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IMDb TV, Amazon's free streaming service, is not proceeding with picking up new seasons of canceled ABC drama series For Life and Rebel. The decision was made after the streamer evaluated the performance of the two shows’ existing seasons on the AVOD platform. Season 1 and 2 of For Life became available on IMDb TV at…

The existing two seasons of For Life, which was canceled by ABC last month, are now available on IMDb TV, Amazon's free streaming service. Additionally, I hear Sony Pictures Television, the studio behind the praised drama, has extended the options on the cast, originally set to expire tomorrow, until the end of…

Film and TV producer Alison Greenspan died peacefully in the early morning hours of June 27 at the age of 48 after a long battle with cancer. Greenspan was surrounded by family, her husband, Jason Michaels, said. For the past several years, Greenspan was a partner at Doug Robinson’s Sony Pictures Television-based Doug…

On Sept. 23 and 24, 2013, over two consecutive nights, Sony Pictures TV launched two broadcast series that would go the distance, NBC’s The Blacklist and ABC’s The Goldbergs. Both were recently renewed by their respective networks for a ninth season, with no indication in that announcement that these would the shows…

ABC last week canceled four series, ranging from veteran American Housewife, which had run for five seasons, to rookie Rebel, whose cancellation came after only five airings. In-between them were sophomores Mixed-ish and For Life. “They are all unique shows who on their own specific timeline where they are creatively…

ABC placed five titles on the chopping block on Friday. Among the five were Kyra Sedgwick-starrer Call Your Mother and the Nicholas Pinnock-fronted legal drama For Life. The two stars shared their reactions on social media Friday following the news. Sedgwick broke the news that the sitcom, from Kari Lizer, will not…

Last year, a renewal decision came down to the wire on legal drama For Life, which was the last ABC to snag a pickup in June, at the height of the protests following the death of George Floyd. There was no last-minute reprieve for the show this time, with ABC on Friday canceling it after two seasons. Sony Pictures TV…

EXCLUSIVE: For Life executive producer Isaac Wright Jr. – the inspiration for the ABC series about a falsely imprisoned man – has closed a deal with St. Martin's Press to publish his upcoming memoir Marked For Life in 2022. Written by Wright with Jon Sternfeld, the book, which Deadline hears was snagged by St…

ABC is the broadcast network with the most outstanding current scripted series whose fate remains undecided. A number of them are not bubble series and are assured a renewal, including flagship comedies The Conners, which recently re-signed its cast for next season, and The Goldbergs, which are ABC’s highest-rated…

The 14th annual Television Academy Honors list is out, recognizing seven exceptional TV programs and their producers who used powerful and innovative storytelling to advance social change. The list spans three documentaries, two dramas, an anthology series and a late-night comedy news show: For Life, I Am Greta, I May…

It was a fairly quiet Wednesday in primetime, with ABC leading the way and NBC’s Chicago trio in repeats. The Goldbergs kicked the night off for ABC delivering a 0.6 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 3.66 million viewers, steady with last week’s numbers. American Housewife (0.6, 3.13M) ticked up in the demo, while Th…

ABC has firmed up its midseason schedule, setting up early 2021 premiere dates for its scripted series. That includes ABC’s returning scripted series and new comedy Call Your Mother, starring Kyra Sedgwick. Call Your Mother and The Rookie, which were originally on ABC’s fall schedule before being pushed, are slated in…