Showing posts with label Copper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Copper. Show all posts

Friday, September 20, 2013

NEWS: "Cord-Nevers" Killing Cable TV? B&B Casting New Role; Eva Longoria Adapting Telenovela; Alison Sweeney Cover

Slate: Cable TV Is Dying, and Colleges Are Killing It
It isn't just cord-cutters who are the problem for the pay-TV industry, Bloomberg's Ian King points out. It's "cord-nevers"—young people who have never paid for cable or satellite TV and have no intention of doing so in the future.

Even today, most Americans grow up with cable in their homes, their parents footing the bill. Those who go straight into the workforce and get their own apartment might continue to view cable as a high priority, if they can afford it. But a still-growing number of Americans head to four-year colleges and live in dorms where very reliable, high-speed Internet is now routinely provided but cable TV is not. As a result, they come to view fast Internet as a necessity and cable TV as a luxury, subsisting instead on scraps from YouTube, Hulu, and perhaps a little piracy—in short, the media-diet equivalent of ramen and leftover pizza. By the time they leave college, some may be starving for cable TV, but a lot have weaned themselves off of it for good.

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL casting new role
B&B is looking for someone with strong credits to play the recurring role of Tom, a leading man who is 40-50 years old and is described as a mischievous ladies' man and a bit of a troublemaker. "Any ethnicity. Accents ok."

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Alfre Woodard Joins COPPER Season 2

Alfre Woodward
There's a new face in the Five Points...BBC AMERICA and Cineflix Studios announced today that critically-acclaimed actress Alfre Woodard (Betty Applewhite, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES; Ruby Jean Reynolds, TRUE BLOOD) will guest star in the second season of COPPER, BBC America's highest-rated original drama set in 1860s New York City. The series returns Sunday, June 23, at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

COPPER is created by three-time Emmy Award-winner Tom Fontana and Academy Award-nominee Will Rokos and executive produced by Academy Award-winner Barry Levinson, Fontana, Rokos, Cineflix Studios President Christina Wayne and Thomas Kelly (BLUE BLOODS).

Friday, March 29, 2013

COPPER Set To Premiere June 23 On BBC America

BBC America announced today, hit original series COPPER, will premiere Sunday, June 23 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The first teaser trailer, featuring music by Iron and Wine, will be revealed tomorrow during BBC America's broadcast of DOCTOR WHO at 8 p.m. ET. Set in 1865 New York City, Tom Weston-Jones returns as Detective Kevin Corcoran, an Irish-American cop who seeks justice for the powerless in the notorious Five Points. Donal Logue (SONS OF ANARCHY), Eamonn Walker (CHICAGO FIRE), Lee Tergesen (OZ) and Andrew Howard (HATFIELDS & MCCOYS) join the cast for the second season.

Friday, October 19, 2012

BBC America Renews COPPER Ahead of Sunday's Season One Finale

BBC America has renewed its first original scripted series, COPPER, for a second season, ahead of the season one finale this Sunday, October 21 at 10:00 p.m. ET. The channel has re-commissioned the drama with an increased order of 13 episodes from Cineflix Studios.

In making the announcement, Perry Simon, General Manager, Channels, BBC Worldwide America said: "BBC America's first original scripted series, COPPER, has proven to be a perfect fit for the channel. Our viewers have made it our highest-rated series premiere ever and highest-rated drama series ever. Production led by Tom Fontana, Will Rokos, Barry Levinson and Christina Wayne, along with the cast from both sides of the pond, truly captured the boiling pot that was New York City in 1864. We can't wait to get started on the second season."

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

COPPER: BBC America's First Scripted Series Premieres August 19

In a time when disorder and mayhem were the law of the land, Kevin Corcoran was New York City’s finest. Welcome to BBC America’s first original scripted series, COPPER, premiering with 10 episodes Sunday, August 19, 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.

From the brilliant minds of Academy Award®-winner Barry Levinson, Emmy®-winner Tom Fontana and Academy Award®-nominee Will Rokos, this gripping drama, filled with intrigue, corruption, mystery and murder follows Detective Kevin Corcoran – a rugged Irish immigrant cop – as he seeks justice for the powerless in the notorious immigrant neighbourhood of Five Points.