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Netflix has given “Longmire” a season 5 order.
The series, a contemporary crime thriller set in Big Sky country, is based on the Walt Longmire mystery novels by best-selling author Craig Johnson. The series stars Australian actor Robert Taylor (The Matrix) as the charismatic, dedicated and unflappable sheriff of Absaroka County, Wyoming, along with Katee Sackhoff (“Battlestar Galactica,” Riddick), Lou Diamond Phillips (“Southland,” La Bamba), Bailey Chase (“Damages”), Cassidy Freeman (“Smallville”) and Adam Bartley (“Justified”).
MTV has purchased a pitch for poitical dramedy pilot “The Campaigners” from “The Wedding Ringer” helmer Jeremy Garelick and author/producer Aaron Cooley.
According to Variety, “the hourlong project revolves around a group of overachieving undergrads who use their social media savvy to get a fictional candidate nominated for the upcoming senate election. What started as a political statement turns into a twisted mystery when a suspicious person claims to be their candidate, and the ensemble must scramble to cover up the campaign before their imposter gets elected.”
Cooley will pen the script and Garelick will direct should the pilot get the greenlight.
“Law & Order: SVU” alum BD Wong and “Masters of Sex” actor Kristen Hager have joined the cast of “Gotham”.
Wong will play Hugo Strange in a recurring role while Hager is on board to play Mr. Freeze’s wife Nora Fries.
“Keeping Up With the Kardashians” will return to E! on November 15.
The 11th season of the reality show will premiere at 9pm, with the network airing a special, “Keeping Up: The Kardashians Rewind”, on November 1.
“Pitbull’s New Year’s Revolution” is set to air on Fox on New Years Eve.
The show will ring in 2016 live from Miami with performances by Pitbull and other musical guests.
