedy Series 'Spy'
On the heels of HBO's pilot order for an US remake of the UK series "Getting On" comes news that ABC is developing an American adaptation of another British comedy, the espionage spoof show "Spy."
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A Never-Aired Episode of 'Happy Endings' Will Premiere at Outfest
Outfest is bringing some television to its 30th anniversary iteration.
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The Joy of 'Revenge': Why ABC's Prime Time Soap Needn't Be a Guilty Pleasure
Summer is over, at least in the Hamptons of "Revenge," which winterized its summer cottages and packed up for the end of its first season last night in a flurry of confrontations, last-minute betrayals and possible deaths. It was a immensely satisfying 22-episode run for the new series, wh...
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In 'Scandal,' Doing the Right Thing Means You Have to Do the Wrong Thing First
Forget "Veep," is there are show on TV right now with a darker view on politics than "Scandal"? The Shonda Rhimes-created political thriller came to a season one end last night in a crescendo of overheated developments that included a murder, a cover-up, a confession of love and, yes, the scandal pr...
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