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Teen Wolf News 052417

Tyler Posey’s ‘Jane’ Role Expands
If you watched Jane the Virgin this week just to see Tyler Posey, you might have been disappointed by his brief appearance. Fear not, Posey’s Adam character will be back in a much-expanded role when the show returns in the fall. Executive Producer Jennie Snyder Urman told reporters as much in a recent sit-down.
 * EW - I’m assuming Adam’s going to be very different from Michael and Rafael. Is there anything that you can say about him?


 * JSU - He’s an illustrator of graphic novels. So he can illustrate, and she can write. They’ll have a collaboration at some point. He’s more of a youthful energy. Jane has had a lot of weight on her shoulders, and this is somebody that’s going to be reminding her that she’s 27 years old. He’s a little bit more adventurous than maybe Jane is right now.


 * EW - Can you speak to why Tyler’s right for the role, and what he’s been like on the show so far?


 * JSU - We just love him, so we were thrilled that he said he would do it. Obviously, he has so much experience, but he also had very serious stuff on Teen Wolf and also can play this lighter stuff. I saw this H&M commercial where he just had this energy. And we wanted a new, fresh start for Jane, something that’s going to bring us into a new, exciting arena and he’s just got a natural charisma and an energy that’s going to be so different from Rafael and also Michael. He’s much more of a daredevil, which is trying for someone like Jane, but also exciting.

Source: http://ew.com/tv/2017/05/22/jane-the-virgin-season-3-finale-tyler-posey/

'Teen Wolf' Post-Production Wrapping Soon

The number of Teen Wolf folks remaining at Teen Wolf Headquarters is shrinking. Just the producers and editors still have work to do on episodes for Season 6b. “We also have our post production there, so the editors are in working on the episodes,” Executive Producer Jeff Davis explains. “Although, we’re almost done, so it’s getting more and more quiet around our offices. Only a handful of people still left.”

Davis released this image of editors working on a Gideon Emery scene last week. Up until this shot, we’d had no confirmation that Deucalion would return.



We also got this shot from Cody Christian, again with Davis’ approval, of Theo looking concerned (while shirtless). As Teen Wolf News reported last week, an as-yet-unnamed VIACOM show is using the Beacon Hills sets now, and, once editing is complete, there will be little of Teen Wolf remaining at Teen Wolf HQ.

VIACOM’s ‘Skinny Bundle’ Is Too Little, Too Late

MTV parent company VIACOM made headlines this week after new CEO Bob Bakish announced they are deep in talks to join a low-cost "skinny" cable/satellite channel bundle with at least one unnamed satellite or cable company. According to Bakish, the “entertainment” bundle would have none of the more expensive sports channels and would cost between $10 and $20 bucks a month. Unfortunately for Bakish, the idea of the skinny bundle is already passé. Most cord-cutters and cord-nevers now want completely “a la carte” television channel offerings.

Survey Shows Viewers No Longer Want Their MTV

TiVo recently asked 2000 Americans what channel would be their “must have” channel on an a la carte cable lineup because, as I said, that’s the next thing after the ‘skinny bundle’ fails to save cable and satellite television providers.

The findings were about what you would expect. The major broadcast networks – ABC and CBS - topped the list alongside cable standards Discovery, NBC and the History Channel. MTV didn’t even make the top 20. While not conclusive, it does suggest the former pop culture juggernaut doesn’t have much of a future in the world of personalized pay-as-you-watch television.

The only VIACOM offering that made the list was Comedy Central at number 17. BTW, according to the Nielsen ratings folks, the average viewer only actually watches 17 channels on a regular basis.  One thing Bakish did get right is in the area of pricing. Those surveyed by TiVo said they’re only willing to pay about $20 a month for their “must have” channel lineup. Unfortunately for Bakish, VIACOM likely won’t be getting a very big piece of that action. <p class="MsoNormal">Just so you know, the era of a la carte TV won’t last long either. People don’t want channels, they want good shows. Why pay for a whole channel when you only really like an hour a week of what they produce? Television as we know it is going to be over sooner than Bakish or any of the skinny bundlers are willing to admit.

<p class="MsoNormal">(Sources: http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/viacom-bob-bakish-nickelodeon-mtv-1202439638/ <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">http://www.startribune.com/consumers-pay-tv-providers-far-apart-on-al-a-carte-pricing/419425864/)