NEWS: How to Make a TV Drama in the Twitter Age; MAD MEN Opening Credits Lawsuit Settled; THE O.C. Was Definitive Show About 2000s Economy

Last month at the Writers Guild of America, West, Lorne Manley of
The Times spoke with the overseers of several top dramas about the
challenges of producing television in the Twitter age.
Photo: Credit: Monica Almeida/The New York Times

Post-Water-Cooler TV: How to Make a TV Drama in the Twitter Age
The New York Times recently gathered the men and women who steer six of the best dramas on television — from the broadcast and cable networks, and the upstart Netflix — to talk about the challenges of making TV in the Twitter age. At the fitting location here of the Writers Guild of America, West, Shonda Rhimes (SCANDAL and GREY'S ANATOMY), Carlton Cuse (BATES MOTEL and previously LOST), Robert and Michelle King (THE GOOD WIFE), Terence Winter (BOARDWALK EMPIRE), Scott Buck (DEXTER) and Beau Willimon (HOUSE OF CARDS) shared their views on writing themselves into and out of jams, the broadcast-cable divide and the possible end of episodes and seasons as we know them.

MAGIC CITY Canceled

Starz has canceled its period drama MAGIC CITY after two seasons, Deadline reports.

"From the writers, to the cast and crew, it has been an incredible collaboration," the pay channel said in a statement. "This was a story born from Mitch Glazer's singular vision of Miami, the 'Magic City' of his childhood, and we are grateful to him for bringing it to life on Starz. The season's story arc will allow us to deliver a satisfying conclusion to the series, and we thank all the fans who checked in to the Miramar Playa."

The show's sophomore run wraps this Friday at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

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THE WHITE QUEEN Will Screen On Starz August 9th After MAGIC CITY Finale

Starz announced on Friday that an advance screening of the highly anticipated period drama THE WHITE QUEEN would air on Friday, August 9th at 10 p.m. ET/PT following the season two finale of 1959 mob drama MAGIC CITY at 9 p.m. Starz also shared a new trailer for the 10-episode limited series. Watch it below:

MAGIC CITY Season 2 Begins June 14

Starz announced today that their 1950's Miami-based drama, MAGIC CITY will return with an all new season on Friday, June 14th at 9 p.m. ET/PT, one week following the finale of the Starz Original series DA VINCI'S DEMONS on Friday, June 7th. The anticipation of fans worldwide will finally be alleviated as the fate of hotelier Ike Evans (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) is revealed.

BEING HUMAN Renewed For Fourth Season

Syfy is ordering a fourth season (13 episodes) of its hit drama series BEING HUMAN, it was announced today by Mark Stern, President of Original Content, Syfy and Co-Head of Original Content, Universal Cable Productions. The announcement comes on the heels of the Season 3 finale which aired Monday, April 8 and in time for Syfy's Upfront presentation this evening in New York City.

Starz TCA Update On DA VINCI'S DEMONS, MAGIC CITY, BLACK SAILS

Starz presented updates on several of its upcoming original series to television critics in Pasadena.

Highly anticipated historical drama DA VINCI'S DEMONS, written and directed by David S. Goyer, will premiere on Friday, April 12, 2013 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. A new extended trailer for the series was also released.

DA VINCI'S DEMONS follows the ‘untold’ story of the world's greatest genius during his turbulent youth in Renaissance Florence. Brilliant and passionate, the twenty-five year old Leonardo Da Vinci is an artist, inventor, swordsman, lover, dreamer and idealist. As a free thinker, with intellect and talents that are almost superhuman, he struggles to live within the confines of his own reality and time. He begins to not only see the future, but invent it.

NEWS ROUNDUP: Dark Shadows Character Posters, Jack Wagner DWTS, OWN Lays Off 30, DAYS on NPR

New Dark Shadows character posterss
"The posters of Barnabas Collins and co. augment the most recent batch of stills and this week's exceptionally promising trailer. Dark Shadows isn't a property immediately familiar on this side of the ditch, but all the signs are there that Burton and Johnny Depp have rebottled their Edward Scissorhands / Ed Wood lightning. The trailer's comic beats land and the design look is as lovingly outlandish as you could wish for."

DAYS OF OUR LIVES on NPR: Cheaper Clothes And Shorter Stories: On Soaps, Strange 'Days' Indeed
Ken Corday: You don't deal with politics, conservative or liberal. You don't deal with abortion, being pro or con. These are just no-no's. They're not going to get us any audience.

NEWS ROUNDUP: DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES Mistrial; MAD MEN Changes Premiere Song; No Junk Food For Ali Sweeney

Judge Declares Mistrial In DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES Case
Judge Elizabeth Allen White has declared a mistrial in Nicollette Sheridan‘s wrongful termination suit against ABC Studios and ABC Entertainment. The judge took her action, as she said she would, after the 12-person jury came back to court today unable to resolve their 8-4 deadlock of late last week. Lawyers for both sides say they will seek a new trial in the case.

Journalists convince MAD MEN creator to change song in debut episode
Several journalists noiticed that a scene featured the song "The Look of Love" at a time six months before the song would have been released.