Netflix Orders Baz Luhrmann’s Netflix ’70s Music Drama The Get Down

Netflix orders Baz Luhrmann’s Netflix ’70s music drama The Get Down
The Moulin Rouge! director is teaming up with The Shield creator Shawn Ryan on his first-ever TV show, exploring the dawn of the hip-hop era at the end of the ’70s in gritty New York City. The Get Down will revolve around “a rag-tag crew of South Bronx teenagers (who) are nothings and nobodies with no one to shelter them — except each other, armed only with verbal games, improvised dance steps, some magic markers and spray cans.” PLUS: Watch “The Get Down’s” teaser.

NBC renews 5 dramas, including The Blacklist and SVU
Grimm, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. were also picked up today for new seasons.

“Lisa Turtle” was too busy to make Jimmy Fallon’s Saved by the Bell reunion
Dustin “Screech” Diamond’s legal problems and estrangement from the rest of the cast likely led to him not being invited. But what about Lark Voorhies? Her rep tells TooFab: “Lark would have loved to be part of the Jimmy Fallon skit, as she is a big fan of the show. However due to an intense work schedule, she was not available.”

Dan Rather sticks up for Brian Williams
Asked about the NBC News anchor’s false statement of being in an Iraq War helicopter crash, the former CBS News anchor called Williams “an honest, decent man, an excellent reporter and anchor–and a brave one.”

A free classic TV streaming service launches today
Shout Factory TV includes everything from The Mary Tyler Moore Show to Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Jack Black to make a special appearance at the Oscars
He’ll be part of a “very special sequence,” producers announced today.

Game of Thrones IMDb casting rumor, debunked
Don’t believe everything you read on IMDb!

Fox’s Last Man on Earth adds Boris Kodjoe
The Real Husbands of Hollywood star’s role on the Will Forte sitcom is being kept under wraps.