CBS summer series “BrainDead” and “American Gothic” will not be returning to the network’s schedule for second seasons. News of the cancellation for both shows comes after the freshman series wrapped low-rated seasons, which ended this September. “BrainDead” debuted in June to over 4.5 million viewers for its first episode, but sank throughout the season […]
Opposite the powerful NBA Finals, NBC’s Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge competition series premiered on Monday to 4.8 million total viewers and a 1.5 demo rating, besting the debut of time slot rival BrainDead. Spartan also improved upon the year-ago launch of (blast from the past alert!) NBC’s The Island (4 mil/1.2). Opening the Peacock’s night, […]
Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning actor Tony Shalhoub has joined the cast of BrainDead, a new comic-thriller set in the world of Washington, D.C. politics, to be broadcast in summer 2016 on CBS. The series comes from Robert and Michelle King, creators and executive producers of “The Good Wife.” Shalhoub will play Red Wheatus, a […]
CBS has given a straight-to-series order for 13 episodes of “BrainDead,” a one-hour comic-thriller from Robert and Michelle King, acclaimed creators and executive producers of “The Good Wife.” The series will be broadcast in summer 2016. “BrainDead” is the first project from Robert and Michelle King as part of their new three-year producing deal with […]