Matt Ryan plays John Constantine in an NBC drama that lasted one season. CREDIT: NBC
By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc,com, originally filed Wednesday, June 10, 2015
The creator of NBC’s ‘Constantine,” cancelled after one season, sought a new home but couldn’t find one.
Daniel Cerone, showrunner for the drama, confirmed he couldn’t convince any other network to pick up the DC Comics “Hellblazer” adaptation. It was shot and set in Atlanta, as you can see in the photo above.
“I promised I’d share news when I had it — sadly, that news is not good,” he posted on Twitter. “The cast and writers of ‘Constantine’ are being released from their contracts. The studio tried to find a new home for the show, for which we’re forever grateful, but those efforts didn’t pan out. I’m sorry, I wasn’t provided any information on the attempts to sell the show elsewhere. All I can report is that the show is over.”
Ratings for the show on Friday nights were not great but not the worst either, relatively speaking. Overnight ratings averaged around 3 million viewers. NBC had it on the fence for awhile but decided not to pick it up in the end.
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Mike Holmes, a Canadian residential home improvement contractor and television show host, will be the face of “Home Free,” starting July 22 on Fox.
The latest Atlanta-based reality program is “Home Free,” a Fox reality competition series where do-it-yourself couples must live in a broken-down home and fix it up. The winner gets to live in it, I presume. Or something like that.
The show, created by the man who did “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” was based and shot in Atlanta and is hosted by Mike Holmes.
On HOME FREE, nine deserving couples are challenged to revive one run-down home every week. During each episode, Holmes will present the couples with tasks designed to test and challenge the skills of these do-it-yourself enthusiasts. Holmes will be with the competitors every step of the way – picking apart their work and demanding they meet his high standards, while also sharing his expertise and guidance to help them reach new heights. But in a surprise twist, when the work is done for the day, the couples don’t have far to travel to get home…because not only must they work together to restore the home, they must all live together in the same dilapidated home 24/7. The more they accomplish, the better they sleep at night.
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TORONTO, ON – SEPTEMBER 06: Actress Karlie Redd attends the “Top Five” premiere during the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival at Princess of Wales Theatre on September 6, 2014 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
TMZ reports that Vivid Entertainment, which provided “Love and Hip Hop Atlanta” cast mate Mimi Faust a home for her wildly popular adult video, is offering fellow castmate Karlie Redd a deal to do an adult movie as well. Redd, TMZ said, is pondering it. She sure needs to. She has never been able to get a terribly compelling storyline on the show over four seasons, yet she is still there.
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A CNN’s graphics person had a little problem earlier this week with geography during the manhunt for escaped convicts in upstate New York:
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