Extant
Everyone knew it wasn't coming back, but the network has finally officially canceled "Extant."
Full Season Pick-Up: "Rosewood"
Surprise! It's FOX's highest-rated new series. Since the ratings have risen significantly for the final 15 minutes of each episode, it's likely that some fans of FOX's megahit "Empire" , which airs after "Rosewood," are tuning in early.
The network first ordered three additional scripts of the show, then gave it a full 22-episode pick-up a week later.
Episode Order Cut: "Minority Report"
In an attempt to mitigate the damage, FOX cut "Minority Report's" episode order from 13 to 10. The series has not been officially canceled yet, but it won't be back next season.
Blindspot
NBC, recognizing it has a hit on its hands, ordered nine additional episodes of the series, making it the first new show to be picked up for a full, 22-episode season.
Full Season Pick-Up: "Fresh Off The Boat"
This year, the show was supposed to benefit from its lead-in, "The Muppets," which the network believed would be a hit. Instead, its ratings have declined substantially each week. For the past two weeks, "Fresh Off The Boat" has outperformed it.
ABC recognized the strength of the comedy, ordering an additional nine episodes, which gives the comedy a full 22-episode Season 2.
Additional Episodes Ordered: "Quantico"
"Quantico," ABC's drama about a FBI agent trainee who was framed for a terrorist attack, is the network's highest rated new drama. The series is a self-starter. Its most recent episode grew 78 percent among adults age 18-49 over its lead-in.
ABC has ordered six additional episodes, for a total of 19. The network held off on a full 22 episode pick up because it has a lot of new shows that are slated to premiere mid-season.
"Rookie Blue"
"Rookie Blue," a Canadian series that aired in the summers on ABC, had a loyal fanbase. It was the network's highest rated summer scripted series the year that it launched. The ratings declined significantly last summer, averaging a 0.7 adults 18-49 rating. The season 6 finale was a fitting end to the series, with the two leads getting married, so it made sense for ABC to cancel the show.
Actress Maureen O'Hara
Irish-American actress Maureen O'Hara has died. She was 95.
The Parent Trap star's family confirmed to The Irish Times that she passed away in her sleep on Saturday. The Fitzsimons family issued a statement, saying, "Maureen was our loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend. She passed peacefully surrounded by her loving family as they celebrated her life listening to music from her favorite movie, The Quiet Man." Per the Irish Times, the family praised O'Hara for having brought "unyielding strength and sudden sensitivity to every role she played." Story
THE CHIYAAN CONNECTION IN KURUTHIPUNAL
Kuruthipunal was a trendsetting action-drama directed by cinematographer PC Sreeram. In the year 1995, an intriguing film strictly not for the light-hearted, based on terrorism, got released.
Adhi Narayanan (Kamal) and Abbas (Arjun) take up
‘Operation Dhanush’ to curtail and excavate the terrorist activities plaguing the society. Nasser in the role of Badri, the head of the organization pulled off a great performance of a horrifying villain. The film was praised for its dialogues, explicit content, the action sequences, suspense elements and of course the ending. Written by Kamal himself, Mahesh composed the music and the story by Govind Nihalanani who originally directed it in Hindi titled Drohkaal.
Kuruthipunal had the legendary director Viswanath playing an important role along with cameraman Arvind Krishna who was then the assistant of PC Sreeram doing a cameo. The even more interesting trivia is, Chiyaan Vikram dubbed for John Edathattil who did a role of Narasimhan, Nasser’s assistant commander.