Sitting on the Critic's Futon

[Bob Jersey]

Showtime orders pilot for reboot of "American Gigolo" as series; original's producer Jerry Bruckheimer involved...

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2020/03/11/showtime-orders-drama-pilot-american-gigolo-starring-jon-bernthal-527213/20200311showtime01/ (link)

Oxygen, who reinvented itself as a true-crime-show place, greenlights four new shows... Kelly Ripa and her hubby are involved in one of 'em, and another is the second season of Nancy Grace's current effort...

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2020/03/11/oxygen-greenlights-new-shows-including-true-crime-projects-from-kelly-ripa-and-mark-consuelos-as-well-as-buzzfeed-news-122213/20200311oxygen01/ (link)

...and the Colbert-co-produced "Tooning Out The News" (animated staff interacts with human participants; hilarity ensues?) arrives at CBS All Access 3/16, with short segments Mon-Thurs and a compilation thereof Fridays.

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2020/03/11/cbs-all-access-animated-series-tooning-out-the-news-to-launch-monday-march-16-in-the-us-and-canada-429115/20200311cbs05/ (link)

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[David Bruggeman]

From the bits they've been showing during The Late Show, I think Tooning Out probably won't get many tuning in.

David

[Bob Jersey]

Moi, in part, March 11:

...and the Colbert-co-produced "Tooning Out The News" (animated staff interacts with human participants; hilarity ensues?) arrives at CBS All Access 3/16, with short segments Mon-Thurs and a compilation thereof Fridays.

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2020/03/11/cbs-all-access-animated-series-tooning-out-the-news-to-launch-monday-march-16-in-the-us-and-canada-429115/20200311cbs05/ (link)

Rescheduled to April 7. Still keeping to the same schedule.

https://deadline.com/2020/03/tooning-out-the-news-cbs-all-access-resumes-production-sets-premiere-1202896561/ (link)

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