VES Awards: ‘Star Wars’, ‘Game Of Thrones’ Rule bags 4; 3 For ‘Revenant’
Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Game Of Thrones came in to the 14th annual VES Awards with the most nominations, and they left with the most wins: four apiece. The Revenant went home with three statuettes.
New HBO Comedy Pilot “Barry” casts Sarah Goldberg
Sarah Goldberg (Hindsight) is set to co-star opposite Bill Hader in his HBO comedy pilot Barry. The project, co-written and directed by Hader, centers on an ex-Marine (Hader) who works as a low-rent hitman in the Midwest. Lonely and dissatisfied in his life he begrudgingly travels to Los Angeles to kill someone and ends up finding an accepting community in a group of eager hopefuls within the L.A. theater scene.
New ABC Drama Pilot “Presence” casts Stephannie from ‘Spectre’ and Fx’s ‘The Bridge’
After a lengthy casting search that featured a slew of young actresses testing, Stephanie Sigman (Spectre, FX’s The Bridge) has landed the lead role in John Ridley’s drama pilot Presence for ABC and ABC Studios. Sigman already is in business with American Crime creator/executive producer Ridley, ABC and ABC Studios – she has a recurring role on the second season of Ridley’s acclaimed ABC/ABC Studios anthology series.
Cruel Intentions TV Show project gets a Pilot Order
Cruel Intentions, NBC’s drama project based on the the cult 1999 movie starring Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon and Sarah Michelle Gellar, has been picked up to pilot. The project, which tells the story of Bash Casey, the son of the characters played in the film by Phillippe and Witherspoon, originally had a script commitment plus penalty.
Kocktails with Khloe sets Digital viewing record for FYI
The January 27 episode of Khloé Kardashian’s Kocktails With Khloé brought FYI its best day on record for digital viewing. The cross-platform views represented more than a third of the total FYI web traffic, according to the network. In addition to the increased traffic on FYI’s site, the second episode saw nearly a 40% lift in total viewers in Live +3 viewership vs. same day. You can catch the latest episode on Couchtuner.BZ TV Shows Free
ABC Mini Series “Madoff” misses the big link?
Even though more than $11 billion has been recovered for scammed investors who put their cash in Bernie Madoff’s elaborate Ponzi scheme, and Madoff was sentenced to 150 years behind bars, the true drama behind this American saga has yet to be told on the small screen. And while hinted at, it certainly isn’t told in ABC’s miniseries Madoff, which, nearly eight years after the shock and pain of the Great Recession hit America, is an opportunity lost. Watch Series Madoff at Couchtuner
