‘Mom’ to End With Season 8 at CBS

cars can chat to each other using 5G internet technology.Researchers think road junctions can be managed like air traffic.Instead of drivers waiting for green lights to go each sensor-loaded vehicle will be individually tracked and given a "slot" to proceed.The system is currently deployed by aircraft awaiting runway space to land.According to telecommunications giant NTT Corporation, "cities could soon feature more smart roads and fewer red lights" thanks to "vehicles that communicate with each other and their surroundings via high-speed networks".The motor industry is expected to be one of the top four sectors employing 5G by 2030.Atsushi Koizumi, RTT’s R&D Planning chief, said: "Using data collected from our cars we can already use traffic congestion information in navigation as well as vehicle diagnoses and trouble prediction to improve the efficiency of maintenance."Looking towards future applications it will be possible to monitor road conditions using onboard cameras and sensors.”Road tests in Tokyo, Japan, showed car computers are already so advanced they can share information from up to 30 million vehicles.In the future, the data will be used to create real-time maps detecting split-second hazards such as congestion, temporary roadworks and parked cars.Mr Koizumi said in "smart cities" connected vehicles could constantly communicate with each other, pedestrians and traffic signals.Cars could inform each other of road conditions and traffic build-ups allowing them to cut speed before the occupants even realise there is a problem ahead. To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here. Onboard sensors could detect other vehicles being driven dangerously or

countless dead fish washed up on the shores.A palaeobotanist researcher even drew comparisons between the Great Dying 251 million years ago – that killed off 90% of our planet's species – and damage being done today.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe Amazon anthology series “Modern Love” has announced its main cast for Season 2.Season 2 of the series will feature episodes starring: Gbenga Akinnagbe (“The Deuce”), Susan Blackwell (“Madam Secretary”), Lucy Boynton (“Bohemian Rhapsody”), Tom Burke (“Mank”), Zoe Chao (“Love Life”), Maria Dizzia (“Orange is the New Black”), newcomer Grace Edwards, Dominique Fishback (“Judas and the Black Messiah”), Kathryn Gallagher (“Jagged Little Pill”), Kit Harington (“Game of Thrones”), Garrett Hedlund (“Mudbound”), Telci Huynh (“God Friended Me”), Nikki M.

Allison Janney is saying goodbye to Mom.

“Mom” will be calling it a day at the end of the current eighth season, with CBS announcing the news on Wednesday.

Allison Janney celebrated her long-time involvement in CBS’ Mom after the network announced that the sitcom will end after the current eighth season.

Allison Janney is speaking out after news that is ending after the current season.Janney was reflective about starring in the CBS sitcom for eight years, ahead of the series finale on May 6, writing in a lengthy note on Instagram that it's been «one of the great honors» playing Bonnie. Getting to be part of MOM these past 8 years...showing the laughter, love and hope that can come with recovery, has been one of the great honors of my life," she wrote Thursday.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe “FBI” franchise at CBS could soon be expanding. Variety has learned from sources that the network is plotting a new spinoff called “FBI: International.”The potential series would deal with the agents that make up the international branch of the FBI. Per the Bureau’s website, they have 63 legal attaché offices and more than two dozen smaller sub-offices in various countries around the world that maintain relationships with law enforcement in those countries.According to sources, Derek Haas is writer and executive producer on the series, with Dick Wolf and Peter Jankowski also executive producing via Wolf Entertainment.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterUzo Aduba has signed a multi-year producing deal with CBS Studios, Variety has confirmed.Under the deal, she will star in and executive produce a new drama series titled “Low Country” that is also executive produced by CBS favorites Robert and Michelle King. Dewayne Jones, who previously worked on the Kings’ shows “Evil” and “Your Honor,” will write and executive produce.

CBS will end its sitcom Mom this year during the eighth season, following the shocking and abrupt departure of lead star Anna Faris last year.Despite Faris leaving just days before production was due to begin, the show continued with her co-star Allison Janney at the helm - who yesterday described going back to set without Faris as 'odd'.'For the past eight years, we've had the great honor to bring these wonderful characters to life, sharing their struggles and triumphs with millions of viewers every week,' said executive producers Chuck Lorre, Gemma Baker and Nick Bakay, in a statement obtained by Variety. Tearful goodbyes:Mom is CANCELLED after 8 seasons following the dramatic exit of lead Anna Faris...

according to Variety.The move comes after Anna Faris, who plays Bonnie’s daughter Christy, shockingly left the series right before production began on Season 8 in September.“For the past eight years, we’ve had the great honor to bring these wonderful characters to life, sharing their struggles and triumphs with millions of viewers every week,” said executive producers Lorre, Gemma Baker and Nick Bakay in a statement. “From the beginning, we set out to tell stories about recovery from alcoholism and addiction that are rarely portrayed in a network comedy series.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“NCIS: New Orleans” will come to an end after Season 7 at CBS, Variety has confirmed.The season finale scheduled for May 16 will now serve as the series finale. At the time of its conclusion, the show will have aired 155 episodes.“It has been our sincere pleasure and honor to work on this show and with this incredible cast and crew for over 150 episodes,” said executive producers Christopher Silber and Jan Nash.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterMinnie Driver has been cast in the upcoming Season 2 of “Modern Love” at Amazon, Variety has learned exclusively.Details of Driver’s character in the episodic anthology series are being kept under wraps. At the time of this publishing no other stars have been confirmed for Season 2.

“Mom” will be calling it a day at the end of the current eighth season, with CBS announcing the news on Wednesday.

Allison Janney, is ending after the current eighth season, the network announced Wednesday. The series finale will air May 6. “For the past eight years, we’ve had the great honor to bring these wonderful characters to life, sharing their struggles and triumphs with millions of viewers every week,” said executive producers Chuck Lorre, Gemma Baker and Nick Bakay in a joint statement.

CBS’s Mom will end with season eight, the network announced today (February 17).

CBS’ praised Mom — the network’s longest running comedy series on the air — will end its run after the current eighth season. Mom‘s series finale has been set for May 6 in its Thursday 9 PM time period.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“The Neighborhood” has been renewed for Season 4 and “Bob Hearts Abishola” has been renewed for Season 3 at CBS.Both shows currently air as part of the broadcaster’s Monday night comedy block.“We’re extremely proud of these two comedies, and delighted to bring them back next season,” said Thom Sherman, senior executive vice president of programming at CBS Entertainment.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterA new “NCIS” spinoff set in Hawaii is in development at CBS, Variety has learned from sources.Few plot details are available on the potential series, other than it will follow a team of Naval criminal investigators who operate on the Hawaiian islands.According to sources, Chris Silber, Jan Nash, and Matt Bosack are attached as writers and executive producers on “NCIS: Hawaii.” Silber is the showrunner and executive producer on fellow spinoff “NCIS: New Orleans” and previously worked on the mothership show.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterArchie Panjabi has joined the third season of “Snowpiercer” at TNT, Variety has learned.The show was renewed for a third season in January. Panjabi joins a cast that currently includes Jennifer Connelly, Daveed Diggs, Sean Bean, Rowan Blanchard, Alison Wright, Mickey Sumner, Iddo Goldberg, Katie McGuinness, Lena Hall, Annalise Basso, Sam Otto, Roberto Urbina, Sheila Vand, and Steven Ogg.Panjabi is best known to American audiences for playing Kalinda Sharma on the critically-acclaimed CBS series “The Good Wife,” for which she won an Emmy in 2010.

Allison Janney is opening up about Anna Farris’ sudden departure from “Mom”.