December 18, 2012
The annual tussle for talent in TV is leading a lot of sure-thing or nearly-sure-thing shows to jump-start their hiring process, reports Deadline TV Editor Nellie Andreeva (read more here: http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/pilot-season-casting-gets-ahead-of-pilot-orders-this-year/ ) You can see it with the TV reboot of “Beverly Hills Cop” (our photo is of Eddie Murphy successor Brandon T. Jackson), but there are plenty of others, Nellie says. The somewhat ironic reaction to these early starts: some sought-after talent doesn’t want to settle in with a show before seeing what all their options may be leading into the annual pilot-season hiring frenzy. Some people in Hollywood, it seems, prefer to play the field versus taking the sure thing. Who would have guessed? 

The annual tussle for talent in TV is leading a lot of sure-thing or nearly-sure-thing shows to jump-start their hiring process, reports Deadline TV Editor Nellie Andreeva (read more here: http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/pilot-season-casting-gets-ahead-of-pilot-orders-this-year/ )

You can see it with the TV reboot of “Beverly Hills Cop” (our photo is of Eddie Murphy successor Brandon T. Jackson), but there are plenty of others, Nellie says. The somewhat ironic reaction to these early starts: some sought-after talent doesn’t want to settle in with a show before seeing what all their options may be leading into the annual pilot-season hiring frenzy.

Some people in Hollywood, it seems, prefer to play the field versus taking the sure thing. Who would have guessed? 

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Filed under: TV television pilots Beverly Hills Cop Brandon T. Jackson Nellie Andreeva jobs hiring acting 
September 10, 2012
From “the most scattered Fall launch I’ve ever seen” to a “comedy SIG alert” in one sitcom-suffused corner of the schedule to three nights a week of “The Voice,” Deadline TV Editor Nellie Andreeva takes an appraising look at the state of the broadcast networks as we ease into what is supposed to be premiere week but has become more like premier quarter.   Read Nellie’s take on the State of Traditional TV here: http://www.deadline.com/2012/09/fall-2012-as-broadcast-season-kicks-off-where-do-networks-stand/

From “the most scattered Fall launch I’ve ever seen” to a “comedy SIG alert” in one sitcom-suffused corner of the schedule to three nights a week of “The Voice,” Deadline TV Editor Nellie Andreeva takes an appraising look at the state of the broadcast networks as we ease into what is supposed to be premiere week but has become more like premier quarter.

 

Read Nellie’s take on the State of Traditional TV here: http://www.deadline.com/2012/09/fall-2012-as-broadcast-season-kicks-off-where-do-networks-stand/

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Filed under: TV Nellie Andreeva broadcast NBC CBS Fox ABC CW 
August 1, 2012
Deadline’s Nellie Andreeva reports that several key cast members are close to signing deals to come back, including January Jones and Vincent Kartheiser. Of particularly good news to “Mad Men” fans is word that they’re looking at TWO-year deals, implying there will also be a seventh season to the hit show.  Read more from Nellie on the deal here: http://www.deadline.com/2012/08/mad-men-co-stars-january-jones-vincent-kartheiser-elisabeth-moss-finalizing-two-year-deals-christina-hendricks-in-talks/

Deadline’s Nellie Andreeva reports that several key cast members are close to signing deals to come back, including January Jones and Vincent Kartheiser. Of particularly good news to “Mad Men” fans is word that they’re looking at TWO-year deals, implying there will also be a seventh season to the hit show. 

Read more from Nellie on the deal here: http://www.deadline.com/2012/08/mad-men-co-stars-january-jones-vincent-kartheiser-elisabeth-moss-finalizing-two-year-deals-christina-hendricks-in-talks/

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Filed under: mad men AMC TV Vincent Kartheiser Elizabeth Moss Christina Hendricks January Jones Deadline.com Nellie Andreeva 
July 30, 2012
Deadline’s TV Editor Nellie Andreeva has tracked down the prognosis for Showtime’s (I think somewhat unlikely) cancer comedy: “The Big C” has less than a year to live, and will pass after its (long-planned) 4th season. Did you watch the show? What do you think about this plan, to wrap the show after it finishes following a fourth quarter of the year in the life of a cancer patient?  Read more on Deadline here: ow.ly/1lK8eM

Deadline’s TV Editor Nellie Andreeva has tracked down the prognosis for Showtime’s (I think somewhat unlikely) cancer comedy: “The Big C” has less than a year to live, and will pass after its (long-planned) 4th season.

Did you watch the show? What do you think about this plan, to wrap the show after it finishes following a fourth quarter of the year in the life of a cancer patient? 

Read more on Deadline here: ow.ly/1lK8eM

(Source: deadline.com)

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Filed under: Showtime TV The Big C Laura Linney comedy cancer entertainment Deadline.com Nellie Andreeva 
June 28, 2012
In what must be a very reassuring set of numbers for Olympic broadcaster NBC, the U.S. trials determining which swimmers will head to London later this summer were about the only programming to have a decent night Wednesday, Deadline’s TV Editor Nellie Andreeva reports. Read more of her analysis of the night here

In what must be a very reassuring set of numbers for Olympic broadcaster NBC, the U.S. trials determining which swimmers will head to London later this summer were about the only programming to have a decent night Wednesday, Deadline’s TV Editor Nellie Andreeva reports. Read more of her analysis of the night here

(Source: deadline.com)

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Filed under: Olympics Olympic trials television swimming TV Deadline.com ratings Nellie Andreeva 
June 27, 2012
EMMYS: The incredible shrinking long-form TV program, and making the jump from the silver screen

First the Television Academy mashed together the Emmy categories for movies of the week and miniseries. Then this year they cut in half the acting categories in the merged sector, eliminating the supporting actor slots. What’s happening?

Deadline’s TV Editor Nellie Andreeva looks at the academy shifts as symptoms of bigger challenges for long-form TV programming, which used to be a profitable and prestigious corner of the television world and now has shriveled as reality programs fill more of the broadcast networks’ schedules. 

Meanwhile, Deadline’s Award Columnist Pete Hammond totes up the long list of established movie stars who’ve tried to make the jump to small-screen success. Yes, a few have done well, but quite a few others haven’t. Just ask Dustin Hoffman, Kathy Bates and Nick Nolte, whose shows were cancelled this year. Pete looks at why. 

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Filed under: emmy awards Deadline.com Pete Hammond Nellie Andreeva television movies long-form 
June 27, 2012
After lots of questions of who would come back to the quirky cult comedy “Community,” Deadline’s Nellie Andreeva reports exclusively that they all will, the entire cast. More proof that no one ever graduates from community college. 

After lots of questions of who would come back to the quirky cult comedy “Community,” Deadline’s Nellie Andreeva reports exclusively that they all will, the entire cast. More proof that no one ever graduates from community college. 

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Filed under: Community tv television Nellie Andreeva Deadline.com 
June 18, 2012
The barking you’re hearing on the Internet is in response to the apparently very welcome news that the Dog Pound has reopened: Deadline’s Nellie Andreeva has confirmed that a deal is set that would restart the Arsenio Hall talk show in late-night syndication, including all top 10 markets.  What do you think of this? We’re hearing some serious enthusiasm from some of Arsenio’s long-lost fans. Are you part of the pack of fans cheering Aresenio’s return to late night? 

The barking you’re hearing on the Internet is in response to the apparently very welcome news that the Dog Pound has reopened: Deadline’s Nellie Andreeva has confirmed that a deal is set that would restart the Arsenio Hall talk show in late-night syndication, including all top 10 markets.  

What do you think of this? We’re hearing some serious enthusiasm from some of Arsenio’s long-lost fans. Are you part of the pack of fans cheering Aresenio’s return to late night? 


(Source: deadline.com)

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Filed under: Arsenio Hall Deadline.com Nellie Andreeva television TV entertainment 
June 1, 2012
Will the huge success of History's "Hatfields & McCoys" start a Western swing?

Deadline TV Editor Nellie Andreeva has a thoughtful piece out now about the potential implications for this week’s huge ratings for the History Channel miniseries about the notorious “Hatfields & McCoys” feud, which sputtered and flared along the West Virginia-Kentucky border the last three decades of the 1800s. 

More than a century later, the miniseries set records, drawing as many as 14 million viewers per episode. The irony, Nellie says, is that just a couple of weeks ago, networks seemed to be cooling on new Western-themed shows. The miniseries’ numbers were so big, even by network standards, that such attitudes are almost sure to change. 

Nellie looks at who’s likely to chase what shows already in hopper. The bet, she says, is that someone will pull the trigger on a new Western show sooner than later. 

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Filed under: Hatfields & McCoys TV deadline.com deadline Nellie Andreeva Westerns 
June 1, 2012
Are Emmy voters still mad for Mad Men or will Breaking Bad, Homeland break through?

Deadline TV Editor Nellie Andreeva joins with Michael Ausiello to handicap the very complicated and interesting race for best drama series for the upcoming Emmy Awards. 

“Mad Men” has been riding high for years, with four straight wins for best dramatic series, but Nellie and Michael suggest it may be tougher this time around, with stout competition and no sterling episodes such as “The Suitcase” to cinch the award in voters minds. 

Meanwhile, “Breaking Bad” continues its mad and brilliant path, and “Homeland” is generating more and more love. “The Good Wife” is probably broadcast TV’s only real hope for even a nomination. To further complicate the race, “Boardwalk Empire” has really hit its stride in its second season, and “Game of Thrones” and “Downton Abbey” are potent contenders. Who will win out? 

Check out more of Nellie and Michael’s predictions here at Deadline.com (and our sister publication Awardsline) as we continue our coverage of the run-up to Emmy voting. Tell us what you think about the shows and stars most deserving and most likely to win (they aren’t always the same) Emmys for best drama series this year. 

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Filed under: Mad Men Breaking Bad Homeland Emmy Awards television Deadline.com Awardsline Michael Ausiello Nellie Andreeva drama series Game of Thrones Downton Abbey Boardwalk Empire 
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