By Tacoma FD
truTV has cancelled its last remaining scripted series with “Tacoma FD” scrapped after four seasons. The show aired its fourth season finale four months ago.
The series was set in a firehouse in one of America’s rainiest cities, forcing the firefighters to keep themselves entertained with creative competitions and bizarre emergency calls. [Source: TV Line]
The Sensitive Kind
Oscar-nominee Ethan Hawke has signed on to star in the FX drama pilot “The Sensitive Kind” written and directed by “Reservation Dogs” co-creator Sterlin Harjo. The ‘Tulsa noir’ will star Hawke as a guy who knows too much. Story specifics are under wraps. [Source: TV Line]
The Daily Show
Jon Stewart’s return to Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” pulled in 1.9 million viewers in Live + Same Day on Monday night, the show’s biggest audience in more than five years. [Source: Variety]
Vizio
Retail giant Walmart is reportedly in talks to acquire Vizio, the company which manufactures television, sound bars and its own ad-supported free streaming service. The deal, worth more than $2 billion, is said to potentially make Walmart a player in the connected-TV advertising business. [Source: The Wall Street Journal]
The White Lotus
Filming has officially begun on the third season of HBO’s “The White Lotus” in Thailand with the network posting a Season 3 clapperboard image on Instagram.
The new cast includes Carrie Coon, Leslie Bibb, Walton Goggins, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, Lisa Manobal, Aimee Lou Wood, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Christian Friedel, Parker Posey, and returnee Natasha Rothwell. [Source: Instagram]
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