Lifetime’s ‘Devious Maids’, A&E’s ‘Longmire’ & ‘The Glades’ Get Premiere Dates

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday April 10, 2013 @ 7:14am PDT
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UPDATED: Lifetime‘s soapy mystery dramedy Devious Maids, executive produced by Desperate Housewives‘ Marc Cherry and Eva Longoria, will premiere on  Sunday, June 23, at 10 PM.  The project, originally developed and piloted by ABC last season, stars Ana Ortiz, Dania Ramirez, Roselyn Sanchez, Edy Ganem and Judy Reyes as five maids with ambition and dreams who work for the rich and famous in Beverly Hills, where  murder and mayhem collide in the mansions of some of the wealthiest and most powerful families. READ MORE »

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A&E’s ‘The Glades’ Renewed For Season 4

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday September 12, 2012 @ 11:00am PDT
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The Glades Season 4 A&E NetworkA&E Network has picked up its flagship drama series, The Glades, for a 13-episode fourth season to premiere in 2013. Starring Matt Passmore, Glades was the first A&E scripted series to stick and helped establish the network’s scripted brand. It was recently used to launch A&E’s breakout Longmire, which has already been renewed for a second season, also for a 2013 debut. In it third season, The Glades averaged 4.1 million total viewers for premiere episodes in Live+7, up 5% from Season 2. Read More »

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A&E’s ‘Longmire’ Ends Freshman Season On High Note, ‘Glades’ Wraps Third Cycle

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday August 13, 2012 @ 1:52pm PDT
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Airing against the closing ceremony of the London Olympics, the season one finale of A&E’s breakout drama series Longmire drew 4.3 million total viewers and a 1.6 million adults 25-54 on Sunday. The latter was a series high for … Read More »

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A&E’s ‘Longmire’, ‘The Glades’ Hit Season-Highs In Ratings

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday July 16, 2012 @ 1:23pm PDT

Longmire was watched by a record 4.5 million viewers last night, making it the most-watched premiere episode for the freshman series in its seventh week, according to A&E Network. Last night’s show was up 10% over the previous week’s 4.1 … Read More »

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‘Longmire’ Star Robert Taylor To WME

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday July 12, 2012 @ 5:32pm PDT

Robert Taylor WMEEXCLUSIVE: Robert Taylor, star of A&E Network‘s Western-tinged drama Longmire, has signed with WME in all areas. The series was just picked up for a second season after it premiered with 4.1 million total viewers, … Read More »

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A&E Orders Pilot For U.S. Version Of Danish Crime Series ‘Those Who Kill’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday July 10, 2012 @ 10:22am PDT

EXCLUSIVE: A&E Network has secured U.S. format rights to Those Who Kill, the Danish crime series based on the books by Elsebeth Egholm, and has ordered a pilot. The original series revolves around a police detective and a forensic … Read More »

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A&E’s ‘Longmire’ Renewed For Season 2

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday June 29, 2012 @ 3:22pm PDT
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EXCLUSIVE: Four weeks into its freshman run, I’ve learned that A&E’s new drama series Longmire has been renewed for a second season. The Western-flavored series starring Robert Taylor and Katee Sackhoff premiered with 4.1 million total viewersRead More »

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‘Mad Men’ Scores Most-Watched Season Finale; ‘True Blood’ Premiere Slightly Down

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday June 11, 2012 @ 1:14pm PDT

The Season 5 finale of AMC’s Mad Men drew 2.7 million viewers last night, making it the most-watched season ender ever for the Emmy-winning drama. The total was up 11% compared with the fourth season’s final episode. Sunday’s numbers included … Read More »

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‘Longmire’ Most-Watched A&E Scripted Series Debut Ever With 4.1M Viewers

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday June 4, 2012 @ 2:50pm PDT
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It was a strong night for cable dramas last night. After the second-season finale of HBO’s Game Of Thrones posted a series high 4.2 million viewers at 9 PM, the series premiere of A&E’s Longmire at 10 PM drew 4.1 … Read More »

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A&E Network Sets Premiere Dates For ‘The Glades’ And ‘Longmire’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday April 27, 2012 @ 8:57am PDT

A&E The Glades PremiereThe Season 3 premiere of A&E’s drama The Glades will premiere Sunday, June 3 at 9 PM and will be followed at 10 by the series premiere of the scripted drama Longmire. The new series, … Read More »

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How A&E’s New Western Drama ‘Longmire’ Is Different From FX’s ‘Justified’: TCA

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday January 13, 2012 @ 7:44pm PST

Ray Richmond is contributing to Deadline’s TCA coverage.

At a late Friday afternoon panel session promoting A&E’s forthcoming summertime western saga Longmire, the question was asked as to whether the success of FX’s Justified perhaps smoothed the path wheels for LongmireRead More »

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It’s Official: A&E Picks Up ‘Longmire’ To Series

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday August 26, 2011 @ 1:45pm PDT
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A&E Passes On ‘Big Mike’, Leans Toward Picking Up ‘Longmire’ To Series
The pickup had been pending for a while and became a forgone … Read More »

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A&E Passes On ‘Big Mike’, Leans Toward Picking Up ‘Longmire’ To Series

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday July 27, 2011 @ 7:09pm PDT
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After a lengthy screening and decision-making process for their two pilots Longmire and Big Mike, A&E brass just passed on one of them, Big Mike. No official decision has been made on Longmire yet, but buzz on the project starring … Read More »

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Katee Sackhoff, 3 More Cast In A&E Pilot ‘Longmire’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday March 25, 2011 @ 4:45pm PDT
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Battlestar Galactica alumna Katee Sackhoff has been cast as the female lead opposite Robert Taylor in A&E’s hourlong pilot Longmire. Also cast in the project, based on the Walt Longmire Mystery series of novels by Craig Johnson, are Lou Diamond Read More »

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‘Matrix’ Actor Robert Taylor Gets The Lead In A&E’s Pilot ‘Longmire’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday February 14, 2011 @ 5:58pm PST
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EXCLUSIVE: Australian actor Robert Taylor, best known for his role as Agent Jones in The Matrix, has landed the lead of A&E’s hourlong pilot Longmire. Based on the Walt Longmire Mystery series of novels by Craig Johnson, Longmire is named … Read More »

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A&E Greenlights Two Hourlong Pilots

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EXCLUSIVE: A&E is launching its next pilot season with cast-contingent pilot orders to two hourlong projects, Big Mike and Longmire. Both are male-centered shows in the mold of A&E’s two series on the air, The Glades and the upcoming Breakout Kings. And Big Mike, which hails from Adam Sandler’s  comedy-driven Happy Madison and Something About Mary co-writers Ed Decter and John Strauss, appears to share the light tone of The Glades. Read More »

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