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TCA Winter 2013: USA Orders Third Season of 'Necessary Roughness'

Renewal Rounds Out Summer Slate
By: Andrea Morabito (Broadcasting & Cable) Jan 7 2013 - 1:54pm
Renewal Rounds Out Summer Slate
 
USA Network has renewed Necessary Roughness for a third season of ten episodes to air this summer.
 
Necessary Roughness, paired with Royal Pains, averaged 5.3 million viewers on Wednesdays this past summer.  The show's season two premiere on June 6 drew 4.6 million total viewers.

TCA Winter 2013: Comedy Central Orders ‘Drunk History' to Series

Renews ‘Workaholics' for Fourth, Fifth Seasons
By: Andrea Morabito (Broadcasting & Cable) Jan 6 2013 - 1:34am
Renews ‘Workaholics' for Fourth, Fifth Seasons

 

Pasadena, Calif. -- Comedy Central is bringing the popular Web series Drunk History to TV, greenlighting eight episodes to premiere on the network this summer, it announced at the 2013 Television Critics' Association winter press tour on Jan 5.

TCA Winter 2013: Sundance Channel Greenlights Series about TV's Writers' Rooms

Six-Episode Series with Entertainment Weekly Will Go Inside Top TV Shows
By: Andrea Morabito (Broadcasting & Cable) Jan 6 2013 - 1:30am
Six-Episode Series with Entertainment Weekly Will Go Inside Top TV Shows

 

TCA Winter 2013: Starz's 'Da Vinci's Demons' to Debut April 12

New Action Adventure Series Will Launch out of 'Spartacus' Finale
By: Andrea Morabito (Broadcasting & Cable) Jan 6 2013 - 1:25am
New Action Adventure Series Will Launch out of 'Spartacus' Finale
 

Pasadena, Calif. - Starz's new historical fantasy drama Da Vinci's Demons will premiere on Friday, April 12 at 10 p.m., following the finale of Spartacus: War of the Damned, the network announced at the 2013 Television Critics' Association winter press tour here on Jan. 5.

TCA Winter 2013: Hallmark's ‘Cedar Cove' Series to Premiere June 8

Companion Original Movie to Air the Week Before
By: Andrea Morabito (Broadcasting & Cable) Jan 6 2013 - 1:20am
Companion Original Movie to Air the Week Before

 

TCA Winter 2013: Ryan Murphy to Direct Film Version of 'The Normal Heart' for HBO

Julia Roberts, Mark Ruffalo to Star in Larry Kramer's Adaptation of His Tony-Winning Play
By: Andrea Morabito (Broadcasting & Cable) Jan 4 2013 - 7:18pm
Julia Roberts, Mark Ruffalo to Star in Larry Kramer's Adaptation of His Tony-Winning Play

 

TCA Winter 2013: HBO Sets Early 2013 Documentaries

Pay Cabler to Debut Seven Films during First Half of Year
By: Andrea Morabito (Broadcasting & Cable) Jan 4 2013 - 7:06pm
Pay Cabler to Debut Seven Films during First Half of Year
 
HBO on Friday set its documentary slate for the first half of 2013, which will feature seven new films.

The first documentary scheduled to debut is Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, which will premiere Feb. 4. Directed by Alex Gibney, Mea Maxima Culpa will tell the story of four deaf men who claim a Catholic priest sexually abused them, and the ensuing cover-up.

TCA Winter 2013: A&E's Bates Motel' to Premiere March 18

Network Also Greenlights ‘Rodeo Girls' to Series
By: Andrea Morabito (Broadcasting & Cable) Jan 4 2013 - 7:03pm
Network Also Greenlights ‘Rodeo Girls' to Series
 
A&E will premiere its new Psycho prequel drama Bates Motel on Monday, March 18 at 10 p.m., the network announced Friday.

From executive producers Carlton Cuse (Lost) and Kerry Ehrin (Friday Night Lights), Bates Motel stars Vera Farmiga and Freddy Highmore in a story of how Norman Bates' psyche unravels through his teenage years and his intricate relationship with his mother.

TCA Winter 2013: A&E Greenlights Reality Series about Former Louisiana Gov. Edwards

Show Will Follow 85-Year-Old's Marriage to 34-Year-Old Scott
By: Tim Baysinger (Broadcasting & Cable) Jan 4 2013 - 4:35pm
Show Will Follow 85-Year-Old's Marriage to 34-Year-Old Scott

A&E has greenlit a reality series following former Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards and his marriage to Trina Grimes Scott, a woman more than 50 years his junior.

The network ordered 12 episodes of The Governor's Wife, which will premiere Feb. 27 at 10 p.m.

The 85-year-old Edwards served four terms as Louisiana's governor, but is most known for serving an 8.5-year prison sentence for bribery and extortion charges stemming from his tenure. He met the 34-year-old Scott as a pen pal during his time in prison.

Pai, Barrow Lined Up for ACA Summit

Small, Midsized Operators Will Gather for 20th Annual D.C. Event
By: John Eggerton Jan 4 2013 - 4:30pm
Small, Midsized Operators Will Gather for 20th Annual D.C. Event
 
 
The American Cable Association has lined up FCC commissioner Ajit Pai and House Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. John Barrow (D-Ga.) for its 20th annual summit.
 
Pai will be interviewed by ACA president Matt Polka, while Barrow will speak in advance of ACA member's Hill visits to press the flesh and press their points about reforming retrans, nondiscriminatory access to content and generally protecting the interests of small and midsized cable operators.
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