By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Tuesday, August 4, 2015
CBS46 isn't the only station bringing back former journalists. 11 Alive invited retired anchor Jill Becker to guest anchor this week in the mornings.
According to 11 Alive:
Since retiring, Jill has been able to spend more of her time volunteering with CURE Childhood Cancer, where she serves on the Board of Directors.
Becker retired in early 2011 after 23 years at the NBC affiliate.
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Credit: Rodney Ho
Credit: Rodney Ho
Fox's "Sleepy Hollow" has decided to cut off the Headless Horseman season three, which is being shot in metro Atlanta after two seasons in North Carolina.
New showrunner Clifton Campbell said that the Fox series' original villain, as well as his alter ego Abraham van Brunt, won't be seen in the upcoming third season, according to TVGuide.com.
There has also been cast departures: Orlando Jones (Irving), Katia Winter (Katrina), John Noble (Henry) and Matt Barr (Hawley).
"We have a new framework and a new set of rules for the mythology. And it all starts with the introduction of our new big bad and will take us into a very interesting device which will allow us to see a somewhat more compelling, but more personal threat to both Abbie (Nicole Beharie) and Crane (Tom Mison)."
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Credit: Rodney Ho
Credit: Rodney Ho
AMC's "Halt & Catch Fire," which ends its second season on Wednesday, has turned itself around creatively and some critics are singing its praises. The show, shot in Atlanta, is set in Dallas in the 1980s and revolves around the burgeoning PC/video game business at the time.
Time TV critic James Poniewozic said the changed story lines were more compelling and the execution felt more like "Mad Men" once the producers stopped trying so blatantly to ape "Mad Men."
What began seeming like a misfire is now easily one of the few best dramas of the year. It may not be a lucrative decision for AMC to pick up another season, but that's what Fear the Walking Dead is for. If a reputation for supporting quality still matters to AMC's brand, it will order a third season.
Will that be enough to merit a third season?
The overnight ratings are down year over year, averaging a mere 500,000 viewers from an already tepid 650,000. That's not even three percent of the overnight viewers of AMC's most popular show "The Walking Dead" and a fifth of "Mad Men." I don't have on demand or DVR usage figures that may have played into AMC renewing the show season one. We'll have to see. I have requested numbers from AMC. I'll update this when I get them.
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