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*J.J. Abrams pilot “Revolution,” co-starring Giancarlo Esposito, has just received a series order from NBC, reports Deadline.com. Directed by Jon Favreau and produced by Abrams’ Bad Robot and Warner Bros TV, “Revolution” is described as a high-octane action drama following a group of characters struggling to survive and reunite with loved ones in a world [...]
*Although the pilot aired in full nearly two months ago in what FOX called “a preview,” tonight marks the official series premiere of “Touch,” a supernatural drama starring “24” vet Kiefer Sutherland and “Undercovers” alum Gugu Mbatha-Raw. As reported before the show’s initial Jan. 25 broadcast, Mbatha-Raw plays Clea Hopkins, a social worker who must evaluate [...]
*She hunted down bad guys as an international spy on NBC’s ill-fated “Undercovers.” On Wednesday, actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw takes it down a notch as a social worker assigned to evaluate a young boy and his father as they hunt down bad guys in Fox’s new drama “Touch.” Mbatha-Raw’s Clea Hopkins must evaluate the domestic situation [...]
*Boris Kodjoe is on the move. Besides his acting career, he and his actress wife, Nicole Ari Parker, have started a foundation for their daughter’s sickness, as well as a custom shirt line. In an interview with VIBE, he shared his thought about “Undercovers” being canceled, how he and his wife deal with love scenes, [...]
*NBC quietly returned the Boris Kodjoe action vehicle “Undercovers” to the schedule last week – and the outcome hasn’t been good. Ratings reached another series low on Wednesday as the network continues burning off the remaining episodes of the canceled spy drama, according to the Hollywood Reporter. On the heels of last week’s series-low rating [...]
*The jet-setting is over for NBC’s spy drama “Undercovers” and its star Boris Kodjoe. NBC announced today that it will not pick up additional episodes from the freshman series beyond the original 13-episode order, according to Deadline.com. The Warner Bros TV-produced show is currently filming Episode 12. The news follows Wednesday night’s episode hitting another [...]
*NBC is giving “Undercovers” four more chances to boost its ratings. While the network on Monday announced full season pickups for “The Event,” “Law & Order: Los Angeles” and “Outsourced,” and today announces full orders for “Chase” and “Chuck,” it has decided to order just four more episodes of its struggling Boris Kodjoe thriller. Meanwhile, [...]
*Boris Kodjoe may play a spy on NBC’s “Undercovers,” but as usual, it doesn’t matter to the IRS ’cause they know who he is and where he is. The all-knowing revenue agency claims the actor owes more than $230,000 in delinquent federal taxes, reports the Detroit News. Kodjoe, besides starring in the afore mentioned TV [...]
*NBC got some good news and bad news for two of its new dramas this week. The network’s latest “Law & Order” franchise entry “Los Angeles” earned solid ratings in its Wednesday premiere, but numbers for the second week of spy series “Undercovers” slipped dangerously low, according to the Hollywood Reporter. “Law & Order: Los [...]
*Nearly two years after America elected its first black president, NBC will present network television’s first prime time drama featuring two black actors in the lead. Boris Kodjoe and Gugu Mbatha-Raw make history as married spies in the J.J. Abrams series “Undercovers,” billed as a “sexy, fun, action-packed spy drama” in the vein of Brad [...]
*In traditional NABJ fashion, this year’s convention brings some of the biggest names and issues in the news to convention plenaries, workshops and news conferences. NABJ’s annual conventions bring together the largest gatherings of journalists of color in the country, including the largest career fair for minority journalists. The NABJ Convention is geared to preparing [...]
*Actress Mekia Cox, most recently seen on The CW’s “90210″ and in the Michael Jackson documentary “This Is It,” has been cast in NBC’s upcoming spy drama “Undercovers.” Cox will replace Jessica Parker Kennedy on the J.J. Abrams series, according to the Hollywood Reporter. She’ll play Lizzy, the older sister of the female lead, who [...]
*If you ladies have been going through withdrawals to get an opportunity to see the big and tall guy of Hollywood , wait no longer, he’s back and in full force! Boris Kodjoe is joined by lesser known counterpart, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, as his chef wife. But, why’d I mention her anyway, you ladies won’t have time to pay her [...]
*The Hollywood Reporter’s Nellie Andreeva has written a piece detailing an unprecedented boost in diversity among drama pilots targeted for the fall. “Halfway through the castings of broadcast drama pilots this season, the top-billed actors on four pilots are non-Caucasian,” Andreeva writes. “What’s more, the four projects are among the highest-profile drama pilots this year. [...]
*Much is being made of NBC breaking racial barriers on television with the casting of two biracial leads in a prime time network drama. As previously reported, “Soul Food” star Boris Kodjoe and British actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw will play the married couple at the heart of the NBC pilot “Undercovers,” a project described as a [...]
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