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The Terminator series has long flirted with horror. James Cameron’s original film is shot through with an almost slasher atmosphere; Terminator 2 gave us those flame-fuelled visions of Judgement Day; some of the sequels that followed could, arguably, be called horror-shows. But in Netflix’s new anime series Terminator Zero, cinema’s most legendary cyborg saga will be taking an event bigger tilt into scary-movie territory, bringing an additional fear-factor to the (already terrifying) notion of the robot apocalypse.

“I wanted to lean into that body-horror, serial-killer feel of the first film,” showrunner Mattson Tomlin tells Empire, “which was almost like Friday The 13th or A Nightmare On Elm Street.” His show – directed by Masashi Kudō – is set in Japan in 1997, and follows Japanese tech genius Malcolm Lee as he creates his own A.I. to combat Skynet. “The series also incorporates J-Horror [Japanese horror] elements,” explains Kudō. “[We] focused on emphasising...

Zack Norman, a veteran character and producer who appeared in films including Romancing The Stone, Cadillac Man and several for director Harry Jaglom along with guested on The Nanny, The A-Team, Baywatch and other series, died April 28 of natural causes. He was 83.

His son-in-law Jeff Briller confirmed the news to Deadline.

Born Howard Zuker on May 27, 1940, Norman received an executive Mba from Harvard Business School before embarking entering show business. He performed as a comedian through the latter half of the 1960s and working the Playboy Clubs, the Flamingo and Copacabana with the Temptations. He made his TV debut in 1969 doing stand-up on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.

He made about a half-dozen films in the 1970s before working on a pair of memorable ’80s films: He had a small role in Milos Forman’s Ragtime (1981) before being cast as Cousin Ira in Robert Zemeckis’ Romancing the Stone (1984). His character uttered the oft-quoted line,...

“Home Economics” has been canceled at ABC after three seasons.

The comedy series, which is based on the life of writer and executive producer Michael Colton, revolved around the heartwarming yet super uncomfortable and sometimes frustrating relationship between three adult siblings: one who’s in the one percent, one who’s middle class and one who’s barely holding on.

The series starred Topher Grace, Caitlin McGee, Jimmy Tatro, Karla Souza and Sasheer Zamata and featured Shiloh Bearman, Jordyn Curet, Chloe Jo Rountree and JeCobi Swain. Grace also executive produced alongside Eric and Kim Tannenbaum of The Tannenbaum Company. Jason Wang also served as a coexecutive producer.

“Home Economics” is a coproduction between Lionsgate and ABC Signature.

In addition, ABC will shift the premiere of its upcoming drama series “High Potential” to fall 2024.

The Kaitlin Olson-led detective series, which is based on French series “Haut Potentiel Intellectuel (Hpi),” centers...

With the Writers Guild strike showing no sign of slowing down, ABC has revealed more about its plans for the 2023-24 season.

The network on Friday confirmed comedies Public Defenders and Keeping it Together and dramas The Hurt Unit and Judgement would not be moving on at the network.

All four had landed pilot orders, but ABC initially delayed decisions on pickups.

Deadline reports that ABC Signature plans to shop the Ben McKenzie vehicle The Hurt Unit, while 20th Television is looking to find new homes for both Public Defenders and Judgement.

The decision is likely in response to the writers' strike, with ABC already making the controversial decision to hold off bringing back its scripted slate until 2024.

The Disney-owned network went public in May with an all-reality schedule because production on scripted shows is not expected to get underway for quite a while.

The sole ABC pilot still in contention is The Good Lawyer,...

Pilots for “The Hurt Unit,” “Public Defenders,” “Judgement” and “Keeping It Together” (which was formerly titled “Drop-Off”) are no longer moving forward at ABC.

The news comes amid the ongoing writers strike taking hold of Hollywood. The Writers Guild of America decided to strike on May 2 after failing to reach an agreement on issues like wages and protections against AI.

The medical procedural drama was ordered in December and starred Ben McKenzie. Per the official logline, the show is “a cutting-edge medical drama about a highly skilled team of trauma surgeons and nurses who race into the field to treat the patients who won’t make it to the hospital in time. When the sick and the injured can’t get to the ER, the Hurt Unit (Hospital Urgent Response Team) brings the ER to them.”

Matt Lopez and John Glenn co-wrote the pilot for “The Hurt Unit,” with both serving as executive producers.

As upfronts week comes to a close, the broadcast networks have announced many of their new series pickups for next season, although, amid a pull away from the traditional pilot cycle and the writers strike, pickup decisions on several pilots are still pending. Additionally, there are more reality series and acquisitions among the 2023-24 freshman class due to evolving business models as well as the work stoppage.

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The new series picks include dramas The Irrational and Found, as well as comedy Extended Family for NBC, Kaitlin Olson fronted drama High Potential and Bachelor spinoff The Golden Bachelor at ABC, medical drama Doc and action-drama Rescue: Hi-Surf, from executive producer John Wells at Fox, a reboot of the classic series Matlock and The Good Wife spinoff Elsbeth, along with Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. comedy Poppa’s House at CBS. The...

Production is underway on a new ESPN docuseries centered on tennis star Serena Williams.

The network announced the news at the Walt Disney Company Upfront on Tuesday. The project will feature firsthand perspective from Williams, who has dominated the sport for over two decades and won 23 Grand Slams.

The multi-part series, titled “In the Arena: Serena Williams,” will provide the most complete, intimate, and compelling account of Williams’ legendary career and also spotlight input from key figures throughout her life. The series juxtaposes her on-court achievements and cultural impact with dramatic personal challenges, examining decisive matches, formative moments, heartbreak and glory along the way.

“In the Arena: Serena Williams” is directed by Gotham Chopra and co-produced by ESPN, Religion of Sports, Tom Brady’s 199 Productions, and Williams and Caroline Currier’s Nine Two Six Productions.

Additional details about the project, which does not yet have a release date, will...

ABC has ordered the drama “High Potential” starring Kaitlin Olson to series.

The announcement was made ahead of the Disney upfront presentation in New York on Tuesday afternoon. The series order represents the first such order to come from ABC’s pilot crop this season. According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, the network’s other five pilots remain in contention at this time.

The project now known as “High Potential” was originally ordered to pilot at ABC in September 2022, with Olson boarding the show in February. It is based on the French series “Haut Potentiel Intellectuel (Hpi).”

The official logline states: “’High Potential’ follows a single mom with an exceptional mind (Olson), whose unconventional knack for solving crimes leads to an unusual and unstoppable partnership with a by-the-book seasoned detective (Daniel Sunjata).”

Along with Olson and Sunjata, the cast includes Javicia Leslie as Daphne, Deniz Akdeniz as Lev “Oz” Osman,...

ABC is moving forward with one of its six pilots — with more a possibility at a later date.

The Disney-owned network has handed out a series order to its Drew Goddard drama, which now has a title: High Potential. The drama starring Kaitlin Olson (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) is one of six pilots that ABC ordered this season, with decisions on the other five coming at a later date as broadcast networks continue to shift to a year-round development model.

Based on the French series Haut Potentiel Intellectuel, High Potential revolves around a single mom (Olson) with an exceptional mind, whose unconventional knack for solving crimes leads to an unusual and unstoppable partnership with a by-the-book seasoned detective (Daniel Sunjata). Javicia Leslie (Batwoman), Deniz Akdeniz, Amirah J, Matthew Lamb and Judy Reyes round out the cast of the series from ABC Signature. Goddard (The Good Place, The Martian) wrote...

“Roseanne” sequel series “The Conners” and the Gina Rodriguez-led comedy “Not Dead Yet” will both be returning to ABC next season, the network announced Tuesday.

Alongside “The Conners” and “Not Dead Yet,” which will return for their sixth and second installments, respectively, ABC also renewed several unscripted shows, including “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” which returns for Season 34, “American Idol,” which will mark its seventh season on ABC and its 22nd season overall, “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune,” “Celebrity Jeopardy!” and “Shark Tank.” Bachelor nation will also continue its reign at ABC with “The Bachelor” coming back for Season 28 and “Bachelor in Paradise” returning for a ninth season.

In addition to the renewals, the network has picked up a new detective series starring Kaitlin Olson, titled “High Potential.” Based on French series “Haut Potentiel Intellectuel (Hpi),” the series centers on “a single mom with an exceptional mind, whose unconventional knack for...

Netflix is giving “Sex/Life” the boot.

Deadline confirms that the streaming platform is shelving the dramedy series after just two seasons.

A Netflix spokesperson has said they are proud of the show, which stars Sarah Shahi, Margaret Odette, Mike Vogel and Adam Demos, and that the second season wrapped up the series in a happy and natural conclusion.

The series, created by Stacy Rukeyser, depicts the story of a tangled love triangle between a woman, her husband, and her past. The show was inspired by the book 44 Chapters About 4 Men by Bb Easto and sought to take a compelling look at female desires.

Read More: Netflix Announces ‘Sex Life’ Season 2 And Releases New Teaser

‘Sex/Life’ cast — Photo: Charley Gallay / Stringer via Getty

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Rumours online suggested that the second...

Netflix chose celibacy on Friday when it canceled the drama series Sex/Life after two seasons. The show first premiered in 2021 with an eight-episode debut, followed by six additional episodes in its second season, which arrived on the streaming service in March.

Sex/Life followed Billie (Sarah Shahi), a mother of two torn between her husband Cooper (Mike Vogel) and her past love-turned-homewrecker Brad (Adam Demos). By Season two, Cooper rebounded with his boss Francesca (Li Jun Li), Brad prepared to welcome a baby with his wife — the Vogue cover model...

Exclusive: Portia Doubleday (Mr. Robot), Christine Adams (Black Lightning) and Ken Kirby (Good Trouble) are set as series regulars opposite Sarah Shahi, Reid Scott and François Arnaud in Judgement, ABC’s drama pilot from former Charmed showrunner Joey Falco and 20th Television.

Written and executive produced by Falco, Judgement is a high-stakes legal soap that redefines the genre by playing out over two timelines. Fifteen years from now, a woman (Shahi) being vetted for a Supreme Court seat recounts her experience at a prominent D.C. law firm in 2023, where the only thing more controversial than the cases was her messy love life, caught between two feuding brothers. Now, with a Supreme Court seat on the line, all of her darkest secrets are at risk of coming out, threatening her nomination, her reputation and her marriage.

Doubleday will play Eloise ‘Ellie’ Roth, a quirky, eternally optimistic, up-and-coming associate...

Sex/Life star Sarah Shahi is set as the lead and also will produce Judgement, ABC’s drama pilot from former Charmed showrunner Joey Falco and 20th Television.

Shahi had been in talks for the project for weeks as ABC and the producers had to work through her commitment to Sex/Life. Netflix just released the second season of the drama, inspired by Bb Easto’s book 44 Chapters About 4 Men, which is headlined by Shahi. White there has been chatter for awhile that this may be Sex/Life‘s final chapter, creator Stacy Rukeyser has shared hopes for a third season. If the show is renewed, Shahi will be able to reprise her role, subject to availability as Judgement now has her in first position, I hear.

Written and executive produced by Falco, Judgement is a high-stakes legal soap that redefines the genre by playing out over two timelines. Fifteen years from now,...