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July 22, 2013

In Truth; 2013-14 Season Preview

Liberty Television has announced that the drama "In Truth" will return for its second season on September 19th in its Thursday night time slot at 10pm.

The main storylines last season involved the protagonist Irving Dunbar (Michael McGrady) a veteran reporter picking up the sniff of political corruption around congressman Wainright (J.C. MacKenzie) and the death of his intern Raquel McQueen at the hands of his editor Titus. In the second season just as Dunbar loses the trail it picks up again through some illegal union activities which have him hunting down the union bosses, but also finds links again to Wainright and the dirty construction business. His new editor Henry Hartwell (Sandy Helberg) is more amicable then Titus, while his new intern Hobey Portes (Gideon Glick) not as bright as his last one Raquel. His love interest in Raquel's mother Corinna (Kim Delany) and his nemesis in house Francine Kaplan (Caroline Jaden Stussi) also complicate his life.

The show's ratings dipped from a premiere of 1.3 down to the 1.1 and 1.2 range, before bouncing back to the 1.3 range. The season low was in episode 6 on November 8th which garnered a 1.1/3 4.62 rating, while the high was the pilot episode which did a 1.3/4 6.42 rating. One ratings trend was the lowering of the total viewers while the demos stayed the same, showing the departure of many of the older viewers.

The competition in that time slot was Scandal on ABC, Elementary on CBS, and Rock Center, Do No Harm, and Hannibal on NBC. Considering that low level of competition network executives had really hoped for a bigger breakthrough hit then they earned with In Truth. This season the competition remains the same except for Parenthood moving to this time slot to shore it up for NBC. It is possible that in its second season In Truth has that breakthrough but most people asked believe the show will have to pick up its ratings to at least the 1.4 ratings range to stay around for a 3rd season. There have also been multiple reports of a difficult cast mix to handle as well as a writing group who are having trouble maintaining the standard of human intrigue that the network is looking for.

The show has not yet received a full 22 episode order, only the initial 9 episodes.

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July 26, 2013

Another Teen Vampire Show; 2013-14 Season Preview

Liberty television has announced that Another Teen Vampire Show will return for its 2nd season on September 16th at 8:30pm as part of the Monday night 2 hour sit-com block.

The satarical show features Juliet (Cree Ivey) and her brother Austin (Brett Kelly) who live with their square dentist father "Dad" (Patrick Fabian) having moved to Idyllic, California after the death of their mother "Mom" (Stacey Dash). The teens soon find that the town is not ideal and is over run with vampires, werewolves and other things that go bump in the night. At the end of season 1 Juliet discovers that their deceased Mother is apparently a Vampire now in Idyllic. New this season will also be 3 new female neighbors who all meddle in the family business while hiding their real motives.

The show's demos started okay with a 1.1, immediately dropped to a 0.9 for episode 2 but soon picked up to the 1.2 range, with a few 1.3 thrown in for good measure. The ratings low occured on October 1st episode 3 which scored a 0.9/2 3.60, while the season high was episode 1.14 on Jan 21st which scored a 1.3/3 4.50. The show's average rating for the season's 22 episode run ended up being 1.15 demo in the same Monday 8:30pm time slot that it returns to for its sophmore season. Most industry observers belive the show needs to maintain its end ratings of around a 1.2 demo to get renewed, and possibly even need to rise to the 1.4 range.

The competition in that slot last year was Dancing with the Stars on ABC, Partners/encores/Rules of Engagement on CBS, 90210/Carrie Diaries on CW, Bones on FOX, The Voice/Biggest Loser on NBC. It was an interesting timeslot for ATVS because it was weak except for reality shows and had an opportunity to score with the younger viewers that the show was aiming for. It was also fortunate when it ran against a weak CBS follow up from the 8pm How I Met Your Mother. Finally it also ran against CW's 90210, which along with Everwood and Teen Wolf were the most lampooned shows on ATVS.

This season the competition at that same time slot will change a bit with ABC still having DWTS, FOX still with Bones, and NBC still having The Voice. However, CBS has tapped We Are Men as the newest sit-com to follow HIMYM, and CW puts in Hart of Dixie. FOX has also shown that Bones will be replaced mid-season by new show Almost Human. Overal it doesn't appear that the timeslot has become more competitive and the Liberty TV executive suite fully expects ATVS to improve on its ratings and score the 1.4 they are looking for.

Behind the scenes the show remains the same with Craig Mazin as executive producer and Sarah Cruz as the one who runs the show as Producer.

The show has somewhat surprisingly already been given a full 22 episode order.

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July 26th, 2013

Liberty TV announces it's entry into latenight television. The Jeff Probst Show and The Joe Rogan Experience come to Liberty.

Liberty television today announced the closing of a deal with its affliates that will see the majority of its affiliates pick up the retooled Jeff Probst Show at midnight, and the Joe Rogan Experience following that at 1:00am (Monday to Thursday). The network schedule will remain with prme time programming until 11pm, then an hour for network and local news, and now the two late night talk shows.

The regular schedule for the two talk shows will be Monday through Thursday as many affiliates wanted to retain Friday nights for themseles. The network is offering a "Best of" the week which many affiliates will run either on Friday night or Sunday night.

Both talk shows are set to premiere in September.

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August 14, 2013

Anthem; 2013-14 Season Preview

Liberty Television has announced that Anthem will return for its 3rd season on September 17th at 8:30pm.

At the end of the last season the characters had scattered and the future of the band looked to be in jeopardy. Morrison had gone to Paris with his wife Betty in search of inspiration, Togo had landed a gig in Japan with the band Madness, Angel's life had changed due to the passing of his freind Croix, and Jim Bob seemed to have turned a corner of sorts turning the garage into a museum for the band.

The show's ratings slowly crept up from 0.7 demos to 1.0 and even a 1.1 to end the year. Episode 1 drew a 0.8/2 2.42, while episode 2 drew a season low 0.7/2 2.15, and the season finale drew a 1.2/3 3.45 in the second half of a double episode send off. While the growth rate saved the show, the feeling is that the show will have to continue to increase ratings and show an average of around 1.4 to be considered for a season 4. Part of the reason behind the goal of a 1.4 rating is that a renewal for season 4 is actually most likely a 2 year committment as seasons 5 are usually an automatic due to syndication reasons. The 22 episode season ended with an average demo of 0.92. Many observers were surprised the show received a renewal but attribute much of that to the poor developmental crop this season.

Anthem is also one of the few Liberty TV shows moving time slots as it moves into the Tuesday 8:30pm time slot to follow Buy More's lead in, last season the show was in the Tuesday 9pm time slot with Buy More following at 9:30. The competition that Anthem faced last year was Happy Endings on ABC, NCIS Los Angeles on CBS, Emily Owens MD/Cult on CW, New Girl on FOX, and Go On on NBC. A very tough time slot for Anthem because of the strength of the NCIS franchise and the number of sit-com's it faced. Thankfully for the show many of the competing sit-com's were axed so when Liberty stood behind it's show it likely picked up migrating viewers.

This season the competition that Anthem will face will be very drama intensive with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D on ABC, NCIS on CBS, The Originals on CW, Brooklyn Nine-Nine on FOX (the only sit-com competition), and Biggest Loser/The Voice on NBC. While the competition is incredibly tough in this time slot, stiffer then its slot last season, the feeling is that a 1.2-1.4 demo might be achieved due to the lack of sit-com competition.

The show will focus on personal stories and challenges to begin the season. Morrison will return from Paris rejuvinated about his career and his singing hobby, only to get the devastating news that his wife Betty has been unfaithful to him. Togo returns from a disastrous Japanese tour with the desire to renew his relationship with Angel's Mom, and with a much more successful Yoga franchise on his hands. Angel has a new girlfriend who is described as a Yoko Ono type figure, except while there is animosity between her and the rest of the band, the band members agree with her assessment that Angel needs to branch out and take a real shot at a musical career. Jim Bob is going through a long stretch of unemployment and considers selling the house and moving his family into an apartment which would render the band without a place to practice. Once those storylines being to run their course and the band decides to resume, a decision is made to cut an album made up almost entirely of original music. The show will then feature a series of episodes named after a song being cut for the album, and each episode will have a guest star. Those guests will include Keith Richards, Chris Burke-Gaffney, Joan Jett, Robin and Alan Thicke, Justine Bateman, Jeffster, Topher Grace and many more.

The primary cast remains the same as does the behind the scenes crew.

The show has received only a 13 episode order at this point.

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August 15, 2013

Buy More; 2013-14 Season Preview

Liberty Television has announced that Buy More will return for its 2nd season on September 17th in it's new 8pm time slot.

Last season saw the evolution of the store left behind by the departure of Chuck and Sarah from the hit NBC show "Chuck". Jeff, Lester, Big Mike, Morgan, Anna, and Alex all stepped up to take bigger roles and were supplemented by many guest stars both old and new. The end of the season saw Big Mike tie the knot with Morgan's Mom in an explosive ceremony, and by the end a year's worth of slow realization that the store was no longer a CIA front may have become collateral damage.

The show premiered with a 1.4/4 4.06 rating which would also be it's season high. The rest of the year the show oscalated between 1.1 to 1.3 demo ratings with the season low happening for episode 11 on January 15th, the first episode after the Winter break, which scored only a 1.1/2 2.64. The show's 22 episode season averaged a 1.22 demo. The network will be looking for this number to increase to a 1.4 average, even in its new earlier time slot, to be considered for renewal.

Last season Buy More was on Tuesday's at 9:30pm following Anthem, and competing with Don't Trust the B in Apartment 23 on ABC, NCIS Los Angeles on CBS, Emily Owens/Cult on CW, The Mindy Project on FOX, and The New Normal on NBC. The overall strength of the shows in the time slot was weak, however the NCIS franchise strength and the pure number of sit-com's ended up providing stiff competition for the freshman show on Liberty.

This season Buy More will lead in for Anthem at the 8pm slot on Tuesday nights and will face mosty Drama competition with some top notch shows. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on ABC, NCIS on CBS, The Originals on CW, Dads on FOX, and the Biggest Loser/The Voice on NBC will test Buy More's customer loyalties.

The show has added many new cast members on trial, story loop basis and will see which characters are worth keeping on. Newlywed Big Mike will leave the Buy More store to pursue his dream of the World Fishing Tour where he becomes fast friends with an old enemy; Hugo Panzer who is also pursuing the same dream. Sultry Tia Texada joins the store as interim Store Manager to replace Big Mike, and it soon becomes apparent that she is using the store, and specifically the Geek Squad to install monitoring devices for the NSA. However, she is able to use her sex appeal to keep most of the crew in line; but of course that creates a problem with Anna. Alex and Morgan's desire to have a normal friendship with another couple seems to become fulfilled when Casey's old apartment is filled by a couple, Craig (Hayes MacArthur) and Michelle (Amy Davidson) and a friendship is formed. However, it soon becomes apparent that this couple is a little off center as Craig's OCD, and Michelle's groupy status come to light. Jeffster also believes that the new old guy in Appliances Guy (John Ennis) is actually Johnny Lovestorm, former lead singer of Lovestorm and try to get him to help them with their musical career.

The show has received a full 22 episode order for the upcoming season.

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August 22, 2013

Global Lock; 2013-14 Season Preview

Liberty Television has announced that Global Lock will return for its 4th season on September 26th 2013 back in its Thursday 8pm slot. Interestingly, of the three Thursday shows it premiers the latest with Detroit 1-8-7 starting on September 12th, and In Truth starting on September 19th.

Last season opened with Rick behind bars, but that didn't stop him from reaching out from Russia and kidnapping Jayson. Dante in particular had a volatile year where his motives and loyalties came into question. Political and corporate intrigue ruled the day at Global Lock, as did a lengthy cross over with the now cancelled "Prince of Motor City".

The show's ratings were sub par, starting at around 0.7 and 0.8 demos but gaining a bit of momentum scoring consistent 1.0 near the end of the year. The season high was the May 9th finale episode 3.22 which drew a 1.0/3 3.45, while the season low in total viewers was episode 1 with 2.35 million while episodes 2, 3, and 4 drew the lowest demo of 0.7. The show ended with an average demo of 0.89 over its 22 episode run.

Global Lock's competition last year was Last Resort on ABC, Big Bang Theory and Two And A Half Men on CBS, Vampire Diaries on CW, X Factor/American Idol on FOX, and 30 Rock and Up All Night on NBC. In short this was probably the toughest time slot on network TV and that was likely the reason why it survived despite the low ratings.

Going forward in 2013-14 the competition is even stiffer with ABC offering Once Upon A Time in Wonderland, Big Bang Theory and The Millers on CBS, Vampire Diaries on CW, X Factor/American Idol on FOX, and Parks and Rec/Welcome to the Family on NBC. With that in mind the network would probably be happy with Global Lock doing a 1.0 and would renew it for the all important 5th season, possibly as Friday or Saturday night fodder.

The show's main focus will be to start off "smaller". Jayson and Dante decide to buy off the small division of Global Lock that specializes in high risk ops from the parent corporation so they can be their own boss. However, when their financing falls through they have no choice but to get back in bed with Trina despite their mistrust.

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May 20, 2015

Greatest Hits; 2015-2016 Season Preview

Liberty television is proud to announce that Greatest Hits starring Freddie Prinze Jr will be returning for its 5th season on Wednesday, September 18th at 10pm eastern time.

The main story direction this year will focus around Marshall Bryant (Prinze) now trying to retire from doing hits and instead preventing them, along with a new mentor Dean Howie (Bill Pullman) and his daughter Katherine Howie (Hilary Duff). The uneasy romance between Marshall and Katherine will come front and center and cause Dean to either deal with it or distance himself from Marshall. The cast has undergone another major facelift with Leif Harlowe (Michael Cade) and Nikki Tookey (Yvonne Strahovski) gone as recurring characters. Paul Gross returns as Stu Stewart the FBI agent, while Bill Pullman and Hilary Duff join the show as regulars for the season. Chris Jericho and Christopher Bolton also join the cast as regulars.
The producers have let it be known that Joan Cusack, The Barbaro Crime Family, Danny DeVito, Jimmy Buffett, and Rosie O'Donnell will all be part of the fun this year, as will a return as a guest star for Yvonne Strahovski.

Last year in the same Wednesday 10pm slot the show saw an average rating of 1.77 making it Liberty TV's highest rated show. This season the competition in the timeslot will be Nashville/Secrets & Lies (ABC); Code Black (CBS); and Chicago PD (NBC). CBS had Stalker in that slot last year, and Code Black doesn't seem like much of an upgrade. There doesn't seem to be a reason other then old age to think Greatest Hits shouldn't be able to have another great season for Liberty TV.

The show has received a full 24 episode order from the network.


Read more: plsmedia.proboards.com/thread/86/greatest-hits#ixzz3aiCnubg6

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May 29, 2015

Tuesday's Gone; 2015-16 Season Preview

Liberty Television has announced that Tuesday's Gone starring Amanda Peet will return for its 5th season on Monday nights at 9:30pm EST.

The main storylines last year were Tuesday's relationship, engagement, and break-up with Dana, and Madison's friendship with the troubled Twyla.

The main story direction this year is Tuesday being back to a bachelorette, and finding friendship with a new neighbor who moves into Dana's house. Negotiations are underway to have Elisabeth Shue signed on as the neighbor who runs a questionable business out of her home, and likes to party with Tuesday. The other big story arc will have Twyla coming to live with Tuesday and Madison as her parents try to put their lives back together. Grandpa will continue to have a strong role on the show, and sister Marisol (Jennifer Garner) coming back for a Christmas visit. There is also going to be a strong push at the end of the year to have Tuesday end up moving into an more economical apartment for next season.

Last year in the same Monday 9:30pm slot the show saw an average rating of 1.52 making it Liberty TV's highest rated sit-com. This season the competition in the timeslot will be Dancing with the Stars (ABC), Scorpion (CBS), Jane the Virgin (CW), Minority Report (FOX), and The Voice (NBC). Other then the reality shows Tuesday's Gone stacks up quite well at this slot, as the only sit-com, and has a strong lead-in with Night Shift entering its 7th season. The competition is pretty much the same as last year except that FOX has moved the popular Sleepy Hollow to Thursday nights, and put the new show Minority Report in its place. Many critics believe that Tuesday's Gone while trying to fight going stale, did the right thing and avoided the "jump the shark" moment by not having the wedding go through last season. Industry observers believe that Tuesday's Gone should be able to hold onto his viewers this season, and may add more if the connection with Elisabeth Shue comes to fruition.

The show has received a 22-episode order from the network.

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November 14, 2015

Adrenalized

PLS media announced today that they have bought the rights for Phil Collen's book "Adrenalized" about his band "Def Leppard". Liberty Television will be making a made for TV movie that is scheduled to air in the spring of 2017. The plan is to divide the autobiography into 2 parts with part 1 (up to the car crash that take's Rick Allen's arm) to air in the spring 2017, and part 2 to air in the fall of 2017. The second part will depend on the ratings and other economics of the success of the first part of the story.

The movie will be very music heavy. Phil Collen has come on board as an Executive Producer, as had music producer extraordinaire Bob "Mutt" Lange.

John Stockwell has been taped to lead the writing crew, and direct the movie. Stockwell has a long list of credits as an actor, writer, director and producer. He was the writer of "Rock Star" starring Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston.

Chris Burke-Gaffney one of Liberty TV's most influential music contributors has also been added as a co-producer and will be the music director with input from Lange.

Intrepid Pictures along with PLS Media's own Maple Star Entertainment lead the production efforts.

A revelatory and redemptive memoir from the lead guitarist of the legendary band Def Leppard—the first book ever written by one of its members—chronicling the band’s extraordinary rise to superstardom and how they’ve maintained it for three decades.

Meet Phil Collen. You may know him as the lead guitarist in Def Leppard, whose signature song “Pour Some Sugar on Me” is still as widely enjoyed as when it debuted in 1988. Maybe you’ve heard of him as the rock star who gave up alcohol and meat more than twenty-five years ago. Most likely you’ve seen him shirtless—in photos or in real life—flaunting his impeccably toned body to appreciative female fans.

But it wasn’t always like this. Collen worked his way up from nothing, teaching himself guitar from scratch as a teenager by imitating his heroes. He slogged it out in London-based pub bands for years, long before Def Leppard formed and transformed from unknowns to icons (all thanks to a little album called Pyromania), from playing openers in near-empty arenas to headlining in those same stadiums and selling them out every night. But as Collen discovered, true overnight success is a myth. Like the other band members, he had to struggle and fight his way to the top; in the end, he says, “our work ethic saved us.” Just as it still does.

This is Collen’s story, starting with his first real taste of success and wild rock and roll excess as a member of the seminal glam rock outfit Girl. But once he joins Def Leppard, it’s also an amazing underdog tale featuring a bunch of ordinary working-class lads who rose to mega-stardom, overcoming incredible obstacles—such as drummer Rick Allen losing an arm in a car crash and the tragic death of guitarist Steve Clark, Phil’s musical soul mate, who lost his fight with alcoholism. Featuring personal, never-before-seen photos of Collen and his band mates on stage and off, Adrenalized is a fascinating account of the failures, triumphs, challenges, and rock-hard dedication it takes to make dreams come true.

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December 18, 2015

Havana Renewed for Season 3

Broadcasting & Cable today broke the announcement that Havana has been renewed for a 3rd season on Liberty Television in 2016-17, despite middling ratings. The critical reviews as well as improved storylines have given the network enough faith in the show to assure its viewers of another season.

In an interview with executive producer Robert Redford and writer/consultant Alex Von Tunzelmann they went as far as to lay out the general plans for a continued storyline for the picturesque drama. The current season 2 should take the story up until the U.S./Cuba ties deteriorate to the point where The Philadelphian casino is taken over by the government, and the main players including Rick and Abe return stateside. However, instead of returning to Chicago, Rick will end up in Miami, in the middle of the Cuban ex-pats and their invasion and assassination plots, which will consume most of season 3. A 4th season would shift gears to a re-establishment of the Philadelphian, but this time in Haiti under the watchful eye of the brutal dictator Papa Doc. Haiti's proximity to Cuba, as well as Papa Doc's playing to the U.S's anti-communist sympathies will keep the possibility of a Cuban invasion or Castro assassination alive in the series.

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January 5, 2016

PLS Media finally announced its changes today for the winter/spring line-up.

Monday
8:00pm Buy More (season 4) returns Feb 1st
8:30pm Another Teen Vampire Show (season 4) returns Feb 1st
9:00pm Night Shift (season 7) returns Feb 8th
9:30pm Tuesday's Gone (season 5) returns Feb 8th
**New show Real Pool Boys will premiere March 8th, but the time slot is still flexible.
10:00pm Havana (season 2) returns Feb 1st


Tuesday
8:00pm TIME CAPSULE (season 1) returns Feb 2nd
9:00pm DOWNBEATS (season 1) returns Feb 2nd
10:00pm Night Moves (season 3) returns Feb 9th

Wednesday
8:00pm Hollywood RHD (season 4) returns Feb 10th
9:00pm Stoops (season 3) returns Feb 10th
10:00pm Greatest Hits (season 5) returns Feb 10th

Thursday
8:00pm Do Over (season 2) returns Feb 4th
***New show "444" takes over the 8pm time slot starting April 21st
9:00pm Detroit 1-8-7 (season 6) returns Feb 4th
10:00pm Derailed (season 2) returns Feb 4th

Friday
8:00pm The Next Level (season 2) returns Jan 8th
**New Show Die Cast takes over the 8pm time slot starting on April 22nd
9:00pm SARADAS (season 1) returns Jan 8th
10:00pm Macabre (season 2) returns Feb 5th

Saturday
8:00pm Movie
10:30pm **encore sit-coms**

Sunday
7:00pm **encore dramas**
8:00pm Liberty X (season 6) returns Jan 3rd
9:00pm Wildwood (season 4) returns Jan 31st
10:00pm RED SHADOW (season 1) returns Jan 24th
**New show Kingmakers takes over the 10pm time slot starting on May 1st
**Wildwood takes Liberty X timeslot on May 15th and May 22nd to show 2 new episodes each night to finish the season

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May 13, 2016

Ahead of Wednesday morning's Liberty upfront presentation, it has been leaked by Happy Madison Productions that Liberty has picked up "Real Genius" the reboot of the 1985 Val Kilmer movie. Craig DiGregorio and David King are the creative forces behind the show, with Bret Harrison ("The Ranch", "Reaper" "Orange County") cast as Chris Knight the role made famous by Val Kilmer, and Style Dayne ("Deadpool", "Motive") cast an the naïve Mitch Taylor, and Jon Gries reprises his role as the enigmatic Lazlo Holyfeld. Rumors are that people at Happy Madison were pushing for Rob Schneider to take the role of Lazlo, and that he will have a recurring part instead. The show was originally being developed for NBC but it became available when the peacock passed on it last upfront season. Liberty Television is usually pretty secretive about their pickups so this announcement is a bit out of the ordinary.

It is now rumored that Neal McDonough who exited "Detroit 1-8-7" after three seasons as squad leader Russ Renna is headed towards possible (probable?) Liberty pickup "Rollin'" as a replacement for Ron Eldard who shot the pilot in the lead role of Elliott Long. The word is the network liked the show which McDonough is one of the producer/creators, but were not sold on Eldard, and that this switch would signify a pickup from Liberty TV for the fall season.

Brad Garrett and Norm MacDonald are teaming up and producing a script for Liberty called "Odd Man Out" which centers around a high powered testosterone filled luxury car salesman's attempts to deal with his wife leaving him for a woman. No other information is know about the project at the moment other than Tim Meadows' name has been rumored to be attached.

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May 17, 2016

The remainder of the casting for "Real Genius" was announced today with Ashley Hinshaw as Sherry Nugil, Jason Antoon as Carter Tibbs, and Clifton Powell as General Lou Decker. In addition it was confirmed that Gabriel Jarret & Michelle Meyrink who played Mitch and Jordan in the original movie will guest star in the pilot episode as Mitch's parents with a couple scenes being reshot to include them; and Val Kilmer will guest star in the second episode as Senator Shoehorn (a villain) that will recur. "I'm Falling" by the Comsat Angels, a song which appeared in the original movie has also been licensed to be used in the reboot. The first 5 script summaries have been released as well and can be found on the Real Genius web page. Finally it was announced as part of the agreement with Happy Madison Productions that a full 22 episodes have been ordered by the network.

With CBS not putting "Drew" the Nancy Drew adaptation, on their fall schedule it is rumored that negotiations have started between PLS Media and CBS Television Studios to purchase the program to air on Liberty Television starting in the summer of 2017 with a projected spot on the 2017-18 Fall lineup. The reboot falls well within the nostalgia and period time piece bent that Liberty Television has for its drama programs.

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May 19, 2016

Liberty Television 2016-17 Upfront

May 19th 2016
New York, NY

Liberty Television 2016-17 schedule
All times ET/PT

New Shows in Blue

Monday
8:00pm Buy More (season 5)
8:30pm ALYSSA LUVS SEAN (NEW)
9:00pm ROLLIN' (NEW)
10:00pm Havana (season 3)

Tuesday
8:00pm Night Shift (season 8) (new night)
8:30pm Tuesday's Gone (season 6) (new night)
9:00pm Downbeats (season 2)
10:00pm Night Moves (season 4)

Wednesday
8:00pm NOLA HART (NEW)
9:00pm CORVETTE CLUB (NEW)
10:00pm Greatest Hits (season 6)

Thursday
8:00pm THE GREATER GOOD (NEW)
8:30pm REAL GENIUS (NEW)
9:00pm Detroit 1-8-7 (season 7)
10:00pm Hollywood RHD (season 5) (new night)

Friday
8:00pm TALES FROM MARGARITAVILLE (NEW) (2 HOURS)
10:00pm HALLOWEEN (NEW)

Saturday
8:00pm Movie
10:30pm **encore sit-coms**

Sunday
7:00pm **encore dramas**
8:00pm Liberty X (season 7)
9:00pm Macabre (season 3) (new night)
10:00pm Saradas (season 2) (new night)

Mid-Season / Replacement
Another Teen Vampire Show (season 5)
Wildwood (season 5)
Kingmakers (season 2)
Die Cast (season 2)
LISTMAYOR (NEW)
ROOMIES (NEW)


The 2016-17 Liberty Television schedule that was unveiled has more changes than the network has seen over the past few years. The commitment to original scripted television shows remains strong, with an expanded selection of sit-coms this year, now featured on three nights instead of just one.

Monday nights features the 5th season of Buy More at 8pm and the 3rd season of Havana at 10pm. Cast and character changes are always afoot when it comes to Buy More; and Havana will switch this season to focusing on Rick and the Mob's efforts stateside in Miami, Washington, and Chicago as Havana itself turns communist after the repatriation of the Philadelphian casino.

New on Monday nights are;
Alyssa Luvs Sean
8:30pm
Sit-com (coming of age, High School)
Production Company; Salter Street Productions, DreamWorks Television
Creators; Trevor Suffield, Hart Hanson, Paul Feig
From the creative teams behind Liberty's "E.K." and NBC's "Freaks and Geeks" comes an enduring coming of age high school love story with the reality of the awkwardness and clumsiness of true relationships, not the music driven MTV glamorous 25 year old hard bodies playing high school kids kind of show. In fact although the show has a musical backdrop music is not used at all unless it is actually being played in the show. Even the theme song is devoid of music, instead being filled with the hallway noises of high school.
Alyssa is an exceptional straight A's scholar and an extraordinary musician. She is a go getter, involved in band, choir, debate, etc, who was once seen as a slightly overweight, non-athletic music geek, but thanks to some maturity by her part as well as the other students, and the popularity of such shows as Glee and Pitch Perfect, is now fairly close to universally loved by most of her school. All this despite only being a Sophomore.
Sean on the other hand is a slacker, an enigma, a weirdo maybe, voted most likely to "go postal" by his peers. However, Sean also has an extraordinary ability to see through and inside people's thought and emotions. While Alyssa has a fantastic IQ that makes her a genius, Sean has an EQ (Emotional Quotient) that makes him interesting to those who he allows to get close. Sean comes from a lineage of gypsies, his own Grandmother once being a renown palm and fortune reader.
An unlikely pair find their friendship turn into love. What would seem like a recipe for disaster continues to endure because Sean is secure enough in his non-activity to allow Alyssa to flourish and encourage her instead of trying to bring her down. This level of encouragement is needed by Alyssa because only Sean and her music teacher Mr. Bernard show that level of care in her life. On the other hand Alyssa just enjoys Sean's company and doesn't push him to have more active interests. Outside of each other Alyssa's best friend is her fellow musician Parker, who also runs track and is quite popular. Everyone except Alyssa, Sean, and Parker are convinced that Alyssa will end up with Parker and not Sean. On the other hand other than Alyssa the only close friend that Sean has is Bernie "Top Gun" Richards whose dream of being a fighter pilot and his simple straightforward nature seems to click with Sean.
Follow this pair of dreamers and their enigmatic love as they try and navigate their way through the final 2 years of high school and all the pit falls and obstacles along the way.
Starring; Grace Kaufman as Alyssa Poisson, Asa Butterfield as Sean Gill, Matt Nye as Mr. Bernard (music teacher), Beibi Gong as Ms. Trang (Math teacher), Laura Mennell as Ms. Covington (guidance counselor), Amanda Zaeske as Parker Potts, Bradley Steven Perry as Bernie "Top Gun" Richards, Jamie Denbo as Sean's Mom, Brenda Blethyn as Sean's Grandma, Brian Howe as Sean's Dad, Jane Kaczmarek as Alyssa's Mom, Scott Thompson as Alyssa's Dad, Christopher Avila as Devon Poisson, Max Charles as Gabe Poisson, Harry Anderson as Principal Campbell


Rollin'
9:00pm
Drama (time piece)
Production Company: Sony Pictures Television, Salter Street Films
Creators: Al Profit, Bert Salke, Donnie Wahlberg, Neal McDonough
Set in the late 1970's Detroit, this anti-hero drama features an unusual alliance between a black FBI agent (Kareem) sent to Detroit to clean up the drug trade, with a white blue-collar "lifer" auto worker (Elliott). Elliott gets tired of seeing the city within the city, his massive auto plant, besieged by drugs and gangs, and the effect that has on morale, quality, and the long term decision by the company to keep production here or move it off shore. The writing seems to be on the wall for both the auto industry with the Japanese starting to take over market share, and with the city of Detroit crumbling around them. Unable to gain a foothold outside the factory Kareem agrees to help Elliott by bending and then breaking the laws, in return for progress he can show to his superiors.
Neal McDonough as Elliott Long, B.J. Britt as Kareem (FBI agent), Michael Stuhlbarg as Dieter Toeffer (union boss), Judy Greer, Damon Herriman, Randy Couture, Zoe Belkin as daughter, Shonna Major, Jamie Renell, Sean Cook as manager,
Christopher Bucholz as the German.



Tuesday Nights is the only weeknight that features all returning scripted shows. Night Shift in its 8th season, and Tuesday's Gone in its 6th season make the move from Monday night. Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday will all start the evening with two sit-coms from 8pm-9pm. Downbeats returns for a 2nd season with a new crossover from Hollywood RHD. Night Moves will once again anchor the night at 10pm with its 4th season with the action consolidating to primarily only the one bar "Diamonds & Rust".


Wednesday Nights will begin with two new dramas Nola Hart and Corvette Club before finishing with Liberty's highest ranking show, season 6 of Greatest Hits.

Nola Hart
8:00pm
Drama (mystery/suspense)
Production company: 20th Century Fox Television, Chapter Eleven
Creators; Donald Todd, Kyle Killen, Scott Pennington
Drama about a woman who wakes up in an airport with complete amnesia and hires a dysfunctional father-son detective agency to find out who she is. When to her own surprise she shows near-genius detective skills, the guys hire the woman to help them as they take on her ever-deepening “missing person” case. But as each new discovery changes the picture of her, they all have to wonder who they’ll find at the end of the journey –and will they be sorry they looked?
Starring; Christina Applegate as Nola Hart, Jeffrey Wright as Father, Shad Moss as Son, Max Perlich, John Herzfeld, Rita Rudner

Corvette Club
9:00pm

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Drama (mockumentary)
Production company; Big Talk Productions; El Rey Network
Creators; 
Barry and Allan, two burnouts from San Bernadino are hired by a mysterious benefactor to steal and destroy a list of rare Corvettes across California and Nevada. Along the way they pick up an apparently kind hearted young street walker named Angel, totally oblivious to the fact that she is murdering johns at every stop along the way.
Starring; Jon E. Darby as Allan, Luke Benward as Barry Melnyk, Aubrey Plaza as Angel, Corey Feldman as Mr. Shaw, Jeremy Davies, Raquel Alessi


Thursday nights will begin with two new sit-coms; The Greater Good and Real Genius. Then at 9pm Detroit 1-8-7 returns with season 7, followed by Hollywood RHD's 5th season in a new night.

The Greater Good
8:00pm
Sit-Com (workplace)
Production Company: 20th Century Fox Television, Brownstone Productions
Creators; Caroline Williams, Elizabeth Banks, Max Handelman
Workplace comedy set in the world of conspiracy theories. A disgraced former CIA agent begins his own online tabloid trying to reveal the same truths that got him kicked out of the agency. The majority of his staff are part time "believers" who flood the office late at night to discover and write up stories. Unknown to him most of his co-workers are also now CIA plants, except for a young intern that shows the most promise.
Starring: Simon Templeman as Allan Carlsson, Dylan Sprouse as Dexter Lehrner, Larisa Oleynik as Gabriella Foot, Spencer Garrett as Bruce Low, Mishon Ratliff as Wine Spitzer.

Real Genius
8:30pm
Sit-Com (workplace)
Production Company; 3 Arts Entertainment, Happy Madison Productions, Sony Pictures Television
Creators; Craig DiGregorio, David King, Doug Robinson, Oly Obst
Small screen take on the 1985 movie, about the relationship between a rock star-like genius and a sheltered, naive co-worker.


Friday Nights is completely new on Liberty TV this fall. Macabre and Saradas were so successful last season that they have been moved to Sunday nights for the fall, with Macabre probably moving back to Friday's in the Winter. Liberty's longtime collaboration with cultural icon Jimmy Buffett has now produced a regular 2 hour music/variety show that will air from 8pm-10pm. That will be followed up with a new imagining of Halloween at 10pm.

Tales From Margaritaville
8:00pm-10:00pm
Variety (music/comedy)
Production Company; Taillight TV, Mailboat Records
Creators; Jimmy Buffett, Nina Avramides, Stan Kellam
A prime time variety show hosted once a week at the Margaritaville in Orlando, Florida. Features Beach, reggae, and folk music along with comedians and celebrity interviews, as well as audience participation and contests. The show will cater to an older demographic so the total number of viewers will be more impressive then the demos. Jimmy Buffet will appear semi-regularly.

Halloween
10:00pm
Drama (Horror/Suspense)
Production Company; Revolution Studios, Screen Gems
Creators; John Carpenter, Gavin O'Connor, Richard Heus, and Caleb Womble
A re-imagining of the Halloween franchise. In this version Michael Myers is a tragic figure, ripped from his family while a youth and put in a mental sanatorium. Under the supervision of Dr. Loomis he was experimented on with psychological terror and drugs. On a supervised visit from his family he stabs and kills his Mother, thus ensuring he will never be released again. However, as an adult he escapes and returns to Haddonfield to take his revenge out on the kids who bullied him and his sister when they were young. However, when he finds his sister is now dating one of his tormentors he also decides to turn his wrath on her.
This is a limited series that should start right after Labor Day, and end the week of Halloween. A 7 week run with a double episode on both the first and last nights, equaling a 9 episode first year run.

Starring; Taylor Clift as Michael Myers, Kyle Richards as Lindsey Wallace, Debbie Rochon as Molly Wallace, Sam Ayers as Danny Loomis, Ragan Wallake as Toledo Jones, Christian Potenza as Kerry Myers, Jerry Minor as Tommy Doyle, Daniela Dib as Amber Fox



Saturday nights will once again showcase a movie and possibly an encore presentation of one of the network's sit-com's. Original movies already being produced for the network include; King of Infinite Space (Tyler Dilts), The Silk Road, Angola, Louisiana, The Burning Room (Michael Connelly), Stay Close (Harlan Corben), King's Deception (Steve Berry), The Don - Donald Trump, Blood and Bullets - (war between Rock Machine and Hells Angels in Montreal late 1990's), Adrenalized (Phil Collen - Def Leppard) (spring 2017), 13 Witches (Sabine Mondestin), Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner. Theatrical releases being shown include The Last Stand, Red Dawn, Hit & Run, The Place Beyond the Pines, The Express, Broken City, The King's Speech, Death Defying Acts, Shanghai, The Great Gatsby, Moonrise Kingdom and The Hit List.

Sunday nights remains the same for the first 2 hours with an hour of encore drama presentations, followed by the global orientated television news program Liberty X (entering its 7th season). The second half of the night will feature two shows transplanted from last year's Friday night schedule, Macabre (season 3), and Saradas (season 2). Macabre is scheduled to move back to Friday nights after Halloween finishes its limited run in the fall.


Mid-season replacements include 3 sit-com's. Another Teen Vampire Show (season 5) will be its final season. New shows will include Listmayor and Roomies. Dramas will include Wildwood (Season 5) likely joining Sunday nights after Macabre switches back to Friday nights in November, and sophomore shows Kingmakers and Die Cast which will either find a spot on the winter rotation or the spring/summer schedule.

Listmayor
genre; Sit-com (family)
Production company; Universal Television, MapleStar Entertainment
Creators; George Erschbamer, Trevor Suffield, Jerry O'Connell
John Pettis (everyone calls him Listmayor) tries to be the perfect family man in an uncertain world that he takes way too serious. Ever since he was young he had issues with anxiety, and his early coping method was to make lists, both centered around his life (grocery list, to do list, friends list) as well as just general lists (one hit wonders, best movies with bad endings, top 10 most horrific shark attacks since 1950...). Unfortunately school mates got wind of the lists and used it to mock him, hanging the nickname of Listmayor on him (the mayor of lists), and it stuck. Each episode of the show will center around the hectic world of John, but we also see the dichotomy between how the world see's it and how John perceives it, but will have the backdrop of John creating a list that somewhat pertains to his world at the moment.
Starring; Jerry O'Connell as John Pettis (Listmayor), Isla Fisher as Shirley Pettis (wife), Elidh MacQueen as Brittney Scott (Listmayor's co-worker; hot; scheming), Karin Konoval as Bess Pettis (John's Mom), Sam Richardson (friend), Ashley Comeau, Charlie O'Connell, and Deena Dill

Roomies
genre; Sit-Com (family/friends)
Production Company; MapleStar Entertainment, Olive Bridge Entertainment
Creators; Michael J Fox, Will Gluck
Darla and Jonas are a recently retired couple who in order to be able to afford to retire had to make one large accommodation; taking on a pair of renters. While Jonas preferred to get an older couple who they could spend time with, Darla tricks him into settling for a young couple who she hopes will help breathe some life into their retirement. While Darla and Jonas may look like a staid, steady couple, they also have had their wild side including riding motorcycles and travelling the globe. However, Jonas' outlook on life and his own relationships are challenged by the role reversal in the young couple. Brianne is a legal intern with a sports management company while studying for her law degree, while Stephen is a cook studying to become a true chef. Brianne and Stephen will also find themselves challenged to live with and keep up with Darla and Jonas who are not the old fuddy daddy's they thought they were signing up to live with.
Starring; Linda Bright Clay as Darla, Creed Bratton as Jonas, Aimee Teegarden as Brianne, Matt O'Leary as Stephen, Hank Rogerson

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May 20, 2016

Liberty television released their fall preview for the 5th season of Buy More today. It also released some details about the season's opening episodes which can be found at the show's website.

Buy More; 2016-17 Season Preview

Liberty television returns to the big box home of Buy More for season 5 for its second year at the Monday 8:00pm/7:00CST time slot. A full season of 22 episodes has been ordered by the network as its ratings which average a 1.1 demo are good by the network standards. Buy More switches from being the lead in for an established show Another Teen Vampire Show, to the lead off for a rookie offering Alyssa Luvs Sean.

Last season saw a swing and a miss with a new annoying pair of neighbors Michelle & Craig for Alex and Morgan but they have departed for missionary work. The rest of the cast also faced big life changes with Lester moving on to manage at Consumer World a competitor of Buy More after he was unhappy with Jeff marrying his sister Sandra; a move that also saw the breakup of the band Jeffster. The marriage of Jeff and Sandra was the season finale, with wedding finales now becoming a "thing" for Buy More. Alex & Morgan are expecting a baby (which will necessitate some visits from Grandpa John Casey) and Big Mike took a promotion to regional manager which will take him out of the store.

This season will see the continuation of those storylines including the expected baby, the promotion, and a new Korean store manager who will drive everyone to murder. Fractured sit-coms are hard to maintain and neither Big Mike or Lester are ready to exit yet, so look for them to possibly return to the fold in the opening story arcs.

The Monday 8:00pm time slot faces stiff competition from CBS' Big Bang Theory to start the year before it moves to Thursday and Kevin James' "Kevin Can Wait" moves from 8:30 to 8:00 having already been established at the heels of TBBT. FOX has "Gotham" while CW has "Supergirl" which also appeals to the 30-50 male demographic that Buy More goes after, and NBC has "The Voice" while ABC has "Dancing With the Stars" which pretty much appeal to everyone else other than males 30-50.

Behind the scenes Stephen Lloyd has left as executive producer after 4 seasons, leaving his share of the work load with the two remaining EP's Ben Kunde and Phil Klemmer. Kunde remains as showrunner.

CREW
Ben Kunde - Executive Producer
Phil Klemmer - Executive Producer
James Genn - Director
Mekenna Melvin - Director
James Dunnison - Director
Julian Farino - Director
Lee Eisenberg - Director


WRITERS
Phil Klemmer
Anne Cofell Saunders
Scott Rosenbaum
Matthew Lau
Zev Borow
Mark Christopher Lawrence
Linda Wallem
Peter Tolan


CAST

Mark Christopher Lawrence as Big Mike
Joshua Gomez as Morgan Grimes

Vik Sahay as Lester Patal
Scott Krinsky as Jeff Barnes
Mekenna Melvin as Alex McHugh
Julia Ling as Anna Wu

Patricia Rae as Bolonia Grimes

Tia Bhatia as Sandra
Jesse Heiman as Fernando
Hope Shapiro as Bunny

RECURRING/GUEST STARS

Adam Baldwin as John Casey

Bonita Friedericy as General Diane Beckman

Steve Austin as Hugo Panzer

Will Yun Lee as Gun Dung

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May 20, 2016

Liberty Television today announced two new original projects for the 2017-2018 television season.

Merry Christmas, Alex Cross

Liberty Television will air a mini-series based on the best selling novel of the same name from James Patterson. The mini-series will be 6 hours and air over 3 consecutive nights during the Christmas gap period in shows. Rob Cohen who directed the feature film "Alex Cross" will be the producer of this new mini-series.
James Patterson Entertainment, Covert Media, and Salter Street Productions will be the companies involved.
No casting has been announced at this time.

Life on Mars

A biopic film based around the rise of David Bowie from 1968-74, the Space Oddity and Ziggy Stardust days. The movie will be very music driven using real clips of Bowie as well are recreations.

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May 24, 2016

Liberty Television released its first promo today for it's new show "Alyssa Luvs Sean" which will air on Monday nights at 8:30pm this fall.

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May 25, 2016

Alyssa Luvs Sean; 2016-17 Season Preview

Liberty Television's most talked about new sit-com for the year is the adolescent love story between two opposites, Alyssa and Sean. The rookie show will air on Monday at 8:30pm/7:30CST, following Buy More. Last year that slot was occupied by Another Teen Vampire Show which will now be a mid-season offering. The show has received a full season 22 episode order as a show of faith from the network who are hoping for a better than 1.0 demo.

The competition will be "Kevin Can Wait" until "Man With A Plan" takes over on CBS at the end of October; 2 star powered new sit-coms helped by the Big Bang Theory lead-in at the start of the year. FOX has "Gotham" while CW has "Supergirl"  and NBC has "The Voice" while ABC has "Dancing With the Stars". It's stiff competition for the show but the network hopes that the writing buzz and the comparisons to Freaks and Geeks (and E.K.) will get fans on board early to avoid letting another quality show fail before people take notice.

From the creative teams behind Liberty's "E.K." and NBC's "Freaks and Geeks" comes an enduring coming of age high school love story with the reality of the awkwardness and clumsiness of true relationships, not the music driven MTV glamorous 25 year old hard bodies playing high school kids kind of show. In fact although the show has a musical backdrop music is not used at all unless it is actually being played in the show. Even the theme song is devoid of music, instead being filled with the hallway noises of high school.

Alyssa is an exceptional straight A's scholar and an extraordinary musician. She is a go getter, involved in band, choir, debate, etc, who was once seen as a slightly overweight, non-athletic music geek, but thanks to some maturity by her part as well as the other students, and the popularity of such shows as Glee and Pitch Perfect, is now fairly close to universally loved by most of her school. All this despite only being a Sophomore.

Sean on the other hand is a slacker, an enigma, a weirdo maybe, voted most likely to "go postal" by his peers. However, Sean also has an extraordinary ability to see through and inside people's thought and emotions. While Alyssa has a fantastic IQ that makes her a genius, Sean has an EQ (Emotional Quotient) that makes him interesting to those who he allows to get close. Sean comes from a lineage of gypsies, his own Grandmother once being a renown palm and fortune reader.

An unlikely pair find their friendship turn into love. What would seem like a recipe for disaster continues to endure because Sean is secure enough in his non-activity to allow Alyssa to flourish and encourage her instead of trying to bring her down.

This level of encouragement is needed by Alyssa because only Sean and her music teacher Mr. Bernard show that level of care in her life. On the other hand Alyssa just enjoys Sean's company and doesn't push him to have more active interests.

Outside of each other Alyssa's best friend is her fellow musician Parker, who also runs track and is quite popular. Everyone except Alyssa, Sean, and Parker are convinced that Alyssa will end up with Parker and not Sean. On the other hand other than Alyssa the only close friend that Sean has is Bernie "Top Gun" Richards whose dream of being a fighter pilot and his simple straightforward nature seems to click with Sean.

Follow this pair of dreamers and their enigmatic love as they try and navigate their way through the final 2 years of high school and all the pit falls and obstacles along the way.

COMPANIES

Salter Street Productions

DreamWorks Television

CREW
Hart Hanson as co-Executive Producer
Paul Feig as co-Executive Producer
Trevor Suffield as Producer
Mickie Reuster as Associate Producer
Scott Thompson as Head Writer

WRITERS

Scott Thompson

CAST

Grace Kaufman as Alyssa Poisson
Asa Butterfield as Sean Gill
Matt Nye as Mr. Bernard (music teacher)
Beibi Gong  as Ms. Trang (Math teacher)
Amanda Zaeske as Parker Potts
Bradley Steven Perry as Bernie "Top Gun" Richards
Jamie Denbo as Sean's Mom

Brian Howe as Sean's Dad
Jane Kaczmarek as Alyssa's Mom
Christopher Avila as Devon Poisson
Max Charles as Gabe Poisson

RECURRING/GUEST STARS

Laura Mennell as Ms. Covington (guidance counselor)
Brenda Blethyn as Sean's Grandma
Scott Thompson as Alyssa's Dad

Harry Anderson as Principal Campbell

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May 27, 2016

The following is a modified list of the final rankings of shows for the 2016-17 television season based on the 18-49 Demo rankings. We have attempted to remove from the list all Sports presentations as well as encore programming. Liberty television's shows appear in lower case and bold.

18-49 DEMO RANKINGS:

1 EMPIRE FOX 6.4
2 THE BIG BANG THEORY CBS 5.8
3 THE X-FILES FOX 4.8
4 GREY’S ANATOMY ABC 3.6
5 HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER ABC 3.5
6 MODERN FAMILY ABC 3.4
7 SCANDAL ABC 3.4
8 THE VOICE NBC 3.4
9 BLINDSPOT NBC 3.1
10 NCIS CBS 3.1
11 THE VOICE – TUE NBC 3.1
12 AMERICAN IDOL – WED FOX 3.0
13 THE BACHELOR ABC 3.0
14 CRIMINAL MINDS CBS 2.9
15 AMERICAN IDOL- THU FOX 2.8
16 SURVIVOR CBS 2.8
17 THE BLACKLIST NBC 2.7
18 LIFE IN PIECES CBS 2.7
19 QUANTICO ABC 2.6
20 CHICAGO FIRE NBC 2.5
21 THE GOLDBERGS ABC 2.5
22 SCORPION CBS 2.5
23 BLACK-ISH ABC 2.4
24 LUCIFER FOX 2.4
25 SUPERGIRL CBS 2.4
26 LITTLE BIG SHOTS NBC 2.3
27 CHICAGO MED NBC 2.3
28 2 BROKE GIRLS CBS 2.3
29 SHADES OF BLUE NBC 2.3
30 LIMITLESS CBS 2.2
31 MOM CBS 2.2
32 LAW AND ORDER: SVU NBC 2.2
33 THE MIDDLE ABC 2.2
34 HEROES REBORN NBC 2.2
35 FAMILY GUY FOX 2.2
36 NCIS: NEW ORLEANS CBS 2.2
37 ONCE UPON A TIME ABC 2.2
38 DANCING WITH THE STARS ABC 2.1
39 CHICAGO PD NBC 2.1
40 THE SIMPSONS FOX 2.1
41 SUPERSTORE NBC 2.1
42 CODE BLACK CBS 2.0
43 MIKE & MOLLY CBS 2.0
44 THE BACHELORETTE ABC 2.0
45 MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. ABC 2.0
46 GOTHAM FOX 2.0
47 SCREAM QUEENS FOX 2.0
48 ANGEL FROM HELL CBS 1.9
49 THE MUPPETS ABC 1.9
50 THE LAST MAN ON EARTH FOX 1.9
51 BROOKLYN NINE-NINE FOX 1.9
52 NCIS: LOS ANGELES CBS 1.9
53 SHARK TANK ABC 1.9
54 BLUE BLOODS CBS 1.8
55 60 MINUTES CBS 1.8
56 ELEMENTARY CBS 1.8
57 CASTLE ABC 1.8
58 CRIMINAL MINDS: BEYOND BORDERS CBS 1.8
59 MASTERCHEF JUNIOR FOX 1.8
60 FRESH OFF THE BOAT ABC 1.8
61 NEW GIRL FOX 1.8
62 THE ODD COUPLE CBS 1.8
63 HAWAII FIVE-0 CBS 1.7
64 THE AMAZING RACE CBS 1.7
65 BEST TIME EVER WITH NEIL PATRICK HARRIS NBC 1.7
66 HELL’S KITCHEN FOX 1.7
67 THE FLASH CW 1.7
68 NASHVILLE ABC 1.7
69 ROSEWOOD FOX 1.7
70 MADAM SECRETARY CBS 1.6
71 THE GOOD WIFE CBS 1.6
72 LAST MAN STANDING ABC 1.6
73 BONES FOX 1.6
74 Greatest Hits LIB 1.6
75 AMERICAN CRIME ABC 1.6
76 GRIMM NBC 1.6
77 CSI: CYBER CBS 1.5
78 THE CATCH ABC 1.5
79 BLOOD & OIL ABC 1.5
80 THE BIGGEST LOSER NBC 1.5
81 THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA NBC 1.5
82 DR. KEN ABC 1.4
83 THE FAMILY ABC 1.4
84 MARVEL’S AGENT CARTER ABC 1.4
85 BOB’S BURGERS FOX 1.4
86 NCIS – ENCORE CBS 1.4
87 THE PLAYER NBC 1.4
88 SLEEPY HOLLOW FOX 1.4
89 60 MINUTES PRESENTS CBS 1.3
90 20/20 – FRI ABC 1.3
91 DATELINE – FRI NBC 1.3
92 GREAT HOLIDAY BAKING SHOW ABC 1.3
93 GRANDFATHERED FOX 1.3
94 THE ODD COUPLE – MON CBS 1.3
95 Night Moves LIB 1.3
96 THE REAL O’NEALS ABC 1.3
97 TELENOVELA NBC 1.3
98 Detroit 1-8-7 LIB 1.3
99 UNDERCOVER BOSS CBS 1.3
100 DATELINE – SUN NBC 1.2
101 BACHELOR LIVE ABC 1.2
102 MINORITY REPORT FOX 1.2
103 DC’S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW CW 1.2
104 Tuesday's Gone LIB 1.2
105 PERSON OF INTEREST CBS 1.2
106 AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS ABC 1.1
107 CARMICHAEL SHOW NBC 1.1
108 HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT NBC 1.1
109 THE GRINDER FOX 1.1
110 ARROW CW 1.1
111 Buy More LIB 1.1
112 OF KINGS AND PROPHETS ABC 1.1
113 Hollywood RHD LIB 1.1
114 RUSH HOUR CBS 1.1
115 Wildwood LIB 1.1
116 WICKED CITY ABC 1.1
117 48 HOURS CBS 1.0
118 CROWDED NBC 1.0
119 Night Shift LIB 1.0
120 COOPER BARRETT’S GUIDE FOX 1.0
121 SECOND CHANCE FOX 1.0
122 SUPERNATURAL CW 1.0
123 UNDATEABLE NBC 1.0
124 HEARTBEAT NBC 0.9
125 DATELINE MYSTERY NBC 0.9
126 Macabe LIB 0.9
127 GAME OF SILENCE NBC 0.9
128 FRESH OFF BOAT ABC 0.9
129 BEYOND THE TANK ABC 0.9
130 Another Teen Vampire Show LIB 0.9
131 GALAVANT ABC 0.9
132 PERSON OF INTEREST – MON CBS 0.9
133 WAYWARD PINES FOX 0.9
134 YOU, ME & THE APOCALYPSE NBC 0.9
135 BEYOND THE TANK – FRI ABC 0.8
136 HOTEL HELL FOX 0.8
137 AMERICAN GRIT FOX 0.8
138 Havana LIB 0.8
139 BORDERTOWN FOX 0.8
140 MY DIET BETTER THAN YOURS ABC 0.8
141 SHARK TANK – TUE ABC 0.8
142 SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE NBC 0.8
143 STRONG NBC 0.8
144 TRUTH BE TOLD NBC 0.8
145 THE VAMPIRE DIARIES CW 0.8
146 WHAT WOULD YOU DO? ABC 0.8
147 48 HOURS PRESENTS CBS 0.7
148 CAUGHT ON CAMERA NBC 0.7
149 Liberty X LIB 0.7
150 20/20 – SAT ABC 0.7
151 Downbeats LIB 0.7
152 HOUDINI & DOYLE FOX 0.7
153 THE 100 CW 0.7
154 Kingmakers LIB 0.7
155 IZOMBIE CW 0.7
156 THE SIMPSONS – SUN 7 PM FOX 0.7
157 Stoops LIB 0.7
158 WORLD’S FUNNIEST FOX 0.7
159 DATELINE: ON ASSIGNMENT NBC 0.6
160 Red Shadow LIB 0.6
161 Saradas LIB 0.6
162 THE MUPPETS ABC 0.6
163 CONTAINMENT CW 0.6
164 AMERICA’S TOP MODEL 16 CW 0.6
165 JANE THE VIRGIN CW 0.6
166 THE ORIGINALS CW 0.6
167 Derailed LIB 0.6
168 COUPLED FOX 0.5
169 Die Cast LIB 0.5
170 Time Capsule LIB 0.5
171 PENN & TELLER: FOOL US CW 0.5
172 REIGN CW 0.5
173 The Next Level LIB 0.5
174 WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY CW 0.5
175 Do Over LIB 0.5
176 Real Pool Boys LIB 0.4
177 CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND CW 0.4
178 444 LIB 0.4
179 MASTERS OF ILLUSION CW 0.3
180 SIGNIFICANT MOTHER CW 0.2
181 WICKED OFFER CW 0.2

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May 27, 2016

Liberty television today released their preview for the new show "Rollin'" which airs Monday nights this fall.

Rollin'; 2016-17 Season Preview

Liberty Television returns again to the City of Detroit, setting for other offerings such as Detroit 1-8-7 and Prince of Motor City, with a critical look at the seedy side of Detroit's auto industry and how it mirrored the demise of the city itself in a sewage of drugs and corruption. The project will be driven by Al Profit, formerly an independent documentary producer whose seminal works on the rise of crimes and drugs in cities such as Detroit and New York provide the backdrop for the gritty parts of the show. Joining Profit is veteran television man Bert Salke (Boomtown, Tru Calling, Prince of Motor City) and Donnie Wahlberg and Neal McDonough better known for their roles on the other side of the camera. McDonough has also signed on to play the show's lead man.

The rookie show will air Monday nights at 9:00pm/8:00CST following the comedy pair of Buy More and Alyssa Luvs Sean. Competition will be the second hours of Dancing With the Stars (ABC) and The Voice (NBC), 2 Broke Girls & Odd Couple (CBS), Jane the Virgin (CW), and Lucifer (FOX) in the fall, followed by APB in the Winter. It's a very diversified competition but no true "gritty" or crime procedurals match directly against Rollin'. The network believes that in that landscape the show should be able to produce at least the network average of around 1.0-1.2.

Rollin' is a time piece drama, set in the late 1970's Detroit, this anti-hero drama features an unusual alliance between a black FBI agent (Kareem) sent to Detroit to clean up the drug trade, with a white blue-collar "lifer" auto worker (Elliott). Elliott gets tired of seeing the city within the city, his massive auto plant, besieged by drugs and gangs, and the effect that has on morale, quality, and the long term decision by the company to keep production here or move it off shore. The writing seems to be on the wall for both the auto industry with the Japanese starting to take over market share, and with the city of Detroit crumbling around them. Unable to gain a foothold outside the factory Kareem agrees to help Elliott by bending and then breaking the laws, in return for progress he can show to his superiors.

CREW

Bert Salke as Producer

Al Profit as Producer

Donnie Wahlberg as Co-executive Producer

Neal McDonough as Co-executive Producer

WRITERS

Hamish Linklater

Bert Salke

Al Profit

Nicholas Pileggi

COMPANIES

Salter Street Films

Sony Pictures Television

CAST

Neal McDonough as Elliott Long

B.J. Britt as Kareem Jackson (FBI agent)

Michael Stuhlbarg as Dieter Toeffer (union boss)

Judy Greer as Teresea Long (Elliott's wife)

Randy Couture as Dale Hardaway (Elliot's friend and co-worker)
Gains Charles as Dwight Poolman
Sean Cook as Dutch McKnight (auto line manager)
Christopher Bucholz, Jakob Hessler (German born auto executive/consultant)

Zoe Belkin as Patti Long (Elliott's daughter)

Damon Herriman as Nessie St. James (auto supervisor - drug lord)
Jamie Renell as Dave Franks (Elliott's brother in-law)

Shonna Major as Cherelle Jackson (Kareem's sister)