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— FXX will cater to adults 18-34, with the flagship set at 18-49 and FXM 25-54. Projects will be developed the same way they traditionally have with casting, tone and test screenings determining which network a series ultimately will have a home on. “We don’t have a magic formula. We’re feeling it out as we go“.
— There will be some overlapping programming. All of the networks will “look quite different” on-air, there will be some overlap in the programming — notably the movies that air across all three channels. “Some movies will air on one, some on two and some on three“. There will also be some acquired programs that will live on one and others on two. “Generally speaking, original programming will have a home base on one channel“. The newly promoted CEO noted that this doesn’t mean a series couldn’t air on all three or be previewed on others.
— FXX will have a cutting-edge DIY look. “The entire on-air look is structured around the social media notion of self-documentation and the fact that that generation is a generation that has been photographing and videotaping itself, so there’s a do-it-yourself quality to the way media is created by that generation. You’ll see a blending of the DIY in the way that channel is branded, from the graphics to the on-air promos designed to feel very cutting-edge and organic and very much home to a really young viewer“.
— FX and FXX will program originals against each other — but it’s not a competition. FXX will feature Wednesday nights with It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and The League, while FX will be wrapping The Bridge and leading in to the launch of American Horror Story. “We believe we’ll be talking to different viewers but we don’t believe we’ll be cannibalizing ourselves“.*
— The typically candid Landgraf also told reporters that he’s prepared for the bumps along the road as viewers struggle to find where comedies Sunny, The League and Legit have moved. To that end, FX is prepping FX VOD to launch in the latter part of the year with content from all three channels.
— The upcoming George Lopez 10/90 comedy will be paired with Anger Management in January on FX. While the Charlie Sheen vehicle has performed well in its Monday sampling on FOX, Landgraf noted the ratings on FX were less then they’d like them to be. The series recently took a month-long hiatus to undergo some creative retooling as the writers contemplate changes and rejigger the series. “We’re hopeful to see the show grow a bit more and there will be some changes“.
— The limited event miniseries series Fargo will likely run on FX. “We’re going to do one limited series in our next fiscal year, which will be Fargo, and we’re going to do two the year after that; we haven’t identified or picked those up yet, and we have a lot in development. We’re debating whether to put one on FX and one on FXM or both on FXM — or both on FX. We haven’t decided yet partially, again, because we don’t know what we’re picking up and where we think is most appropriate distribution-wise“.
Beyond The Bridge: 3 Million People, 2 Cities, 1 Border
Sons of Anarchy Enlists C. Thomas Howell, Steve Howey for Season 6 Arcs
Erstwhile Outsider-turned-Southland cop C. Thomas Howell is heading to Sons of Anarchy for a Season 6 arc, TVLine has confirmed.
Additionally, Shameless actor Steve Howey will appear in multiple episodes of FX’s biker drama.
Howell has been cast as Frank Eagan, an ATF agent with questionable loyalties. Howey, meanwhile, will play Hopper, a hardcore north Vegas member who crosses paths with SAMCRO.
Howell and Howey join a S6 guest cast that also includes Treme‘s Kim Dickens, The Shield‘s CCH Pounder and Beauty and the Beast‘s Bridget Regan.
Production on SOA‘s sixth season is currently underway.
Cable Renewal Scorecard: What’s Coming Back? What’s Cancelled? What’s on the Bubble?
TVLine’s Renewal Scorecard has spawned a spin-off!
By popular demand, we present you with our first-ever Cable Renewal Scorecard, a handy, constantly-updated and easy-to-navigate cheat sheet featuring the current status of more than 100 of the buzziest* non-broadcast (plus PBS) offerings.
(*Due to issues related to length and our own sanity, not every cable series is included).
We’ll be updating this list regularly with the latest industry intel, so we strongly suggest you bookmark this puppy and check back for updates.
And now, the Scorecard (grouped by network)…
ABC FAMILY
Bunheads: Season 1 ended Feb. 25; Season 2 renewal could go either way
Baby Daddy: Season 2 premiered May 29; Renewed for Season 3
Chasing Life: Season 1 to debut in early 2014
The Fosters: Season 1 premiered June 3
Melissa & Joey: Season 3 premiered May 29; Renewed for Season 4
The Lying Game: Season 2A ended March 13; Season 2B renewal could go either way
Pretty Little Liars: Season 4 premieres June 11; Renewed for Season 5
Ravenswood: Season 1 to debut in October
The Secret Life of the American Teenager: Series finale aired June 3
Switched at Birth: Season 2B premieres June 10
Twisted: Season 1 premieres June 11
A&E
Bates Motel: Season 1 ended May 20; Season 2 to debut in 2014
The Glades: Season 4 premiered May 27
Longmire: Season 2 premiered May 27
AMC
Breaking Bad: Season 5B/Final Season premieres Aug. 11
Hell on Wheels: Season 3 premieres Aug. 3
The Killing: Season 3 premiered June 2; Season 4 renewal is too early to tell
Low Winter Sun: Season 1 premieres Aug. 11
Mad Men: Season 6 finale airs June 23; Season 7 renewal a sure thing
The Walking Dead: Season 4 premieres October 2013
BBC America
Being Human: Final season premieres July 13
Copper: Season 2 premieres June 23
Doctor Who: Season 7 ended May 18; Renewed for Season 8
In The Flesh: Season 1 premieres June 6
Luther: Season 2 ended July 2011; Season 3 premieres Sept. 3
Orphan Black: Season 2 to debut in 2014
Ripper Street: Season 1 ended Feb. 24; Season 2 to debut in early 2014
BET
The Game: Season 6 currently airing; Season 7 to debut in 2014
Let’s Stay Together: Season 3 ended May 21; Season 4 to debut in 2014
CINEMAX
Banshee: Season 1 ended March 15; Season 2 to debut in early 2014
Strike Back: Season 2 ended Oct. 2012; Season 3 to debut in mid-to-late 2013
FX/FXX
American Horror Story: Season 2 ended Jan. 21; Season 3 to premiere in October
The Americans: Season 1 ended May 1; Season 2 to debut in early 2014
Anger Management: The 90-episode Season 2 premiered Jan. 17
Archer: Season 4 ended April 11; Season 5 to debut in 2014
The Bridge: Season 1 premieres July 10
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 9 to debut this fall; Renewed for Season 10
Justified: Season 4 ended April 2; Season 5 to debut in early 2014
The League: Season 4 ended Dec. 20; Season 5 to debut this fall; Renewed for Season 6
Legit: Season 1 ended April 11; Season 2 to debut in 2014
Louie: Season 3 ended Sept. 2012; Season 4 to debut in Spring 2014
Sons of Anarchy: Season 5 ended Dec. 4; Season 6 to debut in fall 2013
Wilfred: Season 3 premieres June 20
SHOWTIME
The Borgias: Season 3 finale airs June 16; A shortened Season 4/wrap-up TV-movie is a safe bet
Californication: Season 6 ended April 7; Season 7 to debut in 2014
Dexter: Season 8/Final Season premieres June 30
Episodes: Season 3 to debut in early 2014
Homeland: Season 2 ended Dec. 2012; Season 3 to debut Sept. 29
House of Lies: Season 2 ended April 7; Season 3 to debut in 2014
Masters of Sex: Season 1 premieres Sept. 29
Nurse Jackie: Season 5 finale airs June 16; Season 6 renewal could go either way
Ray Donovan: Season 1 premieres June 30
Shameless: Season 3 ended April 7; Season 4 to debut in 2014
Web Therapy: Season 3 premieres July 22
STARZ
Black Sails: Season 1 premieres Jan. 2014
Da Vinci’s Demons: Season 1 currently airing; Season 2 to debut in 2014
Magic City: Season 2 premieres June 14
The White Queen: Season 1 premieres Aug. 10
SUNDANCE
Rectify: Season 1 ended May 20; Season 2 to debut in 2014
SYFY
Being Human: Season 3 ended April 8; Season 4 to debut in 2014
Continuum: Season 2 premieres June 7
Defiance: Season 1 currently airing; Season 2 to debut in 2014
Haven: Season 3 ended Jan. 17; Season 4 to debut in October
Lost Girl: Season 3 ended April 22; Season 4 to debut in 2014
Warehouse 13: Season 4 currently airing; Season 5/Final Season to debut in 2014
TBS
Cougar Town: Season 4 ended April 9; Season 5 to debut in 2014
Sullivan & Son: Season 2 premieres June 13
Men at Work: Season 2 finale airs June 6; Season 3 renewal could go either way
TNT
Dallas: Season 2 ended April 15; Season 3 to debut in 2014
Falling Skies: Season 3 premieres June 9
Franklin & Bash: Season 3 premieres June 19
King & Maxwell: Season 1 premieres June 10
The Last Ship: Season 1 to debut in 2014
Legends: Season 1 to debut in 2014
Lost Angels (fka L.A. Noir): Season 1 to debut in 2014
Major Crimes: Season 2 premieres June 10
Monday Mornings: Officially cancelled
Perception: Season 2 premieres June 25
Rizzoli & Isles: Season 4 premieres June 25
Southland: Officially cancelled
TV LAND
The Exes: Season 3 premieres June 19
Happily Divorced: Season 2B ended Feb. 13; Season 3 is a long-shot
Hot in Cleveland: Season 4B premieres June 19; Season 5 to debut in late 2013
The Soul Man: Season 2 premieres June 19
USA NETWORK
Burn Notice: Season 7/Final Season premieres June 6
Covert Affairs: Season 4 premieres July 16
Graceland: Season 1 premieres June 6
Necessary Roughness: Season 3 premieres June 12
Psych: Season 7 finale aired May 29; Renewed for Season 8
Royal Pains: Season 5 premieres June 12
Suits: Season 3 premieres July 16
White Collar: Season 4 ended March 5; Season 5 to debut in fall 2013
American Horror Story: Emma Roberts Joins the FX Spookfest’s Coven
American Horror Story: Coven has cast its spell on Emma Roberts.
The Scream 4 actress on May 29 closed a deal to join the FX drama’s witch-themed third chapter, TVLine has learned exclusively.
Roberts — who most recently starred in Fox’s ill-fated pilot Delirium — will play a self-involved party girl by the name of Madison.
Fun fact: Roberts’ casting places her on screen alongside real-life boyfriend, Horror Story vet Evan Peters.
As previously reported, AHS fixtures Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, Lily Rabe, Frances Conroy and Taissa Farmiga will be back for Season 3. Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, Patti LuPone and Gabourey Sidibe, meanwhile, are among the addictive hit’s fresh faces.
Sons of Anarchy Casts Shield Vet CCH Pounder
Another Shield alum is ready to live a Charming life.
CCH Pounder has landed a multi-episode arc on the sixth season of FX’s Sons of Anarchy, EW.com reports.
The actress joins SOA as a San Joaquin County District Attorney who comes into contact with the biker bad boys of SAMCRO.
Pounder is the latest Shield star to visit Sons, with previous guests including (but not limited to) Walton Goggins, Kenny Johnson and Jay Karnes.
USA Network – If You Love Burn Notice, You’ll Love Graceland
Billy Crystal to Headline FX’s Comedians Pilot
Billy Crystal appears ready for a primetime comeback, signing on to star in a single-camera comedy pilot for FX.
Titled The Comedians, the potential series finds the nine-time Academy Awards host playing a superstar comedian who is reluctantly paired with a younger, edgier comic for a late-night comedy sketch show.
The project, which counts Larry Charles (Seinfeld), Matt Nix (Burn Notice), Ben Wexler (Community) and Crystal as exec producers/writers, is based on a Swedish series of the same name.
Comedians would mark Crystal’s first full-time TV gig since his one-season stint on Saturday Night Live nearly three decades ago. Prior to that, he spent four years playing Jodie Dallas on the classic ’70s sitcom Soap.
FX’s The Strain Targets Alias Alum Mía Maestro
Alias alum Mía Maestro has landed the female lead in The Strain, FX’s pilot about a vampire virus.
The high-concept thriller is directed by Guillermo del Toro (the Hellboy films, Pan’s Labyrinth) — who also co-wrote the script with Chuck Hogan (The Town) — and exec-produced by Carlton Cuse (Lost, Bates Motel).
The Strain stars Corey Stoll (House of Cards) as Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of a Center for Disease Control team in New York City that is tasked with investigating a mysterious viral outbreak with the hallmarks of an ancient, evil strain of vampirism. Per our sister site Deadline, Maestro will play Dr. Nora Martinez, a brilliant biochemist who must evolve into a brave warrior as the spreading epidemic threatens humanity.
In addition to her run on Alias, Maestro’s TV credits include a small arc on USA Network’s White Collar and a February 2013 episode of Person of Interest.
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