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 Teen Wolf News 062916



 Teen Wolf Debut a Closely Guarded Secret

The good news is MTV has finally decided when they plan to debut Teen Wolf Season 6.

The bad news is MTV doesn't plan to tell anyone when they plan to debut TWS6 yet. There is a firm date on paper and Teen Wolf News has that date from an impeccable source but, because there’s been so much false information and confusion about when the show is coming back, we’re waiting until we have independent confirmation. Translated from journo-speak – we’ll probably sit on this information until MTV is willing to confirm it because to do otherwise runs the risk of them changing their minds again and more general confusion and disappointment.

We also know why it’s taken them sooooo long to come up with a debut date. Before you ask, it has little to nothing to do with Dylan O’Brien’s accident. It appears that our friends at MTV are living in troubled times. Their parent company, VIACOM, is in a pitched battle with the family that are majority owners. At the same time, we’ve seen a number of exits of somewhat high-profile programming folks at the network level. Add to that the daily struggle to quantify viewing numbers in a world of cord-cutters and MTV’s run of failed or failing scripted shows and you end up with a chaotic mélange of caution and uncertainty.

Teen Wolf, despite its dip in the old-fashioned analog TV ratings, is still the network’s scripted tent-pole. As they learned with Eye Candy, they can’t launch a new scripted show without the hype and awareness that Teen Wolf brings to the night. They need our show’s fans to at least sample their new scripted product to even have a shot of success.

With that in mind, the delay in picking a debut date for Season 6 had more to do with when the network plans to launch its next big scripted program than any other factor. They need Teen Wolf support or it won’t work and they know it.

 'Teen Wolf да!' says Eastern Europe

According to the folks who keep up with such things, television viewers in parts of Central and Eastern Europe are hungry for Teen Wolf.

Television Business International Magazine teamed up with Parrot Analytics to gauge demand for shows across 16 territories in the former Soviet bloc. For the month of May, Teen Wolf ranked as the ninth most “in-demand” show across the region.

Game of Thrones came in at number one on their list followed by Pretty Little Liars, Grey’s Anatomy, The Big Bang Theory, Vikings, The Vampire Diaries, The Walking Dead and The Flash. Supernatural came in at number ten.

Of course we have no idea what this actually means because Parrot’s process is proprietary but they say it represents the number of “demand expressions” for each show quantified as a “demand rating.” Parrot claims that their rankings allow content producers to know just how much their shows are worth in the different territories. If that’s true, then Teen Wolf is one of the most valuable products in that part of the world right now.

You can see the full chart and more details about the process at -http://tbivision.com/highlight/2016/06/demanding-tv/614272/

 MTV SDCC plans

<p class="MsoNormal">We’re still waiting to find out who from Teen Wolf will be attending Comic Con in San Diego in three weeks. Showrunner Jeff Davis told TWN this week, “I know which people have been invited to Comic-Con but not sure who all is confirmed yet.” <p class="MsoNormal">The folks at the SDCC Unofficial Blog say, “No word yet on when the panel will be or which cast members will be in attendance, but it’s historically been held on Thursdays in Ballroom 20.”

<p class="MsoNormal">That same article says that while Teen Wolf will be doing their regular con performance complete with new Season 6 trailer, MTV’s other Horror/Drama won’t be in San Diego this year. The cast of SCREAM is apparently staying home and skipping SDCC next month.

<p class="MsoNormal">MTV will also host their controversial Fandom Awards again on Thursday July 21. Voting is open for that now if you’re so inclined -  http://www.mtv.com/fandom-awards

<p class="MsoNormal">One other cryptic tidbit from Teen Wolf’s Jeff Davis about who will be on stage during the convention, “There will be at least one person who has never been.” With the two rescued chimeras and other new cast members, there’s a long list of who that might be.

<h2 style="padding:0.2em 0.4em; margin:0 0 -20px 0; font-family:Century Gothic,serif; color:#778899; font-size:100%; font-weight:bold; text-align:left;"> Posey’s Nose

<p class="MsoNormal">Teen Wolf Tyler Posey was on vacation in Toronto this past week and apparently decided to get a little body modification while out of the country (as one does). <p class="MsoNormal">The little hoop elicited a strained laugh from Posey’s boss Jeff Davis, “Yeah I saw that too. Yeah… No comment.”

<p class="MsoNormal">In addition to the face jewelry, Posey and his brother Jesse added matching tattoos to commemorate the trip. <p class="MsoNormal">Toronto’s CN tower appears on his arm which means the folks in the makeup department will have to paint it out unless they plan to have Scott McCall in long sleeves for the rest of Season 6. I guess they could somehow work the Teen Wolf’s sudden and overwhelming love of Canada and desire to have face piercings into the show?

<p class="MsoNormal">Of course he could take the nose ring out and let the hole grow back. There’s also a camp within the Posey Fandom that suggests the tat is just a temporary piece of henna art. This is the only picture that shows it clearly and it’s genuinely hard to tell.

<p class="MsoNormal">Part of what sent Posey north was his presenting duties at the MuchMusic Video Awards. He also did an interview with Billboard Magazine about his music career. You can read that here - http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7416386/tyler-posey-teen-wolf-music-all-time-low-interview