Apple May Get into Making Original TV Shows

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Apple may get into making original TV shows

Variety reports that Apple is mulling competing with Netflix and Amazon by making its own original TV series. Conversations, however, have been preliminary, with some sources calling it only a flirtation. Variety also reports that Apple recently bid for the Top Gear guys’ new show, a sign that Apple may be serious about developing its own shows.


Kesha is the latest pop star to visit Jane the Virgin

Unlike Britney Spears, Kesha won’t be playing herself — she’ll play a rocker.


CBS ending Under the Dome after 3 seasons

The Steven Spielberg-Stephen King series will end on Sept. 10 — and boosts the chances of renewal for CBS’ other summer shows, Extant and/or Zoo.


Scream
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CW teases Jay Garrick’s The Flash helmet

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House of Cards is only the 7th-best show on the streaming service.


Why the Los Angeles on Fear the Walking Dead is better than the real thing

The gas prices are low and there isn’t a drought.


Game of Thrones
fans edit Joffrey to look like a sympathetic hero

BloodBlitz Comedy spent more than 50 hours re-editing Joffrey Baratheon to make him look good. PLUS: Maisie Williams accepts Guinness World Record for largest TV drama simulcast on behalf of Game of Thrones, and “Meryn Trant” recalls his emotional final days on set.


How MTV’s Awkward and Faking It overcame their gimmicky beginnings

Returning tonight, both comedies have told authentic teen stories.


Show Me a Hero
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David Simon’s miniseries “unfurls its stakes much more patiently,” says Jacob Brogan. “And whereas True Detective’s characters feel like dots on some massive, convoluted narrative map, Show Me a Hero’s narrative is told through the more mundane interactions of its characters.” PLUS: Yonkers’ current public housing chief weighs in on the HBO miniseries.

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Murgatroyd, who was partnered with Andy Grammer, says she has “four torn ligaments and a floating piece of bone at the back of my ankle” that will keep her sidelined for up to eight weeks. PLUS: Dancing has its “Stars” do the Nae Nae.


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