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Part One – Taking Steps Into The Future: Direct to Series Pilot Orders 2014-2015

Pilot season after pilot season networks greenlight new versions of the same fish out of water comedies, primetime relationship soaps, crime dramas, and supernatural and comic book genre shows. And while that is still true for the 2014-2015 television season, times are at least a’changing when it comes to the way shows are ordered and scheduled. (SSN)

Part Two – Taking Steps Into The Future: Pilot Pick-Up Orders 2014-2015

In part two of three of SSN’s look into the 2014-2015 pilot season, we’re giving you a list of the pilot pick-up orders, by network, for ABC, CBS, CW, FOX and NBC. Includes a printable PDF of the complete Network 2014 Pilot Grid. (SSN)

Part Three – Taking Steps Into The Future: Presentation Pick-Ups & Cast Contingent Pilot Orders 2014-2015

In part three (of three) of SSN’s look into the 2014-2015 pilot season, we’re giving you a list of the presentation pick-ups and cast contingent pilot orders. (SSN)

The Top 10 Most Anticipated Films of Spring 2014

March and April have long been known as the no man’s land between the winter box office doldrums and tent pole-ridden summer movie seasons.  Here at SSN we’ve scoured the release schedule and come up with what we think will be the top 10 movies of the spring. (SSN)

SSN’s Top Spring Book Picks: Industry Reads & Available Film Adaptations

A brand new crop of books about film and entertainment is here and SSN also has our top 5 choices of books ripe for film adaption – with rights still available. Our picks are here, from Mad as Hell: The Making of Network and the Fateful Vision of the Angriest Man in Movies to Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation. (SSN)

SSN Spring 2014 TV Preview: Top 10 Returning Series

Quite a few broadcast and cable series are premiering late in the first quarter, and SSN took a look at which of the returning series worth tuning back into. Our Insights are included, from Mad Men, Veep, and The Writers Room, to Nurse Jackie and Californication. (SSN)

SSN Spring 2014 TV Preview: Top 10 New Series

SSN took a look at these upcoming new offerings across genres, as well as broadcast and cable networks, to offer our Insight on which are worth watching. Picks include About A Boy, Surviving Jack, Salem, and 24: Live Another Day. (SSN)

SSN South by Southwest Preview: The Top 10 Films to See

Sundance may have the prestige; Cannes the glamour; but there’s something inherently fun about South by Southwest (SXSW). What will break out of the pack this year? Here are 10 movies we think should be on everyone’s must-see list. (SSN)